Republican Bob McDonnell sent a letter to Democrat Creigh Deeds this morning asking for 10 gubernatorial debates across the state. ... McDonnell sent Deeds a schedule of debates that would start July 25 and conclude with a final debate at the University of Virginia on Oct. 20, two weeks before Election Day.
Former U.Va. men's basketball coaches Pete Gillen and Jeff Jones, plus former U.Va. assistants Dennis Wolff and Dave Odom, were among several coaches to take part in Operation Hardwood, during which they visited U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
You probably know the story: In 1895, fire gutted the single most famous academic building in America, the Rotunda that Thomas Jefferson designed to be the centerpiece of the University of Virginia campus. The university’s Board of Visitors chose a supremely talented architect, Stanford White, to oversee the Rotunda reconstruction. … Now … the university is debating another set of changes to the Rotunda and to the Lawn stretching out before it. The debate pits those who would restore as much as possible of Jefferson’s vision for the campus against those who say that g...
In 24 months, a significant economic asset for Southwest Virginia will be the site of a grand opening ceremony. But on Wednesday the groundbreaking bash for an asset yet to be built was plenty of reason for grins and congratulations for all concerned. Dignitaries — particularly Southwest Virginia’s legislative delegation — gathered at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise to hail the official start of construction of the college’s Convocation Center, a facility to be unmatched in the region for indoor athletic events, concerts and conventions.
Starting Wednesday, students at the University of Southern Maine who pay tuition using plastic will face a 2.75% processing fee. Other schools that have adopted, or are adopting, similar policies include George Mason University, Northwestern University, Wichita State and the University of Virginia.
Vijay Ravindran
Engineering, 1996
Can Vijay Ravindran and his team of technologists figure out a way to make journalism pay for itself in the Internet age? … “There’s no silver bullet,” Ravindran says. He’s the Post’s first “chief digital officer.”
Jason Motlagh
College, 2004
Motlagh has five years of free-lance foreign correspondence under his belt and, in many respects, he is the prototype for the journalist of the future: a free-lancing, multimedia correspondent who knows how to market his work and live on a tight budget
John Christmas
College, 2005
Eric Gregg and John Christmas have brought their expertise and passion into the non-profit program LEAPS (Lacrosse, Education, Attitude, Perseverance, Success)
Venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems Inc. on Wednesday named Husk Power Systems as winner of their first co-sponsored global business plan competition for university and business school students. The presenting members of the Husk Power Systems team were University of Virginia, Darden School of Business 2009 graduates Chip Ransler and Manoj Sinha.
Edward Hess
A professor of business administration in the Darden School of Business
Starting a Business in a Recession
BankRate.com / June 30
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/starting-business-recession/
Jeanne Liedtka
A professor of business administration in the Darden School of Business
In times of trouble, you should not simply let it be but revisit your business plan, think small and be honest
The Times (London) / July 1
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/management/article6612006.ece
Farzeneh Milani
A professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian languages and cultures
Lyrical ...
The Darden School of Business has announced the new leader of its center that promotes Virginia businesses here and abroad. Professor Gregory B. Fairchild will become the executive director of the Tayloe Murphy Center/Virginia on July 1, 2009.
In other areas of PAD diagnostics, Christopher M. Kramer, MD, professor of medicine and radiology, director of the CV imaging center at the University of Virginia Health System, and colleagues are developing new MRI-based methods for clinical trials in PAD.
Construction crews at the University of Virginia are preparing for a round of dorm demolitions Wednesday morning. The three dorms set to be razzed are Watson, Dobie, and Balz, all part of the Alderman Road "New Dorms" area.
"This is a discussion," says Boris Kovatchev, 48, waving at a whiteboard on the wall of his University of Virginia office. There are no words, only scrawled equations and mathematical doodles. But "discussions" like this one, from the mathematician's brainstorming session with colleagues earlier, could help transform the lives of those with type 1 diabetes. Kovatchev has devoted much of his career to diabetes, which killed his father, and his team is among the leaders racing to develop an artificial pancreas.
Local retail sales are in a slump, and unemployment is creeping up. Yet because of the stabilizing presence of the University of Virginia, the Charlottesville-area economy has not suffered the sharp setbacks seen in other parts of the state during the recession.
[Filmmaker Wayne Bronson] worked with the Garden Club of Virginia on recommendations for seven places to be featured in the program. The other locations are Mount Vernon, Montpelier, Monticello, Oatlands Plantation, the Pavilion Gardens at the University of Virginia, and the Woodrow Wilson Gardens and Library.
Starting Wednesday, the federal Education Department will begin offering a repayment plan that lets graduates reduce their loan payments, based on their income.
Amy B. Tisinger
College 1992, Law 1995
Shenandoah County Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Amy B. Tisinger was sworn in Monday as the 26th General District Court's newest judge
Kevin J. Martin
Darden School student and executive vice president of the Darden Student Organization
Summer Reading List: The B-School Edition
BusinessWeek / June 29
Cleo H. Smith
Computer systems senior engineer, ITC
Cleo Hershey Smith, 59, of Waynesboro, died at home Sunday morning, June 28, from complications of colon cancer.
Staunton News-Leader / June 29
http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090629/OBITUARIES/906290321