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U.Va. Health System Acquires New Imaging System U.Va.'s Health System is the first in the nation to use a revolutionary new imaging system, the Artis zeego. The machine's flexibility helped physicians guide a liver shunt precisely into place using both fluoroscopy and CT slice imaging. Randy Pausch at U.Va.: Time is Really All that Matters Speaking to a capacity crowd on Nov. 27, Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch offered advice on "the only commodity that matters -- time." The terminally ill Pausch knows firsthand what limited time is. (Includes video) Energ...

Dan Bluestone and Rich Collins Associate professor of architectural history, and professor emeritus of urban and environmental planning Size of interchange prompts concerns Charlottesville Daily Progress / Nov. 29 http://tinyurl.com/ywwlsj Dr. Bruce Cohen Associate professor of psychiatry and director of U.Va.'s Electroconvulsive Therapy Service Shock treatment in use / Sending currents to brain still the best way to solve some psychiatric puzzles Richmond Times-Dispatch / Nov. 29 http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-11-29-0051.html Dr. Richard Lindsay Retired...

The University of Virginia Telemedicine Program has received a big grant from the Federal Communications Commission. Earlier this month, the FCC announced the launch of a three-year Rural Health Care pilot program to link clinics in outlying areas with major medical centers. ... As part of that effort, the UVa Telemedicine Program is receiving $2.7 million in FCC funding and will serve as the state's lead organization.

The Virginia Quarterly Review, the University of Virginia's literary magazine, is winning prizes and praise as it reinvents itself. The magazine, shepherded for the past four years by editor Ted Genoways, has bulled into new territory with a mix of unusual stories and essays, photographs and designs reminiscent more of National Geographic magazine then a staid, nonprofit journal of poems and prose. "I see it as a journal of ideas and discussion as well," Genoways said of the magazine that now offers politics, science, history and art as well as fiction and poetry.

...The report didn't weigh in on why Americans seem to be holding steady. Experts surmised that the government's incessant calls for people to slim down may be finally paying off. They added that membership in fitness clubs is on the rise, and prohibitions against artery-clogging trans fats in restaurants are gaining ground in the name of public health. Others raised a more fundamental explanation. Glenn Gaesser, an exercise physiologist at the University of Virginia and author of the iconoclastic book "Big Fat Lies," said there just may be metabolic limit to body weight. Americans may have fi...

Researchers are studying the use of magnets as a noninvasive treatment for depression. "There are several types of brain stimulation," said Dr. Randolph J. Canterbury, a professor of psychiatric medicine and internal medicine at the University of Virginia. ...U.Va. and Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have studied repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical trials. Canterbury said the results of a clinical trial involving about 300 patients has been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration... "The data show it is effective as a treatment for moderate to sever...

When Harvard, Princeton and the University of Virginia announced that they would eliminate early admission starting this fall, many educators wondered whether the decision would alter the strategies of thousands of students seeking a spot at the nation's most selective colleges and universities. Now that the first round of applications in the revised landscape have been submitted, they are still wondering. ...As expected, the number of applicants seeking nonbinding early admission, often called early action, soared at some prestigious universities, including Yale and Georgetown. ...But at othe...

Robert Bruner Dean of the Darden School of Business Amid recession jitters, world's financial system vulnerable Christian Science Monitor / Nov. 28 http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1128/p01s01-usec.html Bruce J. Cohen Associate professor of psychiatric medicine who is on the Virginia Supreme Court task force assessing the imminent danger standard for mental health committment Commitment Rule Is Key To Changing The System / Interpretation of Criteria Varies Among Counties Washington Post / Nov. 28 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702384.html Anne Coughlin...

...As the subtitle of his book indicates, Mr. Sabato, founder of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, describes 23 changes in our existing Constitution that he believes would 'revitalize our Constitution and make America a fairer country.' ... without a public discussion of proposals like this, too many American citizens will be unable to understand the virtues and problems of our Constitution and how it might be improved.

A competition called the FIRST Tech Challenge will take place this Saturday. It's a robotics state championship tournament featuring 48 high school teams, and it's sponsored by the University of Virginia Department of Engineering and Applied Science.

Women Must Work Harder than Men, Study Shows A man and a woman hold the same job, shoulder the same burdens at home and have the same education, but it's the woman who is more likely to say she must work harder, according to a study co-authored by U.Va. sociologist Elizabeth Gorman. YouTube Debate Shows Growing Role of Web in Politics Today's CNN/YouTube Republican Debate is the latest example of the still-growing role of the Internet in American politics, a trend that University of Virginia politics professor Paul Freedman discusses in a 3-minute video. Heritage Repertory Theatre to Return...

...Yesterday afternoon, [U.Va. football coach Al Groh] was named ACC coach of the year for the second time in his seven seasons at U.Va. Earlier in the day, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage announced he'd added a year to Groh's contract, which now runs through Dec. 31, 2011. ...Virginia is 9-3. The No. 22 Cavaliers expect to learn Sunday to which bowl they'll be invited, most likely the Champs Sports or the Gator. Groh's overall record at his alma mater is 51-36, including a 31-25 mark in ACC games.

...Tucked away in a truck hundreds of feet from David A. Harrison Field, is where the Virginia gameday experience originates. From pregame to the final whistle, The Hoo Vision team hustles non-stop orchestrating a seamless show for you, the fan, starting with directors Erik Elvgren and Kris Seale.

Randy Pausch has been thinking about time management a lot these days. The former University of Virginia computer science professor was told in August that his pancreatic cancer had progressed and that he had only three to six months of good health left. ...Pausch, who taught at UVa from 1988 to 1997, gave his final lecture at UVa on Tuesday. With little time left, he said, he wanted to pass along a few tips to UVa students and his former colleagues about how they can maximize the time they spend with loved ones. ...Pausch decided to give a lecture titled 'Time Management' at UVa because he wa...

'U.Va. Profiles' Spotlights W. Dexter Whitehead For 36 years, W. Dexter Whitehead was a physicist, professor and administrator at U.Va. Seventeen years after his retirement, he continues to take an interest in the institution by making it the focus of many of his art works. Randy Pausch to Give Lecture of a Lifetime Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Randy Pausch, a former member of U.Va.'s faculty, will present a special lecture on "Time Management" today at U.Va. Delhi University Joins Universitas 21 On Nov. 19, Delhi University became the 22nd member of the Universi...

Dr. L.D. Britt The first black person in the country to hold an endowed chair in surgery as chair of the surgery department at Eastern Virginia Medical School Doctor saves one future, fund jump-starts many more futures The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot / Nov. 27 http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=137646&ran=208815 Michael J. Fox Law School graduate who participated in a variety of civil-rights and anti-poverty efforts while in law school, later represented Hispanic farmworkers and minority tradespeople in the Seattle area, and then became a King County (WA) Superior Court judge. Gue...

Dr. John F. Angle Associate professor of radiology and director of interventional radiology Health System debuts new imaging technology Charlottesville Daily Progress / Nov. 27 http://tinyurl.com/35jd5o Dr. Jeffrey T. Corwin and Dr. Zhengqing Hu A professor of neuroscience and a neuroscience research assistant UVa researchers lend aid to future hearing studies Charlottesville Daily Progress / Nov. 27 http://tinyurl.com/2pntd9 Claire Cameron Ponitz Research associate at the Curry School of Education Study Links Preschool Behavior to Academic Success Salem-News (OR) / Nov. 26 http://www.sale...