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Branden Albert Picked No. 15 in the NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs Virginia lineman Albert goes from hoops to NFL Kansas City Star / Apr. 26 http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/593714.html Adrienne Felt A computer science major Social networking applications can pose security risks Associated Press / Apr. 27 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAuyKv_MsvuPxywZozMzFJtLvF1wD90ACTEG0 and A few social networking privacy tips Associated Press / Apr. 27 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hnnECo7sgCfbzccXptctP2K-F60AD90ACT0O5 Henry Hager Darden student Henry's getting hitched! / Richmonder...

... the day belonged to Chris Long, given that the Dolphins' choice of Jake Long had come so far in advance of the draft. ... "It was a huge adrenaline rush," Chris Long said, having added a Rams cap to a draft day ensemble that included an orange tie for his school. "Best moment of my life... and UVa's Long No. 2 pick in draft Charlottesville Daily Progress / Apr. 27 http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/uvas_long_no_2_pick_in_draft/20965/ and Jake Long, Chris Long, Matt Ryan selected 1-2-3 in NFL draft Associated Press / ABC News / Apr. 27 http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory...

Daniel Bluestone A professor of architectural history Interchange design plans tied in knots Charlottesville Daily Progress / Apr. 27 http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/interchange_design_plans_tied_in_knots/20966/ Rich Collins Professor of urban and environmental planning who served as chairman of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority's board of directors from 2001 to 2003 Plan dredges up old arguments Charlottesville Daily Progress / Apr. 27 http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/plan_dredges_up_old_arguments/20979/ Mehr Afshan Farooqi Professor of South Asia...

School of Commerce Dedicates New Home in Rouss and Robertson The McIntire School of Commerce officially dedicated its state-of-the-art new home in Rouss and Robertson Halls during a ceremony on Friday, April 25. The 132,000-square-foot Robertson Hall adjoins historic Rouss Hall, creating a 156,000-square-foot academic complex on the Lawn. http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5023 McDowell Named Carter G. Woodson Institute Director Deborah E. McDowell, the Alice Griffin Professor of Literary Studies at U.Va., has been named director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for Africa...

...Developed and rolled out last fall by the nonprofit National Endowment for Financial Education, CashCourse is being used on more than 60 college campuses by thousands of young students. Among the schools tapping into CashCourse are the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary and Old Dominion University. What the Web service offers is this: current, relevant personal-finance information to young adults on several dozen topics, such as renting apartments, the financial issues of Greek life, the temptations of gambling...

... UVa will mail another round of letters today to each of the 7,000 faculty, students and staff. The letters will contain more details about the data breach and describe services the university is offering... 'The university takes responsibility for this incident and sincerely regrets any concerns or inconvenience it causes you,' writes Hilton. UVa is offering a year's worth of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance to all 7,000 people affected... The services ... include daily credit score monitoring, e-mails notifying the person of any potentially fraudulent activity, access t...

...The event marked the first time that eight Virginia governors appeared at the same forum, according to the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, which hosted the annual gala. Money raised at the dinner helps finance the institute, which was founded in 1993 at the University of Virginia to train future political leaders.

The Pediatric Cardiology Division at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital will begin offering electrocardiograms (ECG or EKG) for children on stimulant medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The move comes after the American Heart Association recommended that children on stimulant medications, such as those used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), receive a thorough family history and cardiac exam by their medical care providers and an ECG read by a pediatric cardiologist to screen for significant heart disease.

...University of Virginia student Ryan Jiha hopes the showing of the film 'The Price of Sugar' will help garner awareness for issues affecting Haiti, including adverse labor conditions and a food shortage.

...[Edward J.] Berger, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been experimenting with several new Web technologies as part of a project called HigherEd 2.0, which is supported by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. He uses a blog, he has tried wikis (communal programs that let students edit one another's work), and he records his lectures and offers the recordings online for review. But he says the most effective aspect of the experimental teaching project so far has been his "video solutions."

...To this end, there may in fact be something of a ferment already under way to establish new college programs providing civic education. Here I refer to the recent growth of faculty initiatives to establish disciplinary and multi-disciplinary programs of civic education. Among these is Princeton's Madison Program... Similar programs and measures, tailored to institutional missions and faculty strengths, recently have sprung up at Georgetown, Williams, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas at Austin, Dartmouth, and Colgate, among others.

Ian Ayers Darden graduate and a co-owner of Happy Rickshaw

Brittany McGrath left this world from Charlottesville Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at the age of 22 after a six-year battle with Wegener's granulomatosis.

Dr. James Bergin Professor of internal medicine and medical director of the Heart Failure / Cardiac Transplantation Program Coping While Waiting for the Gift of Life WVIR NBC-29 / Apr. 24 http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8223266&nav=menu496_2_5 Paul Cantor Professor of English and a member of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics A Defining Election Inside Higher Ed / Apr. 25 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/25/lit Jose Fuentes Professor of environmental sciences Social Studies: Snuffing Out Flowers Globe and Mail (Canada) / Apr. 25 http://www.theglobeandmail.co...

Woo Appointed Dean of Arts and Sciences at U.Va. Meredith Jung-En Woo, a nationally known expert on international political economy and East Asian politics, will become dean of U.Va.'s College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences on June 1. Woo currently serves as associate dean for social sciences in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and as a professor of political science at the University of Michigan. http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5013 New Method Developed for Processing Rape Evidence Jessica Voorhees Norris, a Ph.D. candidate in forensic chemistry ...