They didn't sail around the globe with her, but Jana Valenti of Scottdale helped bring the world to students at Conn-Area Catholic in Connellsville. ... The program offers college credit through the University of Virginia, which is the academic sponsor. Semester at Sea is supervised by the Institute for Shipboard Education.
Amazon.com's new large-screen Kindle DX e-reader will ship earlier than expected, the company said Monday. ... In addition to the distribution deals with the newspapers, Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, Princeton University, Reed College and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia will distribute hundreds of Kindle DX devices to students so that they can use them to read textbooks.
In May 2008, the UVA Foundation bought the 60-room Econo Lodge at 400 Emmet St. and the adjacent restaurant, for $6 million as part of what Foundation CEO Tim Rose called a “long-term, land-banking acquisition, not one for immediate need.” This is a well-used strategy for the Foundation as evidenced by the purchase of properties well above market values around the University in the ongoing South Lawn development.
The Virginia baseball team won't get to host its super regional game. The team will play at Mississippi on Friday.
Technology originally used as sonar for submarines could be part of a revolutionary medical treatment. ... The technology potentially could be used to treat a host of other forms of cancer along with other diseases. Dr. Neal Kassell, a neurosurgeon at the University of Virginia, saw the potential for the treatment, so he helped to establish the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation in 2006. .
University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III will deliver a keynote address at the third International Conference on World-Class Universities in Shanghai. The conference, sponsored by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, will gather researchers, higher education leaders and policymakers to discuss the challenges of managing and building top-tier universities. Casteen will speak on managing a university in a time of economic uncertainty.
Brian Balogh
Associate professor of history, chair of the Governing America in a Global Era Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, co-host of the nationally syndicated Backstory, with the American History Guys and author of "A Government out of Sight: The Mystery of National Authority in Nineteenth-Century America."
Americans Love Government – As Long as They Can’t See It
History News Network / May 30
http://www.hnn.us/articles/88154.html
Daniel Bluestone
Director of the Historic Preservation Program at the School of Architecture
Charlottesville-Ri...
Jamie Hatch
A second-year biomedical engineering major who participated in Alternative Spring Break
An alternative spring break / Valley college student volunteers with Hurricane Katrina victims
The (Sayre, Penn.) Morning Times / May 30
http://www.morning-times.com/articles/2009/05/30/local_news/doc4a1fd428b37f1160657286.txt
“If athletes were given less care and more thought, the doctors might come up with some original ideas on why illness persists, why injury doesn’t clear up. If more non-physicians could be induced to lend their ideas and talents, we might see a completely new approach to sports medicine.” Dr. George Sheehan 1975
A modern innovator applying these innovative and integrated principles is Jay Dicharry at The University of Virginia Speed Clinic. His inquisitiveness and pursuit of new methods gave me the opportunity to present ChiRunning research at the 2008 UVA Running Medi...
Honey is a complete food from nature, used as far back as ancient Egypt. Now, beehives are disappearing and no one is certain of the cause. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) wiped out over half of the bee colonies in thirty-five states. A virus is suspected as the cause but some suggest toxins in the environment are to blame. ... Honey is used by athletes as a quick source of energy, and has also shown to help with memory retention, due to this energy increasing effect. The University of Virginia is conducting research on this phenomenon.
Joseph White, a senior editor and reporter at the Wall Street Journal since 1987, covers the auto industry from Detroit and writes “Eyes on the Road” for the Journal’s online edition. White spoke at a Miller Center Forum on May 13, 2009.
In an effort to expand access to online resources and services, and in response to technology trends in the community, the U.Va. Library has released a version of the website that is optimized for handheld, web-enabled mobile phones and devices.
The University of Virginia is poised to demolish three 43-year-old dormitories and replace them with a pair of modern residence halls. UVa will raze Balz, Dobie and Watson halls next month, clearing the way for construction to begin on the new residence halls, which will be linked by a new one-story student activity center.
In Virginia, the Department of Corrections partners with the University of Virginia and VCU Health Systems to provide telemedicine services, according to the department's Web site. Cost savings can be especially significant when inmates are located in rural prisons that can be hundreds of miles away from specialists.
Cavaliers complete regional in perfect fashion
The Daily Progress / June 1
IRVINE, Calif. - Apparently, dogpiles are going out of style. Perhaps expectations outweighed the reality. Regardless of the mild celebration that unfolded at Anteater Park, second-seeded Virginia made program history Sunday night with a regional-clinching 4-1 victory over UC Irvine.
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_baseball/article/cavaliers_complete_regional_in_perfect_fashion/40889/
Long before Caroline Walters became the University of Virginia’s records officer, she was her own records officer. For the past 15 years, Walters has celebrated the new year by waking up early on Jan. 1 and sitting down with her shredder to clean out her personal records. Walters moved to Virginia in October to be the university’s first full-time records officer, a position created out of UVa’s Process Simplification effort. In the last several months, she has been helping university employees figure out what they really need amid billions of paper files and nearly a terabyte...
The college admissions season is lasting longer than usual this year as many universities, unsure of how the economy would affect whether students accepted admission offers, lowered their offer rates and leaned on long wait lists to hedge their bets. ... The University of Virginia is still going through its wait list, as is Radford University.
Adair Newhall
A 2009 Darden graduate
Rethinking Wall Street: MBA grads face grave new world
CNBC / May 21
http://www.cnbc.com/id/30813752
Jaclin Warner, Adair Newhall, and Leily Saadat-Lajevardi
Class of 2009 Darden graduates
Nightly Business Report
PBS / May 21
http://www.pbs.org/nbr/info/local-player.html?s=nbre07s280fq4c4
Scott Clemente
A 2009 Darden graduate
Business Week / May 26
Things can change quickly http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/may2009/bs20090526_722738.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_business+schools
Tony Bennett
Head men’s basketball coach
HOTSEAT- The best is yet to come: To Cavs fans, he's the Tony Bennett
The Hook / May 28
http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2009/05/28/HOTSEAT-Bennett-A.aspx
Julian Bond
A history professor
No right to a civil rite
San Francisco Chronicle / May 28‎
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/28/EDP717T09L.DTL
Robert Bruner
Dean of the Darden School of Business
With Ursula Burns as CEO, Xerox gets tough operator
Dow Jones Newswires / May 21
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200905211629dowjonesdj...
At last month’s ACC championships in Tennessee, the Virginia women’s rowing team finished second behind Clemson. It was the first time in 10 years that UVa didn’t come away with the ACC title. While the setback might have been a harbinger for some programs, it has proved just the opposite for the Cavaliers. A week after the defeat, Virginia responded with resounding wins in an event on the Charles River in Boston. Then, two weeks ago, won the South/Central Regional championships for the third straight year.