In these economic times, there's an incredible bargain to be had Saturday night at the University of Virginia's Old Cabell Hall, when jazz great Terence Blanchard will be the guest artist with the U.Va. Jazz Ensemble.
Dean Robert Pianta's study of first-grade classrooms finds not enough teachers are effectively teaching critical thinking skills, but video taping good teaching may help.
The University of Virginia will open a new research building next week, providing office and lab space for companies such as defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. The four-story, 85,000-square-foot facility is the third of six buildings that eventually will be the Town Center section of the University of Virginia Research Park, located off U.S. 29 north of Charlottesville.
A University of Virginia researcher has designed a camera lens that could improve health care in rural areas. Paul Yates, assistant professor of ophthalmology, said the lens, which allows for photographing the retina, will be smaller, more user-friendly and costs thousands of dollars less than similar technology on the market. Yates said physicians look at the retina, located on the back of the eye, as the “canary in the coal mine” where microvessels often show signs of larger health issues.
...a recent policy shift from President Obama could mean big changes for researchers at the University of Virginia. Dr. Jeffrey Corwin, a professor of neuroscience at UVA is searching for a way to restore hearing to people going deaf, regenerating sensory cells in the inner ear with stem cell therapy. ...
U.Va.'s Patent Foundation and Research Park "represent exactly what we need to focus on to build the kind of diversified economic development that thrives on advanced skills, higher education and innovation."
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
A Look at Central Virginia Earmarks
WVIR NBC-29 / Mar. 10
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9979435&nav=menu496_2_1
Yvonne Hubbard
Director of Student Financial Services
Briefs: Public education in Virginia: Higher education
Richmond Times Dispatch / Mar. 11
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/education/article/OBAM11S_20090310-220204/228316/
John Knapp
A senior economist at the Weldon Cooper Center
Federal aid helped Va. avoid deeper budget cuts
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) / Mar. 11
http://hamptonroads.com/2009...
It can be difficult to see that cosmetics and contact lenses may not mix, especially if the cosmetics are misapplied. The University of Virginia Health System offers these suggestions for contact lens wearers who use makeup: ...
... High school students who focus more intensely on core topics within their biology, chemistry, and physics classes fared better in beginning college science than those who delved a little bit into a larger list of topics, the study found. ... The study... was written by ... and Robert H. Tai, an associate professor of science education at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville.
... When you fill out the Virginia Resident Form for Individual Tax returns you can choose to donate money to fund research at the University of Virginia’s Cancer Center. UVa and Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center split the donations.
... The trend started in the fall. Virginia saw a 17 percent decrease in the number of companies who showed up for on-Grounds interviews. This spring, it's worse. At a career fair in February, there were 30 percent fewer employers than last year. ...
Research by economics doctoral student Tarun Jain finds that India's skewed sex ratio is rooted in sons competing to have the most grandsons in hopes of being awarded a larger share of family lands.
... What construction crews stumbled upon in 1993 was an archaeological treasure: a 19th-century family cemetery and house site belonging to a free black woman, Catherine “Kitty” Foster, and her descendants. The site, which sits between JPA and Venable Lane, will be preserved and commemorated as a one-acre public park close to the nearly completed South Lawn Project.
The University of Virginia Patent Foundation is among the top five in academic technology transfer, according to a survey of 194 U.S. research institutions.
Robert Bruner
Dean of the Darden School of Business
The Bloomberg 20
Business Mirror / Bloomberg News / Mar. 10
http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/bloomberg-specials/7245-the-bloomberg-20.html
Bob Gibson
Executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
A Virginia Politics Update
"Virginia Insight" on WMRA Public Radio / Mar. 9
http://www.wmra.org/inchive.html
Karen Parshall
A professor of mathematics and history who did her doctoral studies under Dr. Debus
Allen G. Debus, 1926-2009: U. of C. researcher studied history of science, collected early 20th Century mu...
By Bruce L. Reynolds, a professor of economics
... The overwhelming consensus among China specialists such as myself is that the Chinese government -- divided, weak, uncertain -- could and should have intervened earlier and more vigorously rather than waiting until force was the only option. Mr. Freeman's e-mail endorsed precisely this view. Mr. Chait twisted this into an endorsement of shooting down idealistic students. ...
... The idea for the new body armor grew from a biomedical class at the University of Virginia’s Engineering School and his own military experience, according to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. [Jeff] O’Dell.