If a family member has a cold, it's very likely that several surfaces in the home, including the refrigerator door, TV remote, and faucet, are contaminated with the cold virus (also called rhinovirus), which can then be transferred to fingertips following contact, new research shows. "Rhinovirus in mucus may contaminate surfaces in the home that are frequently touched, and infectious virus may be transferred to fingertips during activities of daily life," senior researcher Dr. J. Owen Hendley, from the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, told Reuters health.
Any type of exercise is beneficial for health, but high-intensity exercise is likely necessary to achieve significant improvements in body composition, researchers at the University of Virginia have found.
Brice Morrison
A video game designer at Electronic Arts who founded the U.Va. Student Game Developers, an organization which continues to produce games every semester and open the doors to the games industry for students
Charles "Chip" Ransler and Manoj Sinha
Darden students who founded Husk Power Systems to convert rice husks into electricity for rural Indian villages
Paul Freedman
A politics professor
Opinion: Campaigns abandon bumper stickers
Detroit News / Oct. 29
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/OPINION03/810290307/1149/AUTO03
E.D. Hirsch Jr.
University Professor emeritus, and member of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALSC)
Opinion: In literary studies, a culture-war armistice
Philadelphia Inquirer / Oct. 29
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/carlin_romano/20081029_In_literary_studies__a_culture-war_armistice.html
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Republican do...
UVa researchers are on the brink of revolutionary new treatment for patients with Type 1 Diabetes. This new system, could be as life-changing as a pace-maker for a heart patient, or a pill for someone with high-blood pressure. The artificial pancreas they are working on could make life more convenient, and it could make treatment more accurate for patients with Type 1 Diabetes.
A group of experts will lead a symposium Friday at the University of Virginia School of Law to discuss the relationship between government regulation and environmentally friendly building practices.
... Hundreds of undergrads explored their potential future with 140 different companies at John Paul Jones Arena Tuesday, collecting contacts and leads on job openings and internships.
... Racial disparities have long been documented in health care, but a University of Washington study on doctors' possible biases is validating the feelings of many African-American patients. Released Tuesday, the study found that most doctors unconsciously prefer white people to black people. The exception was black doctors, who exhibited no preference for either race. ... The research is among the latest to use the Implicit Association Test, a famous psychological tool [that has] grown into an online research lab called Project Implicit, run by the UW, University of Virginia and Harvard.
[U.Va. politics professor Paul Freedman's study of voting-related policies at 246 Virginia nursing homes found lots of pitfalls]
Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer. Scientists at the University of Virginia, long known for its virology research, tested surfaces in the homes of people with colds and reported the results Tuesday at the nation's premier conference on infectious diseases. ...In a separate study, the university's Drs. Diane Pappas and Owen Hendley went germ-hunting on toys in the offices of five pediatricians in Fairfax, Va., thre...
The University of Virginia football team begins this week atop the ACC's Coastal Division standings after an impressive win at Georgia Tech on Saturday. Virginia has now won four straight games and has already pulled one of the most remarkable turnarounds in Cavalier football history.
University of Virginia women's sports pioneer Barbara Kelly is retiring after 38 years. ... Kelly was hired to develop a women's athletics program shortly after the university began enrolling female undergraduates in 1970. Athletic Director Craig Littlepage described Kelly as a trailblazer who will be remembered for setting the stage for success in women's athletics at Virginia.
Francis Collins
A Staunton native and leader of the Human Genome Project
Genetic pioneer sees future for disease prevention
The (Waynesboro/Staunton) News Virginian / Oct. 24
http://www.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/genetic_pioneer_sees_future_for_disease_prevention/30118/
Patricia Mulvey
Owner of What's For Dinner Personal Chef Service
What I do: Personal chef
Wisconsin State Journal / Oct. 27
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/whatido/311517
Edgar Allan Poe
19th-century author
Linked to the area - evermore: Poe's part in fort's history to help attract visitors
Newport News Dai...
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
1 week out: It's all about Florida, Ohio
Orlando Sentinel (FL) / Oct. 28
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/orl-politics2808oct28,0,4142768.story
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McCain Palin Campaign Reportedly Seeing Internal Strife
WCAV CBS-19 / Oct. 27
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/33411109.html
Bob Gibson
Director of the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership
Perriello runs on his life of service
Roanoke Times / Oct. 26
http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/181806
Robert Patterson
An associate professor of commerc...
Dressing changes in the burn unit at the University of Virginia are a lot more tolerable these days thanks to a novel antimicrobial gel.
Three University of Virginia researchers will look at the often-overlooked victims of deadly domestic violence: the children. The researchers have received a $275,000 grant from the National Institute for Mental Health to examine resources for children who are often alone when one parent kills another. The study will look for 100 adults nationwide who have become guardians of child survivors of domestic homicide.