By Paul Freedman, an associate professor of politics
... In a series of studies spanning multiple elections -- including presidential races going back to 2000 -- my colleagues and I have found, consistently, that campaign ads help to inform, engage, and mobilize Americans. ...All else being equal -- that is, controlling for all the other factors that shape political involvement -- exposure to higher levels of campaign advertising leads to citizens who are more interested in the election, know more about the candidates, and are ultimately more (not less) likely to turn out on Election Day. Such...
... since 1995, earthquake refugees in Japan, Turkey and India, among other places, have received elegant paper-tube houses designed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban... In recent months, students from the Shigeru Ban Laboratory at Keio University in Japan have worked with students at the University of Virginia School of Architecture to build three full-on paper houses designed by Ban. The houses are on view in Washington - two at the Meridian International Center and one outside the National Building Museum, where Ban, along with Karen Van Lengen, U.Va.'s architecture dean, will lead a ta...
The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted author and political commentator Cokie Roberts in a forum Wednesday morning. The broadcaster spoke about her most recent book "Ladies of Liberty, the Women Who Shaped Our Nation."
...In-state undergraduate students attending Virginia Tech this fall will see their tuition and mandatory fees jump 10.8 percent, the largest increase in at least five years. The same costs for out-of-state students will rise 5.3 percent. ...The University of Virginia on Friday approved a 9.4 percent increase for in-state undergraduates, to $9300 in annual tuition and mandatory fees, and a 6.7 percent increase for those coming from outside the state, to $29600.
Powering Villages from Rice Husks Wins Competition
Two U.Va. Darden School of Business students -- Charles Ransler and Manoj Sinha -- won the Social Innovation Competition at the University of Texas this weekend for their innovative business plan that supplies electricity to rural villages in India by burning the rice husks that are a waste product of rice milling.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5123
Journal about Culture Looks Toward the Future
While most academic and literary journals don't last more than four or five years, The Hedgehog Review, an interdisciplinary jo...
Henry Hager
Darden second-year who will marry President Bush's daughter Jenna Bush on Saturday
Dr. Talissa Altes
An associate professor of radiology
New Study Shows Dangers Of Secondhand Smoke
Ivanhoe Newswire / KSAT.com (San Antonio, TX) / May 6
http://www.ksat.com/health/16180650/detail.html
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Obama wins big in NC, nearly ties Clinton in Indiana
Dallas Morning News / May 7
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Polls point to Obama in NC, Clinton in Indiana
Boston Herald / May 6
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By Michael Krepon, a diplomat scholar whose next book, "Better Safe than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb," will be published by Stanford University Press
... Ten years after testing nuclear devices, India and Pakistan still have not accepted any constraints on their strategic autonomy. Along with China, both states are engaged in strategic modernization programs of considerable breadth, building nuclear-tipped cruise missiles as well as ballistic missiles to be carried by their land, sea, and air forces. India has plans for a deterrent it deems worthy of a major power, which might e...
Team name: Husk Power Systems
School: University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Team members: Manoj Sinha, Charles (Chip) Ransler, Gyanesh Pandey
Concept: In many of India's poorest villages, kerosene lamps and diesel generators still fill in for nonexistent electrical infrastructure. But the indigestible husks from rice that feeds peasant families may soon also light their homes and power their irrigation pumps. ...
... the outcome of Tuesday's primaries failed to change the dynamics of the race, pundits note, something Clinton had to do to wrest the mantle of presumed nominee from Senator Obama. "It's more or less decided, even if she does go on to win West Virginia, Kentucky, and Puerto Rico," says Larry Sabato, a political analyst at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. "These two were the races the [super] delegates were waiting for, and Barack Obama came back to a strong victory in North Carolina after the polls showed it was getting close."
... Not long ago, the thought of a national title at Virginia might have been far-fetched. When [Brian] Boland took over in 2001, the team was not ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Top 75. Under his guidance, the program has earned top-eight seeds in the last five national tournaments.
Tashi Tserang
Native Tibetan who created software, called Universal Tibetan Font Converter, that makes 10 kinds of Tibetan encodings compatible with each other, helping him build a "digital library" for the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing
... Kathleen O'Brien of Montclair is still in the running for the country's funniest college student. She is a senior English education major at University of Virginia. O'Brien will compete against three other finalists live from the Aspen (Colo.) Rooftop Comedy Festival beginning at 8:45 p.m. May 31. Her competitors are from Duke University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Xavier University in Cincinatti. Online voting at www.rooftopcomedy.com/college will determine the grand-prize winner.
David W. Breneman
Professor of education and director of the Master's in Public Policy Program
U. of Phoenix Draws Big Names to Advisory Panel on New Center on Teaching Adults
Chronicle of Higher Education / May 5
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Dorrie Fontaine
New dean of the School of Nursing
Another deanship filled / Nursing school taps Dorrie Fontaine
C-Ville Weekly / May 6
http://c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064432695&ShowArticle_ID=11430505084221760
Kim Forde-Mazrui
Law professor and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Law
Wife in interracial marriage case dies
Richmond Time...
... A professor of business administration at University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, [Ronald Wilcox] argues that Americans need to start saving more money to improve the long-term economic outlook of the country. In his upcoming book, Whatever Happened to Thrift (Yale University Press), due out in June, Wilcox presents the psychology of money and the mistakes people make with it. He also calls for people to spend less and save more.
No Shortcuts to the Past for Biographer Holly C. Shulman
There are no shortcuts for U.Va. biographer Holly Cowan Shulman, who is relentless in her pursuit of information and is recognized for the integrity of her work. In 2007, Shulman unveiled The Dolley Madison Digital Edition, a milestone work: it is the first-ever complete edition of Madison's known correspondence, and the text is searchable.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5113
Architecture Dean, Faculty and Students to Attend Symposium
Architecture School Dean Karen Van Lengen, assistant professor Anselmo Canfora an...
It is unfortunate that a documentary about the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia wasn't ready to air before today's election. Titled "Across the Aisle: Returning Trust, Civility and Respect to Politics," the documentary might have inspired some candidates and their supporters who have done much during this campaign to erode trust, civility and respect in politics. ... Sorensen has been doing what it can. Perhaps this PBS documentary, which will air in Charlottesville and Richmond later in the month and, we hope, across the nation later, will broaden the ...
...Last year the University of Virginia Health System offered a program called, Oh Baby! The program attracted so many pregnant couples; some had to be turned away. Moved to a bigger facility, this year the program will accommodate dozens of local expectants. ... Obstetricians, pediatricians and family medical physicians will be on hand, providing a more interactive and entertaining format to give vital information to future parents.