... Chief [Michael] Gibson was one of the early supporters of the [area's] crisis-intervention team, and has consistently championed it since then. Due to his 'leadership and commitment, our regional community has one of the best CIT programs in the state… ,' said Tom Von Hemert in nominating him. Our congratulations to Chief Gibson. ...
By Robert F. Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business and co-author of "The Panic of 1907"
...does the recurrence of crises actually mean we've learned little from them? More important, what can we learn from them? First and foremost, students and business practitioners need to learn the recurrent themes of crises like these. (Sean Carr and I outlined some of them in our recent book, The Panic of 1907.) ... For instance, the attributes that distinguish this crisis from all others are greater complexity, inflexibility, speed and scale. On these points, business school instructors could bui...
Karen Firehock's green infrastructure class makes proposals for Lynchburg
Brian Balogh and Peter Onuf
Professors of history and co-hosts of public radio's "BackStory with the American History Guys"
VFH Radio's 'BackStory' wins national acclaim
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Nov. 19
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/vfh_radios_backstory_wins_national_acclaim/31550/
Jonathan Cannon and David Martin
Law professors named to Obama's transition team
U.Va. profs part of Obama transition team
Associated Press / Nov. 19
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--uvaprofessors-oba1119nov19,0,4376277.story
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U.Va. law professors named to Obama'...
Veteran civil rights activist Julian Bond will not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP's national board, saying the time is right to "let a new generation of leaders" take over the century-old organization. Bond, 68, has served as chairman since 1998. He announced Tuesday that his current one-year chairman's term, which expires in February, will be his last, although he plans to remain on the board.
By Ronald Wilcox, Darden professor and author of "Whatever Happened to Thrift?"
...We need to increase savings, but there are reasons Americans don't save that have more to do with our success than with our failure. Optimism is central to the mythology of America. ...
... Last fiscal year, Charlottesville Transit Service had almost 13 percent more riders than the year before, for about 190,000 more rides. Through the first three months of this fiscal year, ridership is up 79,000 over the same period last year. "I think the primary reason was that we set up a program with the University of Virginia, where folks that were affiliated with the university-- students, faculty, and staff-- show their photo ID and they ride CTS for free," offered CTS' Bill Waterson.