... "Heat dissipation is the most imminent and dangerous limit to Moore's law," says Avik Ghosh, assistant professor at the department of electrical and computer engineering in the University of Virginia. ...Ghosh, his colleague Mircea Stan, and other researchers are trying to solve the problem of the overheating laptops.
As the country faces what could be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, UVA Darden School of Business students launched a new student-run entrepreneurial society. Its goal: increase the flow of successful businesses started by the University community.
Pete Martin
A writer for the Saturday Evening Post
Brendan Mason
A member of the Hullabahoos
Second year student Bill Boucek, president of the Darden Military Association (DMA), joins Ken in the interview segment.
Nancy Forbes, author of "Imitation of Life: How Biology is Inspiring Computing," and George O. Strawn, CIO of the National Science Foundation, spoke to the members of the Jefferson Society on the topic of "The Development and Dangers of Technology in Society."
Charlotte Kohler, who as a longtime editor of The Virginia Quarterly Review was a quiet influence on the course of 20th-century American writing, died at her home in Charlottesville, Va., on Sept. 15. She was 99.
Richard DeMong and Laurence Pettit
Professors of finance at the McIntire School of Commerce
Little guys avoid Wall St. woes
Culpeper Star Exponent / Sept. 28
http://www.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/article/little_guys_avoid_wall_st_woes/21822/
Jared Harris
Professor of ethics and strategy at the Darden School of Business
Paulson's banking ties taint Wall Street bailout plan
Reuters / Sept. 26
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE48P8UK20080926
Dan Keyserling
Deputy communications director for the Center for Politics
Voters use YouTube to keep eyes on politicians
Journal and...
... Even those who agree a bailout is needed have big questions about whether this bill will help. Among the concerns: ... The government might have to pay too much for the assets to get firms to participate, says David Smith, associate professor of commerce at the University of Virginia.
By Lynn Sanders, a politics professor
I'm a political scientist who does research on the issues raised in your column "Blame Deep-Seated Racism if Obama Loses." ... The poll is incredibly problematic from a scientific point of view. Bottom line, there is no way researchers can tell how they came up with the 6-point estimate.
Scientists at the University of Virginia think they may have a new way to deal with a common fertility problem in women; a treatment that involves no drugs and no serious side effects.
... In another new paper ... Philippon and University of Virginia's Ariell Reshef try to explain why bankers, traders, and other financial sector employees get paid so much.
...The race idea germinated at the UVa Medical Center's urology department, where doctors noticed they treated men for ailments that could have been addressed with simple exercise earlier in life.
Senior medical advisers to Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain will debate health care issues facing the next administration next week at the University of Virginia. The debate will held at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Rotunda's Dome Room at UVa. ...Dr. Arthur Garson, UVa's executive vice president and provost, will moderate the debate.
... Hoos for a Cure is getting ready for the annual Light the Night Walk, a fundraising event for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. ... The walk starts at the Charlottesville Pavillion on the evening of October 16. ...
A University of Virginia fraternity hosted a charity trapshooting tournament Saturday in Charlottesville to help raise money for the UVA Children's Hospital. ... Fraternity members say they raised about $2,500...