Eight students enrolled in the Jackson River Governor's School ... are taking advantage of the opportunity to participate in an introductory engineering course offered this fall through the University of Virginia. Dr. James Groves, Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Research and Outreach ... is teaching a course called "Explorations in Engineering," developed for high school juniors and seniors to introduce them to the field of engineering as an interesting and challenging career path.
... Perhaps the most valuable insights are those that provide a clue as to what happens next. Robert Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, co-authored a book on the causes and lessons of the Panic of 1907, described in the book's subtitle as "the market's perfect storm". ... Financial panics share several common features-most follow a period of overoptimism and increasing financial complexity-that could be used to extrapolate the course of the current financial distress. ... But can business schools actually step in and help? Probably not in the short ter...
... Few visit these cornerstones of U.Va., whose sprawling campus -- or grounds as it is traditionally called -- is full of surprises. ... Visitors to the university can make life easier for themselves by using the student-run Guide Service. ... the guides offer some unusual tours, too. Tours on the history of blacks at U.Va. are offered Fridays at 4 p.m., said Patrick McGettigan, a student guide who is also the probationary chair for the service. The African-American tour starts with information about how the university was built with slave labor, runs through the history of the Civil War and...
... "Today's students want to contribute, to empower individuals and communities to take charge of their own health," said Ruth Gaare Bernheim, who teaches health policy at the University of Virginia. "I think they also intuitively realize that the world is their community and that the gains of the 21st century will be in global public health." Several years ago, students at the University of Virginia started a Global Public Health Society, which sponsors various activities and service projects. Two years ago, the school began offering a global public health minor.
On-Grounds Voter Registration Efforts in Full Swing
For U.Va. students who haven't yet registered to vote, they can find registration tables manned nearly every day outside of Newcomb Hall, in addition to teams of students with forms and clipboards wading through crowds at football games and other major events. These efforts are the work of the Voter Registration Coalition, organized by U.Va.'s Center for Politics.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6474
Inaugural Jefferson Fellows Forum to be Held Sept. 27
Students at U.Va. will launch a new forum this fall: the Jefferson F...
Paul Hesse and Hilary Rice
A fourth-year from Richmond, and a graduate student at the Curry School of Education
Eddie Byers
A research administrator in the Chemistry Department
Day of Caring draws about 2700
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Sept. 18
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/day_of_caring_draws_about_2700/27933/
Lisa Colosi
Assistant professor of environmental and water resources engineering
Biodiesel on Campus
Biodiesel Magazine / October 2008
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2774
Dr. Mark J. Jameson
Assistant professor of head and neck surgery, and co-author of a new study
Patient-Reported Health Scores May Predict Head, Neck Cancer Outcomes
Washingt...
... Last week -- even before Wall Street's latest collapse -- 13 former finance ministers convened at the University of Virginia and agreed that you must fix your "broken financial system." Australia's Peter Costello noted that lately you've been "exporting instability" in world markets, and Yashwant Sinha, former finance minister of India, concluded, "The time has come. The U.S. should accept some monitoring by the IMF."
... with the downfall of two of Wall Street's investment houses and fears that other major companies are on the brink, it's a nervous time at B-schools. ... At the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, career services officers have spent Monday and Tuesday reaching out to students who worked at the beleaguered firms this summer, said Jack Oakes, director of Darden's career development center. The school has strong relationships with Lehman and Merrill, both of which have been "long-time recruiters" at the school, he said.
Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. George Allen told a presidential campaign forum at a Chesterfield County high school yesterday that energy is the No. 1 problem facing this country. ... The events are sponsored by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Chesterfield public schools, and the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. [Includes full video]
Heart attack patients who have seen the light during clinical death may offer answers to one of life's most baffling questions: what happens when we die? ...Following an 18-month testing phase in UK hospitals, the largest ever international study in the field is now expanded to three years. It will examine 1,500 heart attack patients in 25 UK and US hospitals to see if they experienced out-of-body experiences while they had no heart or brain activity. ...Collaborators in the US include ... the University of Virginia, ...
... 'But so much depends on Hampton Roads,' said Larry J. Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia, referring to a region with more than 1.5 million residents that includes Virginia Beach, Norfolk and a collection of midsize cities and sprawling suburbs.
A crowd of at least 2,500 gathered at UVA's Newcomb Hall Plaza this afternoon to attend the Women for Obama voter registration rally with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the wives of the Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
...Wednesday at the University of Virginia, Governor Tim Kaine and a group of people from around the world, talked about the need for new approaches to tackle the issue of obesity. Dr. Arthur Garson Jr., former dean of the UVa Medical School, says, "obesity is about to cause the United States to have a lower life expectancy for the first time since the Civil War."
Bull Leads in Promoting Educational Technology
Among his many efforts to promote effective uses of computers in schools, Glen Bull, a Curry School professor of instructional technology, founded the National Technology Leadership Coalition, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary when it meets Sept. 18 and 19 in Washington.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6451#
U.Va. a Top 10 Center for Biomedical Research
U.Va. has once again been named a Top 10 Center for Biomedical Research by the Hartwell Foundation. One factor of selection is the shared values the institution has wi...
... Has anyone from the mainstream media followed up on how last year's seemingly strict MPG bill is being watered down? As Eric Patashnik of the University of Virginia details in his powerful and timely new book "Reforms at Risk," reporters are often present when "dramatic" legislation passes, then treat the enactment as the end of the story -- paying no attention as lobbyists later water down a bill.
Managers trying to navigate through the current downturn might benefit from a look back – way back. So says Robert F. Bruner, dean of the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, and co-author of the book "The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm." In an interview, he argues the financial crisis back then bears remarkable similarities to today's turbulence, and that managers can glean key lessons about leading through crisis.