Samantha Berger Incoming second-year and the first Western New York student to attend U.Va. as a Jefferson Scholar Bills Notebook: Berger attends Bills camp Niagara Gazette (Niagara Falls, NY) / Aug. 1 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_213223456.html
Stacey Babish Who received an education specialist master's degree in reading Church to Launch Kindergarten Class Culpeper Star-Exponent / Aug. 1 http://tinyurl.com/3xcahs Trevor J. Chaplick A graduate of the School of Law and the McIntire School of Commerce Trevor Chaplick Joins Proskauer Rose as Partner And Co-Head of Washington, D.C. Office Business Wire / Aug. 1 http://tinyurl.com/3cd66u Tad Decker Who holds a JD from the School of Law Cozen O'Connor Announces NEW CEO dBusiness News-Sioux Falls (SD) / Aug. 2 http://siouxfalls.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=128254&type_news=latest...
James H. Aylor Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science On the right track / Robots draw kids to science Charlottesville Daily Progress / Aug. 2 http://tinyurl.com/yppsbc Reid Bailey Assistant chair and assistant professor of the Systems and Information Engineering Department and director of the Systems Robotics Design Camp On the right track / Robots draw kids to science Charlottesville Daily Progress / Aug. 2 http://tinyurl.com/yppsbc Peter A. Beling Associate professor of systems and information engineering On the right track / Robots draw kids to science Charlottesville D...
Benjamin Cohen An environmental studies scholar who teaches Science, Technology, and Society (in the Engineering School), and Environmental History (in the History Department). Guest Blogger: Benjamin Cohen Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 1 http://tinyurl.com/2f9p5e Jim Ryan Academic associate dean and William L. Matheson and Robert M. Morgenthau Distinguished Professor at the School of Law Originalist Sins The Faux Originalism of Justice Clarence Thomas. Slate / Aug. 1 http://www.slate.com/id/2171508/pagenum/2/
New Kids on the Block U.Va. student victim of assault on 15th City officials consider use of red light cameras Destination Crozet http://www.cavalierdaily.com/
Driverless 'Tommy Jr.' Car Revs Up U.Va. Robotics Camp U.Va. Debuts Online Creative Journal Unique Research May Unlock Elder Gait Enigma http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/
Researchers at the University of Virginia are working on curing hearing loss with an experimental new form of gene therapy.
Two patients with the same type of cancer may have very different reactions to identical chemotherapy treatments because their cancers have different genetic causes. Doctors currently can't predict which patients will have a good long-term response to a drug and which patients' cancer will come back. Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a computer model that addresses this problem by using genetic analysis of tumors to predict which chemotherapy regimen will do patients the most good.
The Paramount is hosting an exhibit featuring the work of local artist Joanne K. Coleman. Both impressionistic and contemporary, Coleman's acrylic and watercolor paintings have been displayed at the University of Virginia, Keller Williams, Noon Whistle Pottery and Batteau Art Gallery. Her show at the Paramount opens at 5:30 p.m. Friday, and will be on view in the theater's ground level ballroom through August.
An Albemarle County coal and natural gas corporation has donated its opulent 28,719-square-foot headquarters to the University of Virginia Foundation. Amvest Corp. was recently sold to a subsidiary of Constellation Energy Partners and Consol Energy for $575 million - the largest sale of a Charlottesville-area company in recent memory.
Scientists at the University of Virginia, US, have developed a sensor able to detect both dopamine and serotonin simultaneously in vivo for the first time. Dopamine and serotonin are important neurotransmitters. Serotonin is known to regulate sleep and is a common target for depression medication. Dopamine has been linked to locomotion, reward and motivation and is a common target for illicit drugs. The death of dopamine receptors is the cause of Parkinson's disease. ...Jill Venton and Kumara Swamy at the University of Virginia developed carbon nanotube modified microelectrodes that allowed th...
...This past Friday afternoon, a few dozen middle-school students from the area used the hurricane [robot rescue team] scenario to test the robots they built. Each robot, with positioning sensors flashing red, was timed as it traveled along a maze of electrical tape laid out on the floor of Room D-223 in the University of Virginia's Thornton Hall. ...Systems Robotics Design Camp served to introduce children to a few of the exciting and challenging problems facing systems engineers today.
Adding a lifestyle intervention led by a registered dietitian to the typical care provided to obese people with type 2 diabetes does not increase overall health-care costs and may result in cost savings, according to researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. In a study of nearly 150 people, comparing "lifestyle case management" provided by a registered dietitian to the "usual care" given to obese adults with type 2 diabetes, researchers found the addition of a "clinically feasible, modest-cost lifestyle intervention involving an RD" did not increase total costs and in some ...
Talking Back to Teacher Chronicle of Higher Education / Aug. 1 Interactive slides, digital notes, and student blogs about study tips help revitalize the classroom lecture http://tinyurl.com/2atz38 Cuomo Targets Fire Back Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 1 As business officers assess impact of the loan scandal, Clemson and Drexel officials question attorney general's tactics and conclusions. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/01/nacubo
Enriqueta (Queta) Bond Who received her M.A. from the University of Virginia Burroughs Wellcome Fund President Enriqueta Bond Announces Retirement Carolina NewsWire / Aug. 1 http://tinyurl.com/ytrahz Anne Coupe Who earned a BA from the University of Virginia Deutsche Asset Management Further Builds Global Consultant Relations Team Business Wire / July 31 http://tinyurl.com/2tdfcv Greg Easley Who graduated with high distinction and spent two additional years in the Modern Studies graduate program. Super-Ego Games Takes Off its Veil San Jose (CA) Mercury News / July 31 http://blogs.mercurynew...
Becka McCurdy A fourth-year student Phoenix Project Focuses on Searching for Intelligence Right Here in Virginia Petersburg (VA) Progress-Index / July 31 http://tinyurl.com/2rjwxm
John Graham A longtime professor, former assistant dean of the College and best-selling children's book author Retired UVa Professor Dies WCAV CBS-19 / July 31 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/8824942.html
George M. Cohen A legal ethics expert at the School of Law In-House Attorneys, Watch Your Step Business Week / Aug. 6 http://tinyurl.com/248xuq Patrick Griffin An associate professor of history and author of "American Leviathan" The Making Of Manifest Destiny New York Sun / Aug. 1 http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=59580&v=6406595811 Jonathan Haidt An associate professor of psychology Gildan Audio is Releasing This Month 3 Outstanding Audio Books -- 3D Negotiation, Managing Transition and The Happiness Hypothesis PRWeb / Aug. 1 http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/8/emw543985.htm A.E. Dick ...
U.Va. Launches New Online Job Site; Open House is Aug. 18 Carkeek Named U.Va.'s First Human Resources VP Ethan Carr to Join U.Va.'s Architecture School http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/
The University of Virginia is issuing all students and faculty new ID cards. The big difference in these new cards is that a person's social security number is no longer attached. People working on the project say it's one part of a larger university initiative to keep personal information safe.