...The UVA Inter-Fraternity Council will receive an Award of Excellence from an organization known as America's Blood Centers, which is North America's largest network of community blood centers. ...
Dr. George A. Beller, a professor of cardiology, explains the latest findings on metabolic syndrome and other critical aspects of the obesity epidemic.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in partnership with MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, hosts a conversation at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, moderated by Robert MacNeil, founder and former co-anchor of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, focused on balancing a federal infrastructure policy with energy, environmental, and economic priorities. [Includes video]
University of Virginia students have rejected a referendum calling for overhauling the school’s historic single-sanction-based honor system. The measure was voted down by a margin of more than 2 to 1, according to tallies from this year’s spring voting cycle that were released Monday evening.
... Several bills introduced this year would have ordered state schools to reserve 70, 75 or even 80 percent of their freshman slots for Virginia teenagers. But while legislators have somberly recounted tales of heartbroken high school seniors, they've been less inclined to share equally distressing stories of young people forced to settle for low-paying jobs because they can't afford to pay for their education. The inconvenient truth buried in all these stories is that legislators share in the blame, because they have failed to provide dependable and adequate state funding to universities for...
Dr. James T. Barclay
Former owner of Monticello in the 1830s who later was a missionary in Jerusalem
He went from Monticello to true mission
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Feb. 22
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/lifestyles/columnists/yesteryears/article/he_went_from_monticello_to_true_mission/36175/
Tina Fey
Celebrity comedian
Tina Fey and the success of 30 Rock
The Times (London) / Feb. 22
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5766865.ece
Roger Fogelman
As a graduate student at U.Va. in 1961, winner of an Academy of American Poets Universi...
Joe Forrester
Fourth-year medical student who plans to kayak the Missouri and Mississippi rivers – a distance of 3,900 miles – in an effort to raise $20,000 for the National Parkinson's Foundation
Kayaker plans trip to raise money for Parkinson's research
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette (IL) / Feb. 21
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/02/21/kayaker_plans_trip_to_raise_money_for_parkinsons_research
Drew Holzwarth
Darden student who made a $7 million stimulus spending proposal to Gov. Kaine for his construction company to build affordable housing
Virginians Make Pitch for St...
Edwin T. Burton
A professor of economics
Editorial: Reality check for graduates
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Feb. 23
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/op_ed/article/reality_check_for_graduates/36185/
John Casteen III
U.Va. president and part of a 15-member group advising Ireland's government on its national strategy for higher education
International experts to advise on higher education
Sunday Business Post (Ireland) / Feb. 22
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=39755-qqqx=1.asp
Michael Garstang
Emeritus research professor in environment...
...In fact, “Pride and Prejudice” may already be a zombie novel, contends Brad Pasanek, a specialist in 18th-century literature at the University of Virginia ...
... A recent survey by the Miller Center at the University of Virginia found that 55 percent of Virginians who see carbon emissions as a man-made problem, “strongly support” requiring electric utilities to produce sizable amounts of renewable power.
... The Quality of Service and Efficiency Study for the City of Charlottesville was conducted by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. ...
How does one explain the fact that the United States has five percent of the world’s population but almost twenty-five percent of the world’s prisoners? University of Virginia Political Science Professor Vesla Weaver explored this question and others on Friday, February 13...
Never mind doorknobs and faucet handles — the real viral hot spot in your home is the TV remote control, Men’s Health reports in its March issue. A University of Virginia study discovered that half of TV remotes belonging to people with colds were contaminated with the rhinovirus. ...
... In research conducted a few years ago, Robert Cross, a professor of management at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, found that someone must clear two hurdles before gaining another's trust. First, they must demonstrate the requisite knowledge and skill to handle the job at hand in a way that inspires confidence. Mr. Cross called this "competence-based" trust. Second, they must instill the belief that they will put another's interests first. Mr. Cross called this "benevolence-based" trust, and it is especially important in areas where people have limited kno...
A variation in one gene may explain why some people are more heavily dependent on alcohol than are others. University of Virginia Health System researchers linked the DNA sequencing of the SLC6A4 serotonin transporter gene to how many drinks a day people receiving help for alcohol dependency used to have. ...
... Last September [second-year and U.S. Army Sgt. Jeff] O’Dell seized upon an opportunity to possibly help save countless lives in the future — maybe even his own. As a double major in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, he took a Design Discovery class that introduces second-year students to conceptual and practical design work. ...
Darden’s Executive Director of Corporate Relations, Everette Fortner, joins us to discuss the current employment picture. ... In the news: “Wal-Mart’s 1st Place Prize,” “How to Win in a Losing Economy,” and “A Visit from Microsoft.”
...For the second consecutive year, the Free Clinic received more donations than any other charity in the state through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign. ...Cumulatively, UVa employees have given more than $560,000 to the Free Clinic over the past 10 years. Additionally, more than 100 UVa employees and undergraduates volunteer at the Free Clinic annually...