University of Virginia officials are aiming to allay concerns about the state of the school's investments and overall stability in light of a financial crisis that is wracking financial markets worldwide. In a letter sent out Thursday evening, UVa President John T. Casteen III wrote that while UVa's endowment investments were hit to the tune of close to $900 million in the first quarter of this fiscal year, the investments will rebound in the long run.
... there are things you can do to feel better while the cold runs its course. The University of Virginia Health System offers these suggestions: ...
The UVA Football Alumni Club has become the latest organization to honor University Dean of Admissions John Blackburn. Blackburn will retire next summer after 23 years at the helm. The 450-member Football Alumni Club has presented Blackburn with its annual Order of the Crossed Sabres. The award recognizes those who've had an extraordinary impact on the Virginia football program. ...Blackburn has overseen the admission of players who graduated at a 72% rate, nearly 20 percentage points higher than the national average. ...
University of Virginia researchers have confirmed the accuracy and reliability of SpermCheck Vasectomy, the first FDA-approved at-home test for detecting low concentrations of sperm.
Elliott Woods
2008 graduate in English after leaving school to serve in Iraq, maker of a documentary film on Iraq veterans, and author of a new story in the VQR
Jason Alvis
A graduate student who lives in an historic Lynchburg apartment building that he helped renovate
... Past beneficiaries of similar grants from the alliance include ... Intelliject LLC, a company founded by University of Virginia students that makes a wallet-size drug injector called the EpiCard.
Julie Bargmann
Associate professor of landscape architecture
Five Designers Awarded $50,000 Fellowships
Architectural Record / Nov. 10
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/081110usafellowships.asp
Chris Brightman
CEO of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company
Venture Capitalists Have Flashbacks as Institutions Dump Stakes
Bloomberg / Nov. 14
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aGoLeqw51UGg&refer=us
Stephen A. Macko
Professor of environmental sciences who uses isotopes to study the human diet
Fast Food's Corny Roots / Isotope survey is the fi...
Some people who suffer Seasonal Affective Disorder may also have a genetic mutation that may, in part, bring on wintry depression, a study by a University of Virginia researcher has found.
... University of Virginia chemistry professor James Landers and other UVa researchers are working on a small glass panel that would allow physicians and crime-scene investigators to conduct DNA tests anywhere without the need for a laboratory.
...The 10th annual American Democracy Conference is sponsored by UVa's Center for Politics and will take place Nov. 21 at Alumni Hall, 211 Emmet St.
... this summer the 26-year-old MBA student [Ari Perlman] at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business signed on with Lehman Brothers for an internship. Then all hell broke loose. ...
The Cooper Center co-hosts a forum on "Making Ends Meet" in Martinsville, led by Nancy Gansneder, director of the Academy for Civic Renewal at the Cooper Center
...WVTF's Sandy Hausman reports on a UVA study that shows strenuous exercise is needed to reshape your middle.
Students at the University of Virginia held an America Recycles Day Thursday to raise awareness about cutting down on waste. Activities include a "Dumpster Dive" where participants rummage through a first-year residence hall trash container to see what items could have been recycled. Other games included a taste test to compare bottled water to filtered water and tap water.
When Karen McDowell dressed up in a purple fish costume and walked around the University of Virginia's campus last month, she got plenty of attention for her cause, even though she had to explain the meaning of her outfit. Ms. McDowell is a security analyst for the university, and her goal was to raise awareness about e-mail phishing schemes, in which con artists send e-mail messages hoping to lure people into giving out their passwords or other personal information.
David Breneman
University Professor and a professor of the economics of education
Euphoria of Obama win tempered by budget woes
Times Higher Education (UK) / Nov. 13
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=404280&c=1
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
'President Obama' Will Be Greeted By A Stack Of Problems
Afro-American Newspapers / Nov. 12
http://www.seattlemedium.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=92509&sID=3&ItemSource=L
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Observers: Perriello skills, timing key
Martinsville Bulletin (VA) / Nov. 13
http://www.martinsvilleb...