A student at the University of Virginia has discovered a way to break through the encryption code of RFID chips used in up to 2 billion smart cards used to open doors and board public transportation systems. ..."It turns out it's a pretty huge deal," said van Wyk. "There are a lot of these things floating around out there. Using it for building locks is the biggy, especially when it's used in sensitive government facilities - and I know for a fact it's being used in sensitive government facilities."
Imagine. That's what some fourth-year architectural design students from the University of Virginia School of Architecture did about buildings for the New College Institute in Martinsville. Their professor, Kenneth Schwartz, assigned the class, or architectural studio, a semester-long project to develop design schemes for a residential building with a dining hall or a classroom building with an auditorium for NCI.
...The University of Virginia fares well in both the Senate and House bond packages, as do community colleges... UVa's two largest projects in the bond packages are $77.6 million for renovation of Cabell Hall, the university's largest classroom building, as part of the College of Arts & Sciences South Lawn Project, and $37.9 million for construction of an information technology engineering building for the School of Engineering & Applied Science.
Hundreds of people woke up early Saturday morning to run a 5K race at the University of Virginia to benefit Camp Holiday Trails. For 25 years the UVA School of Medicine has organized the 5K race, and this year the event raised over $2,000 for Camp Holiday Trails, a year-round camp in Charlottesville that helps children with special medical needs go to summer camp.
Mystery novelist Walter Mosley, "M*A*S*H" star and author Mike Farrell and Virginia favorite Adriana Trigiani are among the headliners at the Virginia Festival of the Book. The festival will take place March 26-30 in Charlottesville.
...At the heart of their evaluation will be a question that has never been explored: How does a community change when its police officers start checking citizenship? The team of sociologists and law enforcement experts from the University of Virginia, James Madison University and the Police Executive Research Forum will spend the next two years examining the consequences of the policy, which requires officers to check the immigration status of crime suspects they think are in the country illegally. The policy went into effect March 3. ... "Our interviews so far already show that different peop...
A new Charlottesville-based call-in radio show is aiming to be the 'Car Talk' for lovers of American history. 'Backstory … With the American History Guys' is set to debut on public radio stations throughout Virginia in early May and intends to go national by the fall. The hour-long program will offer a historical context on current topics such as the nation's dwindling natural resources and the possible election of a black or female president. ...A production of VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities at the University of Virginia, the show is hosted by UVa historians Pe...
...Campbell's decision to make the sometimes difficult transition to civilian life through business school is increasingly common for military men and women. ...At the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, the number of military applicants rose 62% this year over last. Of the 40 military students enrolled, 38 served in Afghanistan or Iraq. The increase is coming about in part because the pipeline from battlefield to B-school has become far more organized. ... Ryan McDermott, a second-year student at Darden, led a combat mission down the most dangerous road in Baghdad, fought four...
A Virginia Supreme Court justice is President Bush's pick to fill one of several vacancies on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, widely considered the most conservative federal appellate bench in the nation. The White House announced Thursday that Bush had nominated G. Steven Agee to the Richmond, Va.-based appeals court, which has handled some of the country's biggest terrorism cases.
Karsten Nohl
Graduate student in computer engineering
Countless RFID Cards At Risk
Windows IT Pro / Mar. 14
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/98562/countless-rfid-cards-at-risk.html
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Is your Oyster card safe from hackers? / Fresh security fears over smartcard security
TechRadar.com (UK) / Mar. 13
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/is-your-oyster-card-safe-from-hackers-266656
Barry Horowitz
Professor of systems and information engineering
Why insurers won't gamble on infosecurity cover
ComputerWeekly.com (UK) / Mar. 13 - 23 hours ago
http://tinyurl.com/2cs2bw
Dennis Proffitt
Professor of psychology
Science Careers: Finding Industry Funding
Science / Mar. 14
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/319/5869/1550
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Obama: Racial Issues Will Not Decide US Election
Voice of America / Mar. 13
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-13-voa47.cfm
Link Exists Between Girls with ADHD and Eating Disorders
Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stand a substantially greater risk of developing eating disorders in adolescence than girls without ADHD, according to a new study led by U.Va. psychologist Amori Yee Mikami. Because the disorder is far more common in boys, researchers are still learning its long-term effects on girls.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=4502
NY Environmental Justice Advocate to Give Howland Lecture
Majora Carter, founder and executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, a New York Ci...
Two University of Virginia undergraduates have suspected cases of the mumps, health officials announced this afternoon. ...Laboratory tests are being conducted to determine whether or not the students do have the virus. In 2006, U.Va. had an outbreak of mumps with 55 cases. "A significant difference between the previous experience with mumps and our current situation is that a much higher percentage of our students are compliant with the mumps vaccine requirement than was the case in 2006," said James Turner, executive director of the Student Health Center.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After 120 games, 3,935 minutes and immeasurable effort, Sean Singletary had nothing left to give. So approximately 20,000 ACC basketball tournament spectators gave to him, rising as one Thursday night to honor one of the greatest careers the University of Virginia and this storied conference have witnessed.
People who live in parts of the U.S. south may have pre-existing immunities that cause a severe allergic reaction to the cancer drug Erbitux, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. ... Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills of the University of Virginia and colleagues looked at reports of these cases, which suggest that as many as 22 percent of patients treated with Erbitux in Tennessee and North Carolina reported some kind of reaction, including anaphylaxis, which can rapidly lead to difficulty breathing, shock or fainting.
They spent a week on a bus tour of the Civil Rights South. Now, they're back to work and school. After getting a first-hand look at some of the places where the historic events took place, two men from Central Virginia have a different perspective. Two weeks ago we introduced you to Nicholas Jordan and Frank Dukes. ... Now, a week after returning home, their energy is focused on bringing the lessons learned back to Grounds.
Dr. Bruce Cohen and Scott Bender
A forensic psychiatrist, and a forensic neuropsychologist
Jurors' debate of Morva's fate will start today
Roanoke Times / Mar. 13
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/154425
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Expert: Illness added to torment
Richmond Times Dispatch / Mar. 13
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-03-13-0178.html
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Psychiatrist: Convicted murderer has personality disorder
Associated Press / Mar. 12
http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/031208/D8VC5G985.shtml
Manuel Lerdau
Director of Blandy Experimental Farm and professor of environmental sci...
Law Professor Brandon Garrett Testifies Before Congress
Courts and prosecutors need more guidance on how to regulate agreements allowing the use of private attorneys to monitor corporate fraud settlements, U.Va. associate law professor Brandon Garrett told the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on March 11.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=4489
U.Va. to Test Emergency Alert System During Tornado Drill
U.Va. will use the statewide Tornado Preparedness Day on March 18 to test its new emergency notification system. In addition, the...
A new website promising to deliver great rates on student loans launched Wednesday. At www.tutionbids.com, banks compete to give students loans. ...experts say parents and students should be on the lookout for several things when applying for a loan. "Several things to look for, one is an origination fee, is the lender going to charge you a fee to borrow the money. Origination fees we've seen them as high as 8 and 9 percent. Also need to find out what the length of terms are, if you're interest can be deferred, will payments begin immediately or can you defer payments" said Scott Miller of UVa...