Recommendations from U.Va. cold expert Dr. Jack Gwaltney, professor emeritus of internal medicine
Obama taps alum William V. Corr to be deputy secretary of Health And Human Services, a key position in national healthcare reform
A new study from researchers at U.Va. and the University of Pittsburgh
After 11 years as the executive director and CEO of UVA's Patent Foundation, Robert MacWright has resigned. 'I found an opportunity to build a practice in the area of technology licensing in the context of a law firm, and [it] presented me with new challenges that I look forward to,' he says.
... 'Business schools right now are experiencing a boom in applications,' says Robert F. Bruner, dean of the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Despite the significant loss of jobs on Wall Street, students still see a business career as highly attractive, he says.
... we've seen a slow erosion of education as the engine of progress and opportunity in California. That idea of upward mobility, however, is deeply rooted in American thought and practice. Thomas Jefferson, in launching the University of Virginia, sought to nurture the talents of all classes: "We hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use, if not sought for and cultivated." ...
Somdev Devvarman
Runner-up at the Chennai Open tennis tournament
Cilic beats Devvarman to win Chennai Open for second career ATP title
Canadian Press / Jan. 11
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hlM6tGokOGnAYdlDausrLLIQXAwQ
and
The coming of age of an athlete
The Hindu (India) / Jan. 10
http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/11/stories/2009011160721500.htm
and
Tennis: Cilic clinches second title
Associated Press / Jan. 11
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10551459
Hunter R. Hollar
Former chief executive and president of Olney, Md.-based Sandy Spr...
CHENNAI: Somdev Devvarman won the crowd, got them to their feet numerous times, had them chanting his name wildly, got marriage proposals, but didn't win the Chennai Open. [Includes video]
Jaideep Singh
Doctoral student in physics and a lauded collector of physics text books
Brandon L. Garrett
A law professor and an expert on DNA exoneration
Va. cases shed light on false convictions
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Jan. 12
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/INNO12_20090111-220641/175311/
Ted Genoways
Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review
Walt Whitman recounted by VQR Editor Genoways; preview of next issue
WINA's "Charlottesville–Right Now!" / Jan. 7
http://www.cvillepodcast.com/2009/01/11/walt-whitman-recounted-by-vqr-editor-genoways-preview-of-next-issue/
Ed Murphy
A professor of astronomer
UVA Astronomy Professor Ed Murphy with the to...
... A recent study done jointly by [Professor Daniel Gilbert of Harvard University and Professor Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia] has examined the phenomenon of the normal memory lapses of a person who isn't told until after he's heard something that the information is significant. In a forthcoming article they describe their experimental observation that people's memories are less clear when their Motivation to Remember (MTR) -- their recognition that a particular fact is important -- only arises after the fact. ... The authors coin the term "The Scooter Libby Effect" to descr...
A big chunk of change is going to the University of Virginia Medical Center. It's all thanks to the Women's Four Miler. The final numbers from the August race are in and represent a record-breaking year. $321,000 is going straight to the breast care program at UVA's Cancer Center. ...
The University of Virginia's College at Wise and three Southwest Virginia community colleges forged an agreement this week to allow community college students to transfer to the UVa-Wise software engineering program after completing courses at the community colleges.
... Here's some research that WILL do you some good - but only if you follow the tips: ... 2. Walk briskly to school or work. According to a US study at the University of Virginia, you could add two years to your life by walking two miles a day. ...
Kit Bond
1963 Law School graduate, and Missouri senator since 1986 after being Missouri's youngest governor ever elected, at age 33
...[Tiki] Barber, a native of Roanoke and graduate of the University of Virginia, played 10 seasons for the New York Giants. He left at the top of his game. Then, he moved seamlessly into his new life, working for NBC on the Today Show and as a sports broadcaster and analyst. The transition from professional athlete to the real world is not always smooth. Barber has made it look easy.
... I want to tell you about an extraordinary ancient-postmodern book that I am reading. It is "A Theology of Public Life," by Christian theologian Charles Mathewes, a youngish scholar who teaches at the University of Virginia.
... According to a newly released study conducted by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, the number of Virginians aged 65 and older will likely double in the next 20 years, growing from 900,000 today to more than 1.8 million in 2030.