Construction is nearly set to begin on a new 25265-square-foot complex for elite University of Virginia graduate students. The 'Jefferson Fellows Center' of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation will offer its graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral fellows a place to congregate, perform research, exchange ideas and teach classes.
Veteran Daily Progress journalist Bob Gibson has been named executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. The move punctuates a newspaper career that has spanned more than three decades and will bring years of experience and contacts from the front lines of Virginia politics to the Sorensen Institute.
A bill signed by the governor gives Virginia Commonwealth University more autonomy from the state. On July 1, VCU will become the state's fourth so-called Tier 3 school, along with three schools granted the status when the concept was created in 2005: Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary.
Perrin Chiles
One of the producers of 'AUTISM: The Musical,' a documentary that follows five autistic children through six months of play practice. It premieres tonight on HBO at 8.
Dan Berch
Associate dean for research and faculty development at the Curry School of Education
Curry School hires research, faculty dean
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Mar. 25
http://tinyurl.com/34a97e
Jeanette Lancaster
Nursing School Dean
Nursing dean asks Congress for more funds
Cavalier Daily / Mar. 21
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=32921&pid=1706
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Tawdry, not juicy
San Francisco Chronicle / Mar. 25
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/03/24/EDCPVPK55.DTL
James D. Savage
A pol...
...Virginia, after showing visible rust early from a two-week layoff, slowly pulled away to dispatch 13th-seeded UC Santa Barbara, 86-52, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. With the lopsided win, UVa (24-9) advances to face pod-host Old Dominion on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Fund to Support Research, Biomedical Innovation
U.Va.'s Department of Biomedical Engineering has been selected by Johnson and Johnson as the recipient of a $150,000 grant to finance biomedical translational research, which will promote the advancement of treatments to improve patient care. The grant recognizes U.Va. and the Commonwealth of Virginia as promising areas for development in the biomedical field.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=4604
Dan Berch Joins Curry School Faculty
U.Va.'s Curry School of Education has hired Dan Berch, formerly associate chief of the Child ...
...According to a 2007 report from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, local meals taxes are a significant source of revenue for the state's cities and towns, accounting for 6 percent of city government income and 18.9 percent for large towns.
... [Sean] Singletary, a 6-0 senior, scored eight points in 25 seconds to help Virginia (17-15) erase a four-point deficit. And when the final horn sounded, the Cavaliers celebrated a stunning 80-76 victory in the quarterfinals of the inaugural College Basketball Invitational.
One UVa student decided to study elementary school girls at Red Hill Elementary School in Albemarle County to see what interested them on computers. Kathy Neesen said she wanted to find out since boys tend to be more interested in computers and video games. So taking fourth and fifth graders from the elementary school Kathy studied what types of games interested the girls.
The University of Virginia will break ground on the Emily Couric Cancer Center in less than three weeks. The state-of-the-art facility is giving doctors and patients new hope about how cancer is treated. ... The university will break ground on the new $85 million center on April 12. It'll be finished in 2011. The center is part one of a five-part project that will redefine the hospital.
Karsten Nohl
A graduate student in computer engineering
Computer-Science Researchers Expose Security Vulnerability of Some Electronic Key Cards
Chronicle of Higher Education / Mar. 21
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2837
Sara Sherris
First-year native of Israel who led the giving of traditional Purim gift baskets of food to soldiers in Israel
College Students Reach Out to Israeli Students With Purim Food Baskets
Chabad.org (NY) / Mar. 21
http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/653186/jewish/Students-Reach-Out-to-Soldiers.htm
...Patty Judy is a six-year physics PHD student and three-year breast cancer survivor. She spends her days perfecting a new breast imaging technology that combines x-rays and gamma images to create 3D pictures. The machine makes lumps more detectable. After finding and dealing with her own cancerous lump, Patty is making comfort and clarity in cancer detection part of her lifelong goal.
... The two students [Connor Clark and Adam Robinson] are founders of a new club called the Parkour Association, bringing to UVa a trend that is spreading across college campuses and cities in Virginia and elsewhere. ... parkour is an emerging activity that is sort of half sport and half martial art. The aim of its practitioners - known as traceurs - is to propel themselves through any environment quickly and efficiently, using only the human body as a vehicle. [Includes video]
...The largest crowd ever to witness a lacrosse game at Klockner Stadium - 7,579 was the official count -- was treated to a classic yesterday. Soon-to-be-top-ranked U.Va. forced overtime with a goal in the final minute of regulation, then beat defending NCAA champion Johns Hopkins 13-12 in sudden death when sophomore Brian Carroll took a pass from freshman Shamel Bratton and scored with 7.7 seconds left in the extra period.
Robert F. Bruner
Dean of the Darden School of Business
Panic of 1907 or Not, Trading Stops on Good Friday
Bloomberg / Mar. 21
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3w.dzObuvHw
Mark Edmundson
A professor of English
Editorial: Students swamped in info overload
Dallas Morning News / Mar. 22
http://tinyurl.com/2c3yl8
Michael Klarman
A professor at the Law School who specializes in the constitutional history of race
Code-Breaking: What Politicians Say When They Talk About Race
New York Times / Mar. 22
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/weekinreview/23scott.html
William Lee Mill...
..."Your reward is not just making rich people richer," said Alice Handy, who ran the University of Virginia endowment for 29 years before starting an investment company to handle smaller endowments. She recalled that in 2000, her funds had generated strong enough returns that the school could provide financial aid packages to first-year students that did not require them to take out loans. "It was a really happy event," she said.
By James C. Turner and Jennifer Bauerle, respectively, executive director and director of the National Social Norms Institute
... We at the National Social Norms Institute (NSNI) think that promoting this type of accurate information about spring break behavior among college students can positively influence the decisions they make during this time and throughout the school year. This is the premise of a strategy to combat high-risk drinking among students. The "social norms" approach heightens student awareness of the "everyday" real norms associated with drinking. This shatters their assumpt...
Alternative Spring Break Helps Change Students' Perspectives
Participants in U.Va.'s chapter of Alternative Spring Break, an all-student volunteer organization, not only fulfilled its motto, "Change Your Perspective," but also changed others' lives. Over the University's March 1-9 spring break, U.Va. students changed their perspectives in Belize, Oregon, Peru, West Virginia and numerous other places, and in the process became citizens of the planet.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=4591
CVC Luncheon Recognizes U.Va. Employee Spirit
U.Va. recognized the contributions of uni...
The University of Virginia is looking at ways to make ambulance trips safer. EMS safety expert Nadine Levick spoke to crews at UVA's McLeod Hall Saturday.