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.
Dee Dee Myers has been a trailblazer for women in politics. Monday, that path lead her to the University of Virginia. ... Myers spoke to a packed audience about why women should rule the world not alone, but alongside their male counterparts.
... 'This new agreement will encourage more community college students to transfer to the University of Virginia,' UVA President John Casteen said [in 2006]. Recent figures from Albemarle's only community college, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), back up this prediction. While UVA admitted around 70 students a year for the past couple decades from PVCC, that number jumped to 83 for 2006-2007 and 90 this academic year.
... U.Va., seeded No. 2 in the 16-team field, hosts Maryland-Baltimore County at Klockner Stadium at 5 p.m. Sunday. ESPNU will televise the first-round game. ... The Virginia-UMBC winner will meet Maryland (9-5) or Denver (10-6) in the second round May 17 at Annapolis, Md.
Brad Butler
Right guard for the NFL's Buffalo Bills who spent the offseason working on Capitol Hill
Jessica Voorhees Norris
A Ph.D. candidate in forensic chemistry
Jose D. Fuentes, and Quinn S. McFrederick and James C. Kathilankal
Environmental sciences professor, and graduate students
Air Pollution Impedes Bees' Ability to Find Flowers
Washington Post / May 5
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/04/AR2008050401737.html?hpid=topnews
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'Smell the roses' becoming a thing of the past?
Columbia News Service / May 4
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080504/FEATURES07/805040335/1016/FEATURES07
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New Worlds: Pollinating Bees Confused By Pollution
Jerusalem Post (Israel) / May 3
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satel...
Fontaine Appointed Dean of U.Va. School of Nursing
Dorrie K. Fontaine, who has dedicated much of her 36-year nursing career to advocating for better care for critically ill patients, has been named dean of U.Va.'s School of Nursing. Fontaine, who currently serves as associate dean for academic programs at the University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing, was introduced Friday by President John T. Casteen III.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5086
George T. Rodeheaver Named Inventor of the Year
The University of Virginia Patent Foundation has selected George T. ...
Walkers in Staunton laced up their sneakers Saturday morning to support the annual March of Dimes March for Babies. ... The proceeds will go to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
...Wise County is peppered with vestiges of these [coal camp] communities that are the focus of a scholarly pictorial tome, 'Life in the Coal Camps of Wise County,' produced by the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth with historic research provided by students involved in a special history project at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.
Brian H. Annex, MD is the new Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Annex previously served as a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine. ...
The University of Virginia has named a new dean of the School of Nursing. Dorrie K. Fontaine will succeed Jeanette Lancaster. The 57-year-old Fontaine's nursing career spans 36 years and she currently serves as Associate Dean for Academic Programs at the University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing.
...I've just returned from the US, where I was visiting one of the country's top public universities, the University of Virginia, neighboring North Carolina. I attended a meeting of the university's governing body, the Board of Visitors... The University of Virginia's board was studying the latest statistics for undergraduate admission. Less than 7% come from low-income families. Even with generous scholarship packages, it is proving hard to attract more students from poor backgrounds.
... University of Virginia students on Sunday displayed moving, blinking, music-making robots, a culmination of a course that produced non-humanoid automata that filled gallery space at the School of Architecture. Some there suggested that the interdisciplinary approach in the 'Robotic Ecologies 2008' class provides a window into the future. Architecture, music, engineering and computer science students collaborated in small groups to create what they called 'sonic spatial' instruments.
...'When there's more than one herd in an area, the elephants talk to the other herds,' [said Michael Garstang, distinguished emeritus research professor in environmental sciences who has studied elephant communication by infrasound that's below the range of human hearing.] 'We've followed a herd by satellite, and they never cross paths with other herds, because of this communication between them. 'We don't know what they're talking about in detail, but we're going to get there. We know the meaning of about 70 different calls or phrases, such as 'Let's go,' and 'Are you doing all right?'...
... The researchers found that during walking, forces on the knee joint increased 6% more with the orthotic than without -- and during running, 4% more. Those differences may seem small, but the repetitive nature of the action and the fact that orthotics may be worn every day troubles the researchers. "We don't want to say that arch support cushions are bad," says study lead author Jason R. Franz, a research engineer at the University of Virginia. But, he says, athletes should not assume over-the-counter orthotics are always beneficial.
Dombrowski selected for college hall / Former All-American was offensive tackle for U.Va. in the'80s
... [Jim] Dombrowski, who as a senior in 1985 became U.Va.'s first unanimous All-American, received a greater honor yesterday, when he was one of 13 former players selected for the College Football Hall of Fame's class of 2008.