There is a growing belief in the HIV/AIDS community that men and women are not created equal, at least as far as treatment for the disease is concerned. More information is needed to determine the exact differences, and Dawn Averitt Bridge, of Nellysford, is trying to help researchers figure it out. ... The University of Virginia Medical Center was chosen as a site for the study and is currently screening patients. Averitt Bridge was instrumental in ensuring Charlottesville's status as a test site.
... The working group has already adopted measurement tools created by the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The tools cover more than 40 different aspects of preschool/day care operations, from the use of furniture and space to personal hygiene routines, instruction, interactions with children and parental involvement.
... Even when an infant appears to be healthy, there can be some physiologic changes in the body that suggest an infection is starting to take hold. Doctors at the University of Virginia Health System, studied the heart rate characteristics of infants in the NICU and looked for differences between infants who remained healthy and those who developed sepsis. They found infants who developed sepsis had some characteristic changes in the pattern of their heart rate. The researchers used this information to develop a tool, called the HeRO heart rate characteristics monitor.
Construction is nothing new in Charlottesville and neither is the traffic that accompanies it. But what is new is the roadmap to get you out of gridlock. The city is teaming up with the University of Virginia to get you important information about how to navigate the streets without getting stuck in traffic. ...In addition to a traffic website, the city wants to add a dozen live traffic cameras to the internet and start up an AM radio station.
When electrical engineering student Huapu Pan, 23, left his native China in January and enrolled at the University of Virginia, he quickly found that he was not alone. "The most impressing thing to me is that at UVa, I can see students from countries all over the world," Pan said. "The higher education in America is quite attractive." UVa, it appears, is particularly attractive to Chinese citizens like Pan.
In Recent Spate of Large Anonymous Donations, College Fund Raisers Spot a Trend
Chronicle of Higher Education / Aug. 3
In the last 20 months, colleges have received more than $725-million in big gifts from anonymous donors. That's a lot of money, but there's not much more to say. When a donor's name is attached to a big gift, the college gets news-media attention, alumni interest, and often, more gifts. Without a name, the fanfare usually dies quickly.
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Where the Federal Research Funds Flow
Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 3
Johns Hopkins University held on to its position as the top recipient of federal science and engineering funds in 2005 and research universities that typically round out the top 10 continue to do so. The data - released Thursday - are part of an annual analysis by the National Science Foundation.
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Can Anyone Police File Sharing?
Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 3
Many students who get their music online view the Congressional debate and their colleges' enforcement strategies as temporary a...
Joe Bateman
Who received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia
New Regional Structure Announced
dBusiness News-Omaha (NE) / Aug. 3
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George Du Bois
Who graduated from the law school in 1957, then returned in 1958 as a young law instructor
Man has a hankering for all things historical
The Frederick (MD) News-Post / Aug. 3
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Alan B. Fine
Who attended the Darden School of Business' Leadership Development and Advanced Corporate Fina...
Kostas Alibertis
A paramedic with U.Va.'s Life Support Learning Center
Class prepares university officials for emergencies
Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads) / Aug. 2
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Thomas T. Baber
Associate professor of civil engineering
Are Our Bridges Safe? / In Virginia: About 9 Percent Are 'Structurally Deficient'
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Aug. 3
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Maurice Cox
An associate professor of architecture
Ghana Native Seeks Another Sister City / Says Charlottesville, Winneba Similar
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Aug....
U.Va. Seeks to Restore Seagrass to Eastern Shore Bays
Evanow is Raising the Bar with Organic Vodka
Entrepreneurship Lecture Coming to Singapore
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VISITING UVA
UVA's Central Grounds- Considered by some to be the most beautiful college campus in the world. No visit is complete without touring UVA's famous Lawn. The centerpiece of Thomas Jefferson's "Academical Village" is the Lawn with Jefferson's inimitable Rotunda.
The coal and natural gas company is located at Boars Head. Right now, no decision has been made as to what the university will house in that building, but they say they plan to keep it in the university family.
Job-seekers and potential job seekers are getting a helping hand from the University of Virginia. They have launched a website that will replace the old paper applications for jobs on campus. You can check out the new system at an open house on Saturday, August 18 at the Darden School of Business.
...Notebook vs. Desktop.
This debate all boils down to personal choice. According to the University of Virginia's fall 2007 recommendations on computers, 94 percent of incoming freshmen selected to purchase a notebook over a desktop PC.
To Nana Akyeampong-Ghartey, the parallels between his birthplace of Winneba, Ghana, and Charlottesville are unmistakable: Both are bustling college towns, tourist magnets and shaped by the legacy of British colonialism. ...Several linkages already exist between Charlottesville and Ghana, a West African nation that celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence in March. The University of Virginia School of Medicine and the University of Ghana have had a flourishing exchange program of students and faculty since the mid-1990s.
RICHMOND-- ...The simulation was part of the Campus Community Emergency Response Team Train-the-Trainer course, meant to help campuses sustain themselves during an emergency. ... Kostas Alibertis is a paramedic and works for the Life Support Learning Center at the University of Virginia. Equipped with his backpack, side pack and reflective yellow vest, he and his group discussed how to rescue a dummy from fallen debris inside a storage closet. "It's about the initial response," Alibertis said. "There are things students and faculty can do until trained responders arrive, or in the place of th...
A U.S. analysis of 14 studies on the effectiveness of zinc lozenges from the last 20 years found fault with 10 of the studies. A study, published in the Sept. 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online, found of the four remaining studies, three reported no therapeutic effect from zinc lozenge or nasal spray and one study reported positive results from zinc nasal gel. "The best scientific evidence available indicates that zinc lozenges are not effective in treating colds," one of the study authors Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr. of the University of Virginia School of Medicin...
N.Y. Attorney General to Investigate Student-Loan Arrangements in 40 Athletics Departments
Chronicle of Higher Ed / Aug. 2
Andrew M. Cuomo, New York State's attorney general, announced on Wednesday that he planned to investigate more than three dozen college athletics departments, including some of the country's most prominent programs, about whether they arranged loans for athletes in exchange for financial kickbacks.
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G.A.O. Study Cites Loose Oversight of College Loans
New York Times / Aug. 2
The federal Department of Education still has no system to detect and uncover misconduct by lenders and protect student borrowers, a new government report says.
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The Satisfaction Gap
Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 2
Colleges that want to recruit new faculty talent talk frequently about this new policy or that - or about efforts to promote a certain environment for young scholars. But a study released Wednesday suggests that those policies have had mixed effectiveness - and that the experience of ju...