Golden Pine Ventures is adding another company with promising life science technology to its growing portfolio of startups. The latest is Catena Pharmaceuticals, a drug discovery firm that is being built around so-called small molecules that could prove to be an anti-cancer drug. ... The technology is being licensed from the University of Virginia where the firm's scientific founders [Kevin Lynch and Timothy Macdonald] remain as professors.
... According to researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center, antibiotics are less effective than they were a decade ago. Now researchers are studying 3-D structures of protein and bacteria in order to create less resistant and more effective antibiotics.
College life has changed a lot over the years, but the opening of a new dormitory at the University of Virginia shows just how far college students have come in their need for comfort, convenience, and help in doing laundry.
... Inside the School has reviewed student online voting sites based on the following criteria: supplemental materials, lesson plans, online voting, and ease of use. Here are our top picks:
Youth Leadership Initiative [4 star rating]
...The YLI, a service of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, has an easy-to-use student voting site and will overwhelm you with the amount and quality of its teaching materials. ...
... Zion Union Baptist Church is just one of the sites of the Day in the Life Program at the University of Virginia that pairs students from intermediate school through high school with students from the university. There's tutoring, mentoring, and plenty of relationship building.
Darden Professors Ranked No. 1 By Princeton Review
For the second consecutive year, the Princeton Review has ranked the faculty at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business as the best in the business. In the just-published 2009 edition of its "Best 296 Business Schools" the Princeton Review ranked Darden No. 1. in the "Best Professors" category.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6658
Conference to Explore Voting in Long-Term Care Facilities
U.Va.'s Institute on Aging will host a conference on Friday at the Law School that focuses on the problems and issues of ...
When you leave your doctors appointment do you really understand your diagnosis? Do you have the information you need? October is health literacy awareness month and the University of Virginia Medical Center is reaching out to the community to help people better understand their health care.
Veronica Nolan
Executive director of the Urban Alliance, a nonprofit that helps underperforming students prepare for college and careers through paid internships and mentoring opportunities
James Freeland
Associate dean for faculty at the Darden School of Business
Molding Minds for Business
Wall Street Journal / Oct. 7
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122334386672610259.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Dr. Fern Hauck
An associate professor of family medicine and a member of the SIDS task force of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Fan use linked to lower risk of sudden baby death
Associated Press / Oct. 7
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXBzt_TMJCImis2yYOo4c0fRETYwD93LKN6G0
and
Fan Use Effective In Bringing Down SIDS Deaths
CBS News / WebMD / Oct. 6
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/200...
Professor Says Political Ads Create Accountability
By the end of a general election campaign for the U.S. presidency, the average voter has watched hundreds, if not thousands, of political advertisements. Critics deride these ads as simplistic, uninformative, and even misleading, but Michele Claibourn, assistant professor in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, insists they serve a critical purpose, both for the candidates and citizens.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6638
U.Va. Inventors Work to Advance Cancer Treatment Discovery
University of Virginia researchers ...
The Princeton Review -- known for its college rankings based on how students rate their schools – tomorrow releases the 2009 editions of its annual law and business school guidebooks which also feature rankings uniquely based on student surveys. "Best 174 Law Schools" and "Best 296 Business Schools" ... each have 11 ranking lists of top 10 schools in various categories from "Best Professors" to "Best Career Prospects."
... Other lists in "Best 174 Law Schools" and #1 schools on them:
..."Best Quality of Life" – University of Virginia
The world's mammals are in the grip of an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of vanishing forever, according to the latest scientific assessment revealed at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's World Conservation Congress, which opened Sunday in Barcelona. ... "This massive tabulation of the locations and often precarious situations of the Earth's mammal species spotlights our need for an increased understanding of the regional changes that are the ultimate challenge to the survival of many of these incredible creatures," says Dr. Thomas Skalak, vice preside...
...Virginia's football team silenced its many critics with a spectacular performance that was as improbable as the one tailback Mikell Simpson turned in last year at Maryland's Byrd Stadium.
Tina Fey
A comedian, actress, and head writer for NBC's hit shows Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock
Tina Fey: Queen of satire
The Independent (London) / Oct. 4
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/tina-fey-queen-of-satire-950815.html
Jim Gilmore
Law School graduate and former Virginia governor, now the Republican candidate for this fall's U.S. Senate race
Senate candidates put records as governors on the line
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) / Oct. 6
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/senate-candidates-put-records-governors-line
Brian Jordan
Played 2 seasons of NFL football, and 15 seasons of M...
Charles Bryan is the President and CEO of the Virginia Historical Society. On October 3rd, 2008, Mr. Bryan appeared before the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society at the University of Virginia to discuss books that have changed history.
Economic Issues Permeate BOV Quarterly Meeting
As the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors gathered in the Rotunda this week, concern over the flagging economy was never far from the discussion. In his opening remarks, University President John T. Casteen III reported that, at the governor's request, the University had submitted plans to address potential cuts of 5, 10 and 15 percent in state funding from its current operating budget.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6617
BOV Funds Initiatives Setting U.Va.'s Direction
On Friday, the Board of Visitors approved seed m...
Robert F. Bruner
Dean of the Darden School of Business and co-author of "The Panic of 1907"
Like JP Morgan, Warren E. Buffett Braves a Crisis
New York Times / Oct. 6
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/business/06buffett.html
and
Investor's voice rises above din of credit crisis
Omaha World-Herald / Oct. 4
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1208&u_sid=10450230
Brandon Garrett
A professor of law who studied 200 cases in which people were freed from prison after DNA evidence proved them innocent
Commentary: Grief, Rage Pave Path To Deadly Injustice
Hartford Courant / Miami Herald / Oct. 5 ...