Bill Clifton
Master's degree graduate and new inductee to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame
A Bridge To Bluegrass
Bristol Herald Courier (TN) / Oct. 12
http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/a_bridge_to_bluegrass/14887/
Tina Fey
A comedian, actress, and head writer for NBC's hit shows Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock
Fey's Palin parodies change political landscape
Denver Post / Oct. 11
http://www.denverpost.com/nationalpolitics/ci_10682285
Pounding the pavement and searching for votes in a Northern Virginia suburb, [U.Va. student] Phil Sukys is a foot soldier in a battleground state and part of Barack Obama's Children's Crusade. ...
Robert Bruner
Dean of the Darden School of Business and co-author of "The Panic of 1907"
Nations Face Thorny Issues in Acquiring Stakes in Banks
Wall Street Journal / Oct. 11
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122368314235825017.html
and
It's hard to see through stocks' rocky terrain, but rough ride is natural
New Jersey Star-Ledger / Oct. 12
http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-10/1223785043241940.xml&coll=1
and
US rescue only the latest / This is the 8th intervention since '71
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Oct. 12
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=805207
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By Christopher Sprigman, an associate professor of law, and Siva Vaidhyanathan, an associate professor of media studies and law
... We sympathize -- to a point -- with artists who object to the use of their songs by political candidates. Artists should speak up, loudly, when they feel the use of their songs misrepresents their views, particularly if such use could create the public impression of an endorsement. But the one thing they should not do -- and should not legally be permitted to do -- is file a copyright lawsuit to prevent the political use of a song. ... There is an inherent tension...
By Jeff Goldsmith, associate professor of public health sciences and author of "The Long Baby Boom: An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation"
... I've had the misfortune to publish an optimistic book about baby boomers this summer. The contrarian message of the book -- that we baby boomers are far better positioned for the last third of their lives than our parents or grandparents were, and have no intention of retiring, moving to Florida and listening to old Jimmy Buffet records, and that we don't have to bankrupt our society to take care of us in the last third of our lives -- would hav...
... The current financial crisis illustrates the need for stronger and more standardized regulations, a dozen former finance ministers have concluded. The recommendations stem from a conference, "The New Financial Architecture: A Global Summit," called by former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow at the University of Virginia. ...
... The Unilever executive education course, run in collaboration with the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, aims to do just that. The programme targets Unilever's Russian and Ukrainian employees, based on need as well as potential for further career growth, Mr Jost says.
... compared with US schools, [London Business School's] donations are chickenfeed. In 2007, Harvard Business School received $56m in gifts. Wharton school at the University of Pennsylvania is running a campaign to raise $550m. At Darden school at the University of Virginia, 96 per cent of the graduating class of 2008 made a pledge to raise money. The class has committed to give $123,515 – about $370 per student.
Virginia is home to more than 40 residential colleges and universities... The following is a sample of what several Virginia schools say sets them apart. ... Along with the student self-governed Honor System, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville is probably best known for its Academical Village.
A two-year engineering program will begin next fall at John Tyler Community College with help from a $400,000 grant from Altria. Students who earn the first engineering associate degrees at John Tyler in 2011 will be able to go on to an engineering bachelor's degree at the community college in Chesterfield County by taking distance-education courses from the University of Virginia, if all goes according to plan.
A magazine for law students has made a list of the nation's 50 most generous ABA-accredited law schools, as far as their ratio of financial aid to tuition is concerned. ... Although a number of highly-regarded state university law schools made the list, none of the nation's most renowned private institutions is included, presumably due to their hefty tuition costs. Probably the best-known name on the list is the University of Virginia School of Law. It squeaked in at number 50, with a ratio of 23.2 percent.
... Friday the issue was on everyone's radar at a University of Virginia conference, the university releasing a study to show just how different registration policies are across the state for the elderly in long term care. Many of whom have developed disabilities, but still have the capacity to vote.
... Although the question isn't settled, wrote Paul Martin of the University of Virginia in a 2004 study in the journal Political Psychology, "studies demonstrating a mobilization effect seem to have the upper hand." The reason is that human beings have been honed by evolution to be more motivated to avoid a negative than to seek a positive. ... "The same psychological mechanism that attracts our attention to immediate dangers also draws our attention to negative ... information" such as that in political ads, argues Martin.
The University of Virginia Cancer Center contains one of the only programs in the region geared towards breast cancer prevention. It has been up and running for about a year and a half and doctors say it has already made a huge difference in patient's lives.
A group of major universities has been quietly working for the past two years to build one of the largest online collections of books ever assembled, by pooling the millions of volumes that Google has scanned in its partnership with university libraries. ... The University of Virginia is joining the project, it will be announced today, and officials hope to bring in other colleges as well.
Harvard, Princeton, U.Va. Admissions Team up Again
Next week, top admissions officials from Harvard, Princeton and the University of Virginia will once again take to the road, recruiting at 27 sites to spotlight the measures that make their institutions accessible for all academically qualified students, especially those from families with modest incomes.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6677
VFF to Welcome Actors Sissy Spacek and Troy Garity
The Virginia Film Festival, built around the theme of "Aliens!," will welcome special guests Sissy Spacek and Troy Garity for its op...
Before University of Virginia freshman Daniel Epstein attended his first college class, he traveled thousands of miles to study science at an Israeli institute.
Robert Bruner
Darden Dean
Bailouts, Then and Now
NPR's "On Point" / Oct. 6
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/10/bailouts-then-and-now/
Sean Carr
Director of Corporate Innovation Programs at the Batten Institute and coauthor of "The Panic of 1907"
The New Fixers / In 1907, one man saved us from financial collapse. Today it takes a troika.
Newsweek / Oct. 13
http://www.newsweek.com/id/162269
Richard DeMong
Virginia Bankers Professor of Bank Management
Politicians, lobbyists shielded financiers / Lack of liability laws fueled firms' avarice
Seattle Post Intelligencer / Oct. 10
http://s...