... Meanwhile, because E.M.B.A. students tend to seek competitive, high-paying jobs, schools are inviting more executive recruiters to sit on panels and to attend networking events. At schools like the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and New York University Stern School of Business, the Association of Executive Search Consultants has stepped in, offering E.M.B.A. programs a customized version of their searchable database, Bluesteps.
Journalist Fights Back After Iraqi Car Bomb Attack
CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier became a journalist in the Middle East with the hope of reporting "with a clear lens" on events there. On Memorial Day 2006, she "started living the story I'd always been trying to tell," as she and her CBS News team walked into a car bomb ambush in Baghdad. The U.Va. alumna recounted her story on Sept. 29 at U.Va.'s Miller Center.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6575
Network Available to Explain New U.Va. Restructuring Plan
With today's kickoff of the open enrollment period for elig...
John B. McCammon
Law School graduate listed among Best Lawyers in America, now a mediator
By Prashanth Parameswaran, a foreign affairs and peace and conflict studies double major
Amidst economic uncertainty and political excitement, academics and diplomats converged in Washington last week to discuss the future direction of the United States' Southeast Asia strategy. Their assessments, along with broader regional developments, highlight the key challenges, shifts and continuities that will drive the next administration's policy toward the region.
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
Voter registration up in county, deadline nears
Southwest Virginia Today / Media General News Service
http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/voter_registration_up_in_county_deadline_nears/news/3648/
Avik Ghosh
Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
Scientists predict laptops 'as hot as the sun'
TechRadar.com (UK) / Sept. 30
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/scientists-predict-laptops-as-hot-as-the-sun--472341
Peter Rodriguez
A Darden business professor
Bailout Failure Could Have Big Affect on Small Busines...
...Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed PluroGel, a topical wound gel containing an antimicrobial agent. ... PluroGel is only available at the University of Virginia. Although doctors there have been using it for a few years, the gel is awaiting FDA approval.
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.