The Virginia House of Delegates adjourned for the year Friday without passing a trio of bills that would have raised the requirement of in-state students at some of Virginia’s public colleges and universities to as much as 80 percent. ... HB 2475 and HB 1696 ... would have required that either 75 percent of undergraduate or 80 percent of all students at the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and James Madison University are residents of the state of Virginia.
Robert Burton and Jerry Cox
1979 graduates of U.Va.'s School of Law
Commentary: Reforming defense procurement / No 'fiscal responsibility' without tackling military expenditures
Washington Times / Feb. 25
Rosalyn Berne
Associate professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Podcast: Rosalyn Berne on the ethics of nano and food
EarthSky.org / March 3
http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/53102/rosalyn-berne-on-the-ethics-of-nano-and-food
Frederick Hayden
Medical professor
Study suggests live nasal-spray flu vaccine not as effective in adults
Canadian Press / March 2
Ed Hess
Darden professor
Riding out the recession / It could be the right time to start your own business
Baltimore Sun / March 3
Donna Kauffman
Manager of dual-career recruitment
Employment for Spouses Gets Harder to Find
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Healthcare professionals at the University of Virginia Infectious Disease Clinic have found a modern way to improve contact with HIV patients who live in rural areas.
Commentary by former secretaries of state James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher, co-chairmen of the National War Powers Commission convened at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs.
The US Census Bureau estimated that 6.6 percent of Virginians were Hispanic or Latino in 2007, up from 4.7 percent in 2000. However, this year at UVA, Hispanics constitute only 4.2 percent of the undergraduates, 2.1 percent of graduate students, and 1.2 percent of faculty. ... Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement Sharon Hostler and her staff are investigating faculty composition across racial and ethnic groups, starting with Hispanics, and seeking solutions.
In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe – the 19th-century American author and one-time University of Virginia student – the U.Va. Library announces the acquisition of a rare Poe letter and the opening of an exhibit that explores his life, works and enduring influence.
Reminders of happier times will lift the spirits of fans at John Paul Jones Arena this afternoon, if only briefly. ... The school's 1983-84 team will be recognized at halftime of today's U.Va.-Wake Forest game.
In College Park, Md., Virginia won its 12th ACC championship on Saturday night behind repeat Most Valuable Swimmer Matt McLean.
Leland Melvin
NASA astronaut who earned a master's degree frm U.Va.
General Assembly honors Lynchburg astronaut Leland Melvin
Lynchburg News & Advance / Feb. 27
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/general_assembly_honors_lynchburg_astronaut_leland_melvin/13908/
Karin Agness
Third-year law student
Commentary: Are Hookups Killing College Romance?
Richmond Times-Dispatch / March 1
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/commentary/article/AGNESS301_20090227-201205/217907/
Kate Villars
Civil engineering student
Young People to Swarm Capitol With Green Agenda
Washington Post / March 1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801877.html
Coy Barefoot
Director of Alumni Relations and Communications at Weldon Cooper Center
Letter to the Editor: UVa’s honor code misunderstood
Charlottesville Daily Progress / March 2
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/uvas_honor_code_misunderstood/36573/
Richard Bonnie and Mildred Robinson
Law professors, co-editors of "Law Touched Our Hearts"
UVA professors look back at Brown v. Board of Education in new book
Newport News Daily Press / Feb. 27
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-uva-professors-brown-board-education,0,7959140.story
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A new drug called MK-677 has been shown to increase 20 percent of the lost muscle mass that occurs between mid-puberty and age 70 -- a significant boost in muscle.
Based on a sample of 8,310 undergraduates, the national study says that students who spend at least a month on just one topic in a high school science course get better grades in a freshman college course in that subject than students whose high school courses were more balanced. ... The authors are Marc S. Schwartz of the University of Texas at Arlington, Philip M. Sadler and Gerhard Sonnert of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Robert H. Tai of the University of Virginia.
The UVA Art Museum announced the launch of a new blog Friday called "Building A Living Legacy--Jefferson's Academical Village."
The University of Virginia’s endowment pool lost $14 million in January, less than half the $30 million it lost in December. In a way, the endowment pool’s January loss is a sign of recovery from the $280 million loss reported in November and the roughly $1.3 billion that has evaporated since July.
University of Virginia students taught the Broadus Wood Elementary students the basics of Chinese. The kids learned how to count from "one" to "10" in Chinese, as well as how to say "hi."
But, thanks to the support of University of Virginia employees, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network (Thomas Jefferson Area Food Bank) will be better equipped to feed hope into the lives of people in need. Through the 2008 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign at UVa, the food bank received more than $79,000 — more than double what we received in the previous year.
The University of Virginia's capital campaign is on track despite the slumping economy.
Inside a defunct nuclear reactor at the University of Virginia, engineering students have set up a makeshift garage where they’re taking a Honda Accord from gasoline to electric power.