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Michael A. Ellis A graduate student in the department of Biomedical Engineering New Tool Makes Ultrasound Images Clearer Science Daily / July 25 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070722105030.htm

Ann Beattie Edgar Allan Poe Chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing Where Great Writers are Made / Assessing America's top graduate writing programs Atlantic Monthly / Aug. 1 http://www.theatlantic.com/r/RIB8XMY6tls%3D%0A Richard J. Bonnie A law professor and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy Chronicle of Higher Education / July 27 Safety Trumps Privacy in Sharing Information About Troubled Students, Panel Is Told http://tinyurl.com/2pqq56 Frank Dukes Director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation Group Suggests Changes to Roanoke Mark...

Systems Robotics Design Camp Sparks Interest in Engineering Study by U.Va. Law Professor Reveals Flawed Criminal System Allen Groves Named Interim Dean of Students http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/

The panel investigating the April 16 massacre at Virginia Tech wrapped up its work Tuesday in Charlottesville. Meeting for more than nine hours behind closed doors at the University of Virginia, the panel - convened by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine - took one final detailed look at its findings, compiled from hundreds of interviews, mental health and academic records, police reports and more.

University of Virginia Engineering School Associate Professor William F. Walker and Research Associate Francesco Viola have developed a new tool - an advanced imaging algorithm - that is, quite literally, transforming the way we see things. ... Called the Time-domain Optimized Near-field Estimator (TONE), this novel algorithm enhances the effectiveness of medical ultrasound imaging, providing medical professionals with dramatically improved image resolution and contrast.

The University of Virginia Health System sees thousands of oupatients with diabetes each year, and has become the nation's first academic training facility to install cutting-edge equipment to scan eyes as a part of check-ups. ... An outpatient clinic is now using a retinal scanner to achieve painless eye screenings. Leiner says clinic personnel have scanned roughly 100 diabetic patients, and 20% of them had something wrong.

U.S. medical scientists have created an algorithm that can sort molecular information about a tumor, helping select the best drug treatment. University of Virginia researchers, led by Dr. Dan Theodorescu and computational biologist Jae Lee, used a panel of 60 diverse human cancer cell lines from the National Cancer Institute to devise an algorithm designed to match the best potential treatments for a particular tumor in a specific patient.

Jessica Kirzner An English and Jewish studies double major Summer Inters at National Yiddish Book Center Share Love of Yiddish Connecticut Jewish Ledger / July 22 http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2007/07/22/west_mass/news/news06.txt

Momentum for Open Access Inside Higher Ed / July 24 Legislation requiring NIH-supported research to be online and free is on fast track, encouraging those who want that requirement for all federally supported research. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/24/open Moving Away From Social Security Numbers Inside Higher Ed / July 24 All across the country, colleges and universities are putting their students, faculty and staff at risk for identity theft, just by collecting Social Security numbers, even when necessary by law. ...As the fall term approaches, some institutions across the co...

William L. Brooks Who received his undergraduate and Master's degrees in electrical engineering as well as his law degree from U.Va. Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Opens 10th US Office in Washington, DC and Expands Intellectual Property Presence PRNewswire / July 23 http://www.kait8.com/aGlobal/story.asp?S=6824899 Keller Eleanor Brown Who received her undergraduate degree in 1981 Love of Outdoors Drives Popular Attorney Eastern Shore (VA) News / July 18 http://tinyurl.com/2tokb4 V.N. Dalmia Graduate of the Darden School of Business Trading Places / Corporates Today Are Looking Beyond the B-...

Richard Bonnie Director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy Tech's Lessons May Fix Flaws Charlottesville Daily Progress / July 23 http://tinyurl.com/329ecz Dr. Thomas Daniel A professor of surgery Locating Lung Lesions WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse (WI) / July 24 http://www.wxow.com/News/index.php?ID=11645 Dr. Russell Federman Director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services Tech's Lessons May Fix Flaws Charlottesville Daily Progress / July 23 http://tinyurl.com/329ecz Dr. Russell Federman Director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services Federman...

U.Va. Pays Tribute to Employees for Their Years of Service Researcher Explores Ethics and End-of-Life Care Art Museum Presents Videos by British Filmmaker http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/

Of those presenting to the Virginia Tech Incident Review Panel at Darden School of Business on July 18, none topped Russ Federman, director of UVA's Center for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), whose candor garnered the full attention of the panelists and audience. Though Federman's opening statement cautioned everyone not to draw too much from the Virginia Tech shooting, he offered UVA's mental health system as a strong example: "My hunch is that if Mr. Cho had been involuntarily hospitalized at UVA, CAPS staff would have become involved with him much earlier during the unfolding ...

Angela Hucles, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist and the career scoring leader at the University of Virginia, Natasha Kai and Marian Dalmy were the final three players selected for the U.S. women's roster for this year's World Cup in China. ...The team, which plays Saturday against Japan in San Jose, opens the World Cup on Sept. 11 against North Korea.

Human development has long been seen as a one-way street. During gestation, stem cells were thought to develop into a succession of ever more specialized cells. As Dr. R. Ariel Gomez has discovered, the final identity of these cells is not as definite as once thought. "The identity of many cell types is in a constant state of flux," Gomez says.

RICHMOND, Va. - The state Department of Motor Vehicles says more Virginians are buckling up when they hit the road. That's according to a survey by the Virginia Transportation Research Council at the University of Virginia. The department says that seat belt use increased to 79.9%. That's up from 78.6% last year.

As a Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority official made the case for area residents to begin voluntarily conserving water, board members seemed to have their minds already made up. ...Rainfall is 6 inches below normal for the year, as measured at the McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia. Recent rains have been insufficient to replenish the water supply significantly, Frederick said.

...The crisis now seems to be one born from successfully navigating the last crisis: UVA did such a good job with fundraising, and restructuring its relationship with the state to get greater autonomy, that it has to figure out just what kind of beast it now is-public? private? public-private? private-public?-as well as how to crack that US News & World Report top 10 ...Here are some of the big ideas from the subcommittees ... Students •Give all freshmen peer advisors and revamp first-year colleges •Create a program to help with transfers, particularly those from community colleges &...