Close to 100 people came together on Wednesday evening at the University of Virginia in what was billed as a 'teach-in' intended to field perspective on last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. 'For me, this is a very, very painful evening,' Gowher Rizvi, vice provost for international programs, said. 'Maybe this will help us come to terms with some of our suffering today.'
The CEO of the company managing the University of Virginia's endowment has asserted the stability of its investment strategies amid a global economic downturn. The open letter to the UVa community is the third issued by the University of Virginia Investment Management Co. in the last three weeks, but the first from company CEO Chris Brightman. ... Brightman noted that while the endowment pool lost $1 billion recently, it grew $1.6 billion between June 2005 and June 2008, leaving the pool $600 million ahead, or at roughly $4.1 billion overall.
John W. Snow
Graduate with a doctorate in economics, and former Secretary of the Treasury from 2003 to 2006
Timothy Beatley
Professor of sustainable communities and author of "Green Urbanism Down Under"
Green Urbanism Down Under: Learning from Sustainable Communities in Australia
Dexigner / Dec. 3
http://www.dexigner.com/architecture/news-g16398.html
Maurice Cox and William Morrish
Professors of architecture presenting a talk on "The Art of Sustainable Public Works"
Art Beat: Sustainable Art Discussion
WAMU (DC) / Dec. 3
http://wamu.org/news/08/12/03.php
Michael Krepon
A diplomat scholar and visiting lecturer in politics, and co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center
After Attacks, India-Pakistan...
Some University of Virginia students heard horror stories Tuesday about a conflict that's been raging since their parents were children. A coalition dominated by civil libertarians sponsored a panel discussion that asks the question "What's Wrong With The War on Drugs?" UVA Law Professor Richard Bonnie, who has authored several books on this topic, anticipates there will be efforts to change the nation's drug policies after Barack Obama becomes President next month.
Representatives of the Guinness Book of World records will be on the UVA Grounds Friday. They'll be here to officially record the biggest game of "tag" ever played. The event is being organized by the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity to recognize the efforts of the UVA Children's Hospital.
... The slayings of the two Central Virginia residents have led to an outpouring of support here and abroad. The Chabad House at the University of Virginia will hold a memorial service at 7 tonight for those slain in the Mumbai terror attacks. A teach-in on issues surrounding the attacks will also be held at 5 p.m. today at UVa's Newcomb Hall Art Gallery.
Scientists at the University of Virginia could be on the verge of an important breakthrough for the 23.6 million Americans who have diabetes. They've designed an artificial pancreas to monitor blood sugar and administer insulin proactively.
U.Va. has made dramatic efforts in recent years to help lower- and middle-income students, explains Yvonne Hubbard, director of student financial services
... [New Jersey State Parole Board Captain Steven Tallard] made history by becoming the first parole officer ever to graduate from the [FBI National Academy Academy.] ...Tallard underwent a grueling course load, and endured networking, social, and physical training for ten weeks... The academic aspect of training was equally intense. The University of Virginia sponsored the courses, which were made up of one undergraduate course and four graduate courses.
In Debbie Ryan's 32nd season as head coach, UVA women's basketball team (5-2) is once again showing signs of greatness-albeit inconsistently. After the Cavaliers knocked off women's basketball powerhouse Tennessee in Knoxville on November 17, they fell to Old Dominion in their next game.
Tyler Hogg
Recent Curry graduate who has been teaching at the American School of Bombay since July. The parents of three students she knew died in the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
...[Charlottesville Rotary Club member Tom] Dunnelles, who has been a Peace Corps volunteer for 40 years, announced that his colleagues would come to Wum to help develop the project thanks to Cameroon Rotary Club and the University of Virginia Engineering Department.
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
Some May Not Approve of Obama's Cabinet Choices
WCAV CBS-19 / Dec. 1
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/35335934.html
Terance Rephann
A regional economist with the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
Farmers talk trends at convention
Staunton News Leader / Dec. 2
http://www.newsleader.com/article/20081202/NEWS01/812020320
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Obama Unveils National Security Team
NPR's All Things Considered / Dec. 1
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor...
...UVA's Community Relations Office works with neighborhood associations that border the University, and created the Good Neighbor Guide for students who rent off-campus housing after neighbors complained about some problems. ...'In the last few years, the University has really improved how they interact with neighborhoods in dealing with such students, working with us, opening up the judicial system, helping us understand that system,' says [Arthur Lichtenberger, president of the Lewis Mountain Neighborhood Association].
... According to the Centers for Disease Control, roughly 25 percent of people in the United States are living with HIV and don't know it. That's why [the AIDS Service Group in Charlottesville] is working with University of Virginia health clinics this week. They're offering opt out testing in an effort to test as many people as possible.
In three years, a walk to your computer could bring you closer to Colonial Williamsburg than a walk down Duke of Gloucester Street. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia have teamed up to create Virtual Williamsburg, a digital replica of Williamsburg in 1776.
Biogeochemistry professor Stephen Macko has analyzed isotopes to determine the diet of modern Americans, an ancient iceman in the Alps and a recently discovered worm-like species that lives in sulfide-spewing gas vents
A recent report from the Weldon Cooper Center highlighted problems with the way Virginia does a triennial census to allocate tax dollars for public schools