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The University of Virginia Art Museum will present a small survey of African-American fine and folk art from the 19th century to the present in "Charlottesville Collects African-American Art." The exhibit opens Wednesday and will be on display in the Graphics Gallery through Aug. 9. The gallery is at 155 Rugby Road. For more information, call 924-3592.

After a seven-month search for the new dean of the University of Virginia's College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences proved fruitless, Associate Dean Karen Ryan was named the stand-in for the interim period Tuesday. "It's really crucial that the College doesn't lose momentum this year," said Ryan, referring to the progress it has made in faculty development, science and arts initiatives and the Lawn expansion project.

On this July 4th of July we had a story of independence for one baby girl. Just one month ago, she was struggling to stay alive. In January Aiyana Lucas was put on the list to receive a heart transplant at the UVA Children's Hospital. Her heart was so swollen and damaged that doctors sometimes wondered how she was holding on. Mom and medical staff did not know if, or when, that day would come. But in June, they received word that a match had been located. Four hours later, she had a new chance at life. ...After several weeks of recovery Aiyana was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon. ...

Gone are the days of wondering aimlessly through the stacks searching for that long lost book. Thanks to the folks at Project Gutenburg, among other sponsors, you're just a click away from Thoreau, Emerson or Locke. It's a type of digital inititive in which books and articles are stored online and able to be downloaded for free. Something that students, faculty and staff at the University of Virginia already takes advantage of.

The Declaration of Independence is on display at the University of Virginia Library. The exhibit opens on July 04 and is one of only 25 known surviving copies of the Declaration printed on the night of July 4th, 1776. The exhibit is called "Declaring Independence: Creating and Recreating America's Document." It also includes letters and documents from the 56 signers and a 13-minute documentary film showing the story of the events that led to the founding of this country.

U.Va. Psychologist Examines Variance in Cognitive Testing McIntire Launches New M.S. in Commerce Program U.Va.'s Declaration of Independence Exhibit Open on July 4 http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/

Mary S. Holm Who earned a doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction BV Schools Name New Director Of Instruction Lexington (VA) News-Gazette / July 2 http://www.thenews-gazette.com/articles/2007/07/02/breaking_news/breaking1.txt Marine Corps Gen. Robert Magnus Who majored in modern European and Russian history and graduated in 1969 Semper Chai: General Robert Magnus Connecticut Jewish Ledger / July 2 http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2007/07/02/news/news08.txt Steve Marino Former star on the U.Va. golf team, now a PGA Tour rookie who has three top-10 finishes and more than $700,000 i...

David Doughty An undergraduate student in environmental science and physics Emissions Researchers Test in State Ashland (KY) Daily Independent / July 1 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_182222351.html Chris Mertz Graduate student in the School of Medicine With UVA infill, where to park? / City further reduces supply with Ninth Street restrictions C-Ville Weekly / July 3 http://tinyurl.com/2lsyd9

John T. Casteen III University President Ayers named Richmond's president / UVA to name interim Arts & Sciences dean C-Ville Weekly / July 3 http://tinyurl.com/348rkc Ming-jer Chen The Leslie E. Grayson Professor at the Darden School of Business Do Cheap Chinese Goods Have to Mean Trade-off in Quality? USA Today / July 3 http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-07-02-china-risks_N.htm Marcia Childress Faculty Senate chair in 2004-05 Faculty get place on BOV committees C-Ville Weekly / July 3 http://tinyurl.com/2nwnce James Clawson E. Thayer Bigelow Professor at the Darden School of Busine...

Risa L. Goluboff A professor of law and of history and author of "The Lost Promise of Civil Rights" The Battle Over Brown/ How Conservatives Appropriated Brown v. Board of Education. Slate / July 2 http://www.slate.com/id/2169616/pagenum/all/#page_start

... The Board of Visitors (BOV) elected at their June meeting to allow the outgoing Faculty Senate chair to serve as a nonvoting member on three BOV committees. While faculty still want to have a nonvoting member on the BOV itself-as UVA students have-many see this as a move in the right direction. As of July 1, faculty will now have a permanent place on the Educational Policy, External Affairs, and Diversity committees. 'They're important committees and they're all ones that have a great deal of significance to faculty,' says Ken Schwartz, who as outgoing Faculty Senate chair now serves on th...

Text savvy folks at UVA will now get a jump on any campus emergency. In an effort to improve communication in the event of a local version of the Virginia Tech tragedy, UVA has rolled out its text-messaging alert system. UVA students, faculty and staff can now sign up so that in the event of 'emergency situations in which there is an imminent threat to public safety,' they will receive texts no longer than 125 characters. ... In addition to the text alerts, UVA also has e-mail and RSS feeds that can alert the wired to dangerous threats. Sign up at www.virginia.edu/uvaalerts.

Text savvy folks at UVA will now get a jump on any campus emergency. In an effort to improve communication in the event of a local version of the Virginia Tech tragedy, UVA has rolled out its text-messaging alert system. UVA students, faculty and staff can now sign up so that in the event of 'emergency situations in which there is an imminent threat to public safety,' they will receive texts no longer than 125 characters. ... In addition to the text alerts, UVA also has e-mail and RSS feeds that can alert the wired to dangerous threats. Sign up at www.virginia.edu/uvaalerts.

...A University of Virginia researcher finds scores are more accurate when you give patients repeated tests over a short period to diagnose learning disability, progressive brain disease or impairment from head injury. Cognitive psychologist Timothy Salthouse, Ph.D., gave 16 common cognitive and neuropsychological tests to participants in age groups 18-39, 50-59, and 60-97. Results from his studies show the variation between someone's scores on the same test given three times over two weeks was as large as the variation between the scores of people in different age groups -- a major inconsist...

...Rebecca White, the director of parking and transportation at UVA, confirms that on-grounds parking for University staff is getting harder and harder to find. ... With construction and the number of University parking spaces static, White's department faces a looming question: Where to put all these cars? The answer? Get rid of some, a solution that of course goes by a more professional-sounding name, Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ...[which] is already in effect, says White. Open Ridership began on April 2, a program that allows anyone with a UVA ID to ride all Charlottesville Trans...

Nafsa Official Urges Congress to Take Steps to Raise Foreign-Student Enrollments Chronicle of Higher Education / July 2 Congress should establish an International Education Council, led by a senior White House official, to spur the removal of barriers faced by international students who want to study in the United States, lawmakers were told at a hearing on Friday on Capitol Hill. http://tinyurl.com/2tylxl Harvard's Sort-of Divestment Inside Higher Ed / July 2 Two years ago, Harvard University became the first major university to announce a policy of selling off stocks in companies that opera...

Brian D. Darer Who received his JD (1998) and his BA, with honors (1995), and was named to the Order of the Coif Darer Honored as "Citizen Lawyer" by NC Bar Association DBusinessNews / July 2 http://tinyurl.com/234qlz Thomas Farris Who earned a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in physics Westford's Thomas Farris is named fellow at BAE Systems The Lowell (MA) Sun / July 1 http://www.lowellsun.com/busianess/ci_6276077 Barbara R. Nitz Who earned a master's degree in 1989 Nitz Promoted to Colonel in Air Force Fergus Falls (MN) Daily Journal / July 1 http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/news/200...

Adrienne Egge 21-year-old student from Alexandria, Va., traveling to Spain this summer Queue and A: Will I Get My Passport in Time? Washington Post / July 1 http://tinyurl.com/2q6hl2 Charlie O'Toole A 20-year-old University of Virginia student who likes to be among the first to own hip new high-tech products For 'Gadget Geeks,' iPhone Worth Wait Charlottesville Daily Progress / June 30 http://tinyurl.com/yvktj6

Tomiko Brown-Nagin A law professor Race and Public Schools WCAV CBS-19 / June 29 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/8253517.html John T. Casteen III University President Study finds UVa a major player in area's economy Charlottesville Daily Progress / June 29 http://tinyurl.com/ytbyfh Dr. Kurtis S. Elward An assistant professor of research in family medicine Feeling wheezy Delicious Living / July 2007 http://tinyurl.com/26u39o Paul Farris Landmark Communications Professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Retail Giant to Expand in Region: Company Likely to Become...