... One group at the University of Virginia has been instrumental in bringing Sudan divestment to the attention of City Officials. Loren Monk is a member of a student organization that brought the issue to Council's attention. ...
It was a morning of celebration for Special Olympics at the Meriwether- Lewis Elementary School. A record number of runners competed in the Pepsi 10K Race raising thousands for the organization. ... About one-third of the athletes competing in today's 10k were UVA students...
... With Virginia emerging as a crucial state in the presidential race, frantic campaigns are underway at colleges across the state to get first-time voters to register and to persuade those registered in another state to register in Virginia. Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign dispatched comedian and actor Marlon Wayans and actress Tatyana Ali to the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville to urge students to register.
Richard Bonnie
A law professor who spearheaded last year's overhaul of Virginia's mental health system
Commission Raises Concerns Over New State Mental Health Laws
WCAV CBS-19 / Sept. 12
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/28317374.html
Susan Chaplinsky
A professor at the Darden School of Business
Potential Lehman Buyers' Options If Fed Won't Backstop Deal
CNNMoney.com / Dow Jones Newswire / Sept. 12
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200809121534DOWJONESDJONLINE000758_FORTUNE5.htm
James N. Galloway
A professor of environmental science
Nitrogen emerges as t...
By Siva Vaidhyanathan, an associate professor of media studies and law
... Talk of a "digital generation" or people who are "born digital" willfully ignores the vast range of skills, knowledge, and experience of many segments of society.
By Cordel Faulk, director of communications and research for the Center for Politics
...three organizations decided to invite major Virginia surrogates of the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns to come to Cosby [High School] to answer students' questions about politics, policy, and the nation's future. ... The Times-Dispatch, and the UVa Center for Politics have devoted a good deal of time and energy in planning these events. Why? ... The center's Youth Leadership Initiative seeks to jump-start a lifetime of civic engagement in future voters. ...
Fertility challenges, among other side affects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome prompted doctors from the University of Virginia Health System to find new ways to fight the disease.
...The latest list of record-breaking achievements, which goes on sale on Wednesday, will see 86-year-old acting veteran [Christopher] Lee crowned Most Connected Living Actor. A database created by the University of Virginia mapped the working relationships between more than a million actors and actresses, and identified Lee as living "in the centre of the Hollywood universe".
... Grading also varies by subject. Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Virginia have recommended that high school science courses add half a grade point for honors and a full point for AP to be consistent with other courses.
As Americans try to figure out what's going on with our economy, the former finance ministers of 13 countries met at the Miller Center for Public Affairs in Charlottesville to offer advice on how to fix the global economy. The formal discussion was technical, but WVTF's Sandy Hausman cornered five participants to get some basic advice on what the average person can expect in the months ahead and how to plan for an uncertain future.
An adult rehabilitation hospital in Charlottesville celebrates its tenth birthday Sunday. UVA Health South Rehab specializes in acute rehabilitation.
Osama bin Laden remains at large seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - and the United States is 'incredibly unlikely' to capture or kill the al-Qaida mastermind anytime soon. That was the assessment of Peter Bergen, a CNN terrorism analyst who interviewed bin Laden in 1997, in a speech Friday morning at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
... The U.Va. Student Voter Registration Coalition began in 2004 to engage student leaders in voter registration. The Coalition is led by CFP interns, and includes prominent on-grounds groups such as the Student Council, the College Republicans, and the University Democrats. By Friday, the coalition has reached more than 1,400 students out of their goal of 2,008 students by Election Day.
A team of UVa Architecture and Engineering students will be partnering up with Habitat for Humanity in the spring to build a sustainable house. In the mean time, the students had a practice run where they built a shelter, with a budget of ten dollars, and had to sleep in it all night.
... after seven ["Semester at Sea"] voyages with 700-plus college students on each trip, Mr. Zafman and the other 12 to 50 "lifelong learners" aboard have found that watching the students react to other cultures ... is one of the main draws. "They truly change," Mr. Zafman says. "I remember staying in huts deep in the Amazon with indigenous people and hearing a student dictating his diary into a little recorder. ...
University of Virginia researchers have discovered a technique to reduce drug-resistant staph infection among patients in the surgical intensive care unit.
A team from the University of Virginia will hold a series of free clinics for residents of Virginia's coal-producing counties with diabetes and other endocrine disorders.
William Brooke
Engineering School graduate who died in 1917
What's in a name?: Norfolk's Brooke Avenue
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot / Sept. 12
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/whats-name-norfolks-brooke-avenue
Temple Fennell
U.Va. grad and movie producer
UVa graduate offers sneak peek of new 'Choke'
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Sept. 11
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/entertainment/movies/article/uva_graduate_offers_sneak_peek_of_new_choke/27609/
T. Keister Greer
Former member of the Board of Visitors, recently deceased
Greer donates historical book collection to BRI
Franklin (Va.) News Post...