The Global Language Monitor tallied up how many times universities and colleges were mentioned in the print media and online (including blogs). Not surprisingly, Harvard topped the list (with this blog post only helping its cause), while Columbia and the University of Michigan rounded out the top three. ... Vanderbilt, the University of Virginia, and Emory were the most improved universities...
In the shadow of the Virginia Tech tragedy, the University of Virginia is moving ahead with new safety measures on Grounds. Tuesday, UVA tested a siren system that stretches from the Lawn to John Paul Jones Arena.
... Called the "world's largest-ever study of near-death experiences," the Aware (Awareness During Resuscitation) study is a collaboration between 25 hospitals in the United Kingdom and the United States. U.S. participants include ... the University of Virginia...
The president of the University of Virginia is tackling questions surrounding the school's football program. ..."Obviously we're concerned when our students are not doing well at something, so we're very much interested in the well-being of the players, coaches, fans and others. But three games into a season it's difficult to make a real judgement about a program," Casteen said Monday.
Charles "Chip" Ransler and Manoj Sinha
Darden students who founded Husk Power Systems to convert rice husks into electricity for rural Indian villages
Louis Bloomfield
Professor of physics
How Come?: What makes ordinary lightbulbs shine
Newsday / Sept. 29
http://tinyurl.com/49tpd9
Paul Freedman
A politics professor
Virginians in House Split on Bailout
Media General News Service / Sept. 29
http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/news/article/virginians-in-house-split-on-bailout/1810/
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
Perriello Wants Goode Ad Pulled from TV
WVIR NBC-29 / Sept. 29
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9087471
Terance Rephann
Weldon Cooper Center researcher and author of a new study
Weldon s...
Ammonia Synthesis: Single Patent Changed the World
As a result of the Haber-Bosch process for synthesizing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, billions of people have been fed, millions have died in armed conflict and a cascade of environmental changes has been set in motion. So suggests an article by scientists from four of the world's leading environmental research centers -- including U.Va. professor James Galloway.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6562
Maxham Teaches Marketing Principles at Home and Abroad
James Maxham's interest in business took root at an early age. E...
...The University of Virginia Health System offers these suggestions to help reduce the risk of an allergic reaction while eating out:...
An early-warning siren system will be tested at half a dozen locations around the University of Virginia from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.
CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier and a film crew were visiting a Baghdad neighborhood on May 29, 2006, to cover an assignment about U.S. soldiers working with Iraqi security forces. 'It was a neighborhood that was supposed to be so safe, but we ended up walking into an ambush,' Dozier recalled Monday at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
... At separate events, former Republican Gov. George Allen and former Democratic National Chairman Terry McAuliffe made the case for their respective parties' candidates -- and fielded questions from government students [at Cosby High School in Chesterfield] ... The Times-Dispatch was privileged to help sponsor the events. We were fortunate to work with two sterling partners, Chesterfield County Public Schools and UVa's estimable Center for Politics.
The Kellogg House was officially dedicated Monday. The ceremony honored the legacy of a member of the University of Virginia Community and kicked off a new trend in high-tech housing.
...UVA Darden School of Business Professor Andrea Larson is at the forefront of a new movement to implement strategies to solve the conflict among economic growth, the ecological system and public health. ... In April 2008, Darden Dean Bob Bruner announced a new sustainability initiative. ... The school's goal is to become a top 10 school for teaching and research that integrate a sustainability mindset by 2013.