A University of Virginia researcher has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study how late-stage prostate cancers continue to activate the androgen receptor, as well as androgen-responsive genes, in the presence of low levels of androgen. Without androgen, prostate cancer should stop growing or even shrink, as it needs the hormone to survive. However, that is not always the case, Daniel Gioeli, assistant professor of research in microbiology and the grant's recipient, said in a release.
...The software, which shows Rome at the height of its development in 320AD, was developed by Google in association with the Universtity of California and University of Virginia. "The project is the continuation of five centuries of research by scholars, architects and artists who have attempted to restore the ruins of the ancient city with words, maps and images," said Bernard Fischer, a director at the University of Virginia. "It is another step in creating a virtual time machine which our children and grandchildren will use to study the history of Rome."
Late Monday night, the Virginia women's soccer team learned its NCAA Tournament fate. It's a pretty good one. UVa, which lost in the ACC Tournament semifinals to Virginia Tech last week, earned a No. 2 seed and will open at Klockner Stadium against Army on Friday at 5 p.m.
James Ceaser
Professor of politics
Economic Crisis Could Give Obama Opening for Broad Agenda
FOX News / Nov. 10
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/10/obama-plate-filled-democratic-agenda-items/
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
McAuliffe Makes Moves Toward Gubernatorial Run
WCAV CBS-19 / Nov. 10
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/34228264.html
Roseanne Ford
Associate vice president of graduate studies
People Head Back to School Amid Economic Downturn
WVIR NBC-29 / Nov. 10
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9323664&nav=menu496_2_1
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... At colleges across the country, the economic crisis is playing out in ways large and small, immediate and long-term. It is creating short-term problems that school officials have scurried to patch. And it is creating more-fundamental worries about the future. ... At the University of Virginia, which has committed to cover tuition, room and board for low-income students, administrators are bracing for a significant increase next year in the cost of need-based aid.
... A particularly engaging study that recently came to my attention is the report of the National War Powers Commission, a project of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Celebrated choreographer Bill T. Jones gave the inaugural Arts Address at UVA last night, speaking to the students, academics and community members that packed Cabell Hall about his latest project, a consideration of Abraham Lincoln, and about the nature of art and collaboration, in general.
...George Gilliam and Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao, from the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss events going on at the Miller Center.
Sadly, the rate of mental decline is not affected by cognitive exercise, [U.Va.'s Timothy] Salthouse wrote back in 2006, arguing that there is 'little scientific evidence that engagement in mentally stimulating activities alters the rate of mental aging.' The belief that it does is 'more of an optimistic hope than an empirical reality.'
University of Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage was emphatic last night when asked about the 2009 football season. "Al Groh will be our head coach," Littlepage said via e-mail.
No matter how the UVa tennis players fare in the tournament, Charlottesville is a winner. The finest collegiate players in the country are in Charlottesville for their national indoor championships, hosted by the university-owned Boar's Head Sports Club.
Max Kennedy
Kennedy Promotes New Book
ABC7Chicago.com / Nov. 7
Law graduate and the son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who has written a new book detailing the kamikaze attack on the USS Bunker Hill during World War II
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=6494181
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
White House correspondent for the New York Times, answering questions from readers Nov. 10-14
Talk to the Newsroom: White House Correspondent
New York Times / Nov. 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/business/media/10askthetimes.html?ref=business
Cheryl Kong and Ng Yi-Xian
Singaporean Commerce students facing a tough job market
Ann Beattie
Edgar Allan Poe Chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing
Acclaimed author Beattie speaks at Southern Miss
Hattiesburg American (MS) / Nov. 9
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20081109/LIFESTYLE/811090324
Lynn Canady
Professor emeritus of education, and a proponent of the 'no-zero' grading method
Schools test no-zero grading method
Knoxville News Sentinel (TN) / Nov. 8
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/08/schools-test-no-zero-grading-method/
Capt. Dan Downs
An Army ROTC instructor recovering from a severe gunshot wound received two years ago in Iraq
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If Larry Sabato picked stocks the way he picks elections, the University of Virginia political scientist could give Warren Buffett a run for his money. The Crystal Ball, the political forecasting Web site he runs, ended the 2008 political season with a near-perfect record.
By Anthony H. Catanach Jr. (Villanova) and Paul L. Walker, associate professor of commerce
... As bankers, investors and regulators continue to struggle with valuing billions in subprime loans and exotic financial instruments, we wonder how these executives and their independent accountants missed what appear to be glaring deficiencies in these companies' financial reporting. ... The magnitude of the recent global market meltdown and government bailouts requires a serious rethinking of auditing's role and standards.
The UVA Children's Hospital has been selected to take part in a national study on childhood obesity. The goal is to identify the best way for hospitals to conduct weight management programs for younger patients. The Children's Fitness Clinic at UVA was one of 16 programs chosen out of 144 others nationwide.
A mutated gene in the eye may account for some cases of seasonal affective disorder, that annual bout of "winter blues" experienced by an estimated 6 percent of the U.S. population as the days get shorter. "SAD [seasonal affective disorder] is a kind of major depression that recurs every year right around the fall," said lead researcher Ignacio Provencio, an associate professor of biology at the University of Virginia.
In the news this week: 'An Update from the Dean,' 'On to the Coca-Cola Finals,' and 'Darden For The Cure.'