The winners of the University of Virginia's Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture aren't always architects. In addition to Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, past winners include critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, artist James Turrell, and politician Daniel Patrick Moynihan. This year's winner, Gro Harlem Brundtland, boasts perhaps the most dynamic résumé of all.
Undergraduate Virginians studying at the University of Virginia will pay $800 more in tuition and required fees next year, for a total of $9,300 per year, under a package of tuition-and-fee increases approved Wednesday by the University's Board of Visitors. Their non-Virginian classmates will pay an additional $1,850, for a total of $29,600. ... For the current academic year, the cost of AccessUVa to the University is $59.8 million, which was revised upward from the original budget "because we were successful in recruiting a more socio-economically diverse student body, and therefore more stud...
... The decision among some highly educated women to stay home with children is sparking a countertrend: The rise of the mommy "SWAT team." The acronym, for "smart women with available time," is one mother's label for all-mom teams assembled quickly through networking and staffing firms to handle crash projects. ...The University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School was able to muster an "incredibly talented" team with eight at-home mothers -- including a Stanford University Ph.D. in neuroscience, a University of Virginia M.B.A., an attorney and a former news executive -- by tappi...
The fields for the NCAA men's and women's tennis tournaments were announced yesterday. ... In the men's tournament, U.Va. is one of the first- and second-round hosts, and its guests will be Fairleigh Dickinson University, VCU and Penn State. In the first round, Virginia meets Fairleigh Dickinson, and VCU takes on Penn State.
Edward P. Jones
1981 MFA graduate, novelist and short story writer, just elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Announces 212 New Members
Chronicle of Higher Education / Apr. 29
http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/04/2648n.htm
Mark Miller and Bryan White
Former U.Va. linebackers on special teams who now work as crew members for two Penske Racing Sprint Cup teams
Special-teams players take roles to racetrack
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Media General News Service / Apr. 29
http://www.wsls.com/sls/sports/motor_sports/article/special_tea...
Paige Harden
A doctoral candidate in psychology who did a study of twins who were raised together but started having sex at different ages
Unlocking Bush's Chastity Belt
In These Times / Apr. 30
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3615/unlocking_bushs_chastity_belt/
Jayson Lipsey
Graduating Darden student elected by his classmates to give a commencement address (slide 19)
The Final Lectures / A look at who's dispensing graduation day advice to newly minted MBAs
BusinessWeek / April 25
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/04/0425_commencement_speakers/index_01.htm
Rosalyn Berne
Associate professor of science, technology and society and author of the book, 'Nanotalk"
Clear Voices for Science podcast: Rosalyn Berne: forever young
Earth & Sky (TX) / Apr. 29
http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52467/rosalyn-berne-forever-young
E.D. Hirsch
University Professor emeritus and founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation
Letter to the Editor: Core Knowledge can solve our problems
Albany Times Union / Apr. 30
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=684858&category=OPINION&newsdate=4/30/2008
Guian McKee
Historian at the Miller Center of Public Affai...
U.Va. Soccer Player Rebecca Sauerbrunn Goes National
In recognition of her hard work and dedication, soccer player Rebecca Sauerbrunn was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2007, and earned placement on the 2007 NSCAA Division 1 All-America Team. Sauerbrunn shines again this week as she is named Virginia's top female athlete for the 2007-08 academic year.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5046
Financial Literacy Program Wins National Franklin Award
U.Va. is the 2008 winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award from the National ...
This past Saturday a set of architecture and landscape architecture students from the University of Virginia returned to the Bronx to present their visions for the future of the Sheridan Expressway footprint. ... The UVA architecture studios have worked semester-long to craft plans for parkland, affordable housing, mixed-use construction and access to the Bronx River; all possible should the Sheridan be removed.
... [Larry Sabato's] passion for politics is infectious, his teaching is riveting, and, with any luck, he's turning out a cadre of involved citizens and informed voters every semester. ... the day I had arranged to visit his Intro to American Politics class, Mr. Sabato was lecturing about the media, starting with some quotes from the iconic Thomas Jefferson.
Anthony Douglas Woozley, a University of Virginia professor and noted philosopher who contributed to the study of legal philosophy, died of aspiration pneumonitis April 6 at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville. He was 95.
Cindy Frederick
Assistant vice president for alumni and parent engagement
Students feted for giving back
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Apr. 29
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/education/article/students_feted_for_giving_back/21052/
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Agencies salute teens involved in public service
WINA 1070 AM / Apr. 29
http://www.wina.com/page.php?category_id=355
Jose Fuentes
A professor of environmental sciences
Bad air in our own backyards
Scripps Howard News Service / Apr. 28
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/apr/28/bad-air-in-our-own-backyards/
Deborah E. McDowell
English professor...
Constitutional Law Expert to Join U.Va. Law Faculty
Frederick Schauer, a leading expert on the First Amendment, constitutional law and legal philosophy, will join the Law School in August as a David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, one of the most prestigious chairs in legal academia. He currently serves as the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5037
History Professor Finds Humor as He Explores Cultural Change
Joseph F. Kett came to teach at the University of Vi...
...[Chris] Nalley trains in preparation for the U.S. Transplant Games. ...Nalley received new lungs in July 2006 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. In Pittsburgh, he will compete in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, a 5K race, three freestyle swimming events and a three-on-three basketball tournament.
By Larry Sabato, a politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
... The size and breadth of Clinton's triumph in Pennsylvania certainly demonstrated the emerging limitations of Obama's appeal, not least the disaffection of many whites, blue-collar workers, and low-income Democrats. But it almost certainly will be Obama, not Clinton, who is on the November ballot under the Democratic label. ... No-one is likely to agree on exactly what the popular vote is, or how it should be counted - the notion ought to be shelved...
...Admissions deans at the University of Virginia are the nervous ones. Students are cool, calm and collected while UVA officials are hoping they didn't over or under accept the incoming class of 2012. ... Despite the fear, [Dean of Admissions John] Blackburn says so far, so good. "Things seem to be going along at the right rate," he said. But there are still two days left for envelopes to arrive. ...
... Serena Weaver, a senior, interned this semester for UVA dining supplier Aramark, helping the company include more local and organic fare at the University.
...The Cavaliers [men's lacrosse team] didn't beat Duke in the ACC title game, falling 11-9 before a crowd of 3,758 at Klockner Stadium. But U.Va. battled to the end, rallying for the game's final six goals - a stark contrast to its regular-season effort against Duke.
W. Lyles Carr III
1972 Commerce graduate, named 2008 Leader of the Year by the Greater Washington Board of Trade.
Carr receives '08 leadership award
Washington Times / Apr. 28
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080428/BUSINESS/732577935/1006
Cherie Greer
Most decorated women's lacrosse player in U.Va. history, chosen as one of the ACC's Top 50 Female Athletes of all time
Great athletes more local than we realize
Orlando Sentinel (FL) / Apr. 27
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-owens2708apr27,0,4299994.column
William (Bill) Hawkins
CEO of Medtronic Worldwide, maker of implantable ...