The University of Virginia cut energy costs by nearly $400,000 in nine months through upgrades to one of its most inefficient buildings, officials said. And a team dubbed “Delta Force” now has other buildings in its crosshairs.
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology professor
Immorality a Lot Like Rotten Food
Wired Science / Feb. 26
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/moraldisgust.html
Jeffrey Hopkins
Professor emeritus of religious studies
Expert says sex paves way to spiritual enlightenment
Toronto Star / Feb. 27
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/593881
William Lee Miller
Professor emeritus, Miller Center of Public Affairs
Lincoln Prize Goes to McPherson and Symonds
Washington Post "A House Divided" Blog / Feb. 26
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/house-divided/2009/02/lincoln_prize_goes_to_mcpherso.htm...
Three years after taking its last letter, it looks like the old University Station Post 0ffice on 11th Street finally has a date with a wrecking ball.
... (O)ver the last few years, Boucher said he has worked to link local clinics to the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine. “There are now 45 clinics in Southwest Virginia that can practice telemedicine through a full motion video conference with doctors in Charlottesville.
... {T)he University of Virginia's Curry School of Education has developed a cocurricular program designed to instruct experts charged with turning around consistently low-performing schools. Run jointly with UVA's Darden School of Business, the program takes candidates from inside and outside education and equips "turnaround specialists" to tackle some of the state's toughest schools
A University of Virginia professor's invention could help shed new light on treating anyone who suffers an eye injury. Dr. Paul Yates is developing a new type of retina camera.
... (R)esearchers at the University of Virginia took an in-depth look at just where foreclosures are happening. It turns out that 87 percent of foreclosures housing value loss is taking place in just four states--California, Florida, Arizona and Nevada.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents New Deal Paintings from the First Federally Funded Art Program in the United States. ... A selection of paintings made with support from this program will be on view Feb. 27 through Jan. 3, 2010, in the exhibition “1934: A New Deal for Artists” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. ... The Smithsonian American Art Museum is offering an educational Web site, in collaboration with the University of Virginia, which will allow online visitors to explore the 1930s through paintings, artist memorabilia, historical documents, newsreels, perio...
... The results of BusinessWeek's fourth annual ranking of undergraduate business programs reflect the job market's uncertainty. ... (T)he schools that excelled in our survey have put an intense focus on guiding students through the career search. Leading the way is No. 1-ranked McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where nearly three of four seniors have job offers, thanks largely to the school's innovative efforts to build student-recruiter relationships.
Euclid M. Hanbury Jr.
Former professor of surgery
Music-loving surgeon Euclid M. Hanbury Jr. dies
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Feb. 26
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article/EHOB26_20090225-221212/216079/
Virginia should consider expanding the size of its public colleges and universities to accommodate the increased demand of qualified state residents wishing to attend, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday. But the governor said that in order for such an expansion to take place, lawmakers need to have a serious discussion about the need to increase funding for higher education in the state.
Jon Cannon
Law professor nominated by Obama as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
U.Va. law professor selected for EPA post
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Feb. 26
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/national/national_govtpolitics/article/UVAA26_20090225-220716/216068/
Cordel Faulk
Research director, U.Va. Center for Politics
Campaign Over, Attack Ads Continue
NBC29 / Feb. 25
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9904231
LaVahn Hoh
Drama professor
State association honors legendary U.Va theater professor
Staunton News Leader / Feb. 26
http://www.newsleader.com/article/...
A new statistical model could be used to predict an individual's lifetime risk of stroke, finds a study from the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP). Using genetic information from 569 hospital patients, the researchers showed that their predictive model could estimate an individual's overall risk of cardioembolic stroke -- the most common form of stroke -- with 86 percent accuracy. ... Michele Sale, PhD of the University of Virginia, and Blanca Himes, PhD, of CHIP, were coauthors on the paper.
Antidepressant drugs, already known to cause sexual side effects, may also suppress the basic human emotions of love and romance. That SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors — the most common type of antidepressant — cause sexual dysfunction is common knowledge. ... During sex, a cocktail of hormones is released that appears to play important roles in fostering romantic attachment within the brain. Take away sex, and romantic love can dwindle. But this is just part of the problem, say Fisher and University of Virginia psychiatrist James Thomson.
The University of Virginia is not happy about a bill that would limit its number of out-of-state students. Gov. Tim Kaine is also speaking out against the plan. The idea is to create more opportunities for Virginia students to go to Virginia colleges and universities. But UVA and the governor say that will create more problems, starting with the University's bottom line.