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Could RateMyProfessors.com Be Right? Inside Higher Ed / June 5 Study finds correlation between ratings professors receive on much-derided site and through official student evaluations. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/05/rmp Chemical-Security Rules Could Pose Huge Burden for Colleges, Critics Say Chronicle of Higher Education / June 5 New chemical-security regulations under review by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security could require colleges to spend countless hours cataloging chemicals on their campuses, critics say. http://tinyurl.com/34kmna Lawmakers Seek Increase in GI...

Samuel A. Garrison Received his undergraduate degree in 1963 and his law degree in 1966 Samuel A. Garrison, 65, Lawyer Who Fought Nixon Impeachment, Dies New York Times / June 5 http://tinyurl.com/3dmp7c

Tom Brown Who holds a master's degree Tom Brown appointed Virginia Tech's Dean of Students WFNR 100.7 FM & 701 AM (New River Valley, VA) / June 4 http://tinyurl.com/2q28l7 James E. Burdiss MBA graduate of the Darden School of Business James E. Burdiss Named Chief Information Officer for Affinia Group PRNewswire-FirstCall / June 4 http://tinyurl.com/2q4r8v C. Elizabeth Cameron Who received her bachelor's degree in civil/environmental engineering Auburn Woman Takes Office as President of Central N.Y. Union Ithaca (NY) Journal / June 4 http://tinyurl.com/39de7k Carter Cornick A graduate Aide...

James Allman-Gulino A 21-year-old rising fourth-year foreign affairs major, also working toward his master's degree in public policy, which he expects to complete in two years Intern of the Week: Moran's Intern Creates Impressive, 'Bang-up' PowerPoint Presentation The Hill / June 5 http://tinyurl.com/347gb9

U.Va. Cell Biologist Delves into Embryonic Development Chinese Class for High School Students Offered Deadline to Submit HR Survey Online is Friday http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/

Maurice Apprey Dean for the University of Virginia's Office of African-American Affairs UVa Appoints African-American Affairs Dean Charlottesville Daily Progress / June 5 http://tinyurl.com/24a4uw Maurice Apprey Dean of the Office of American-Affairs UVA makes two high-profile personnel decisions WINA 1070 AM / June 5 http://www.wina.com/page.php?category_id=355 Dr. William Brady Emergency physician at the School of Medicine Advanced Heart Mapping WHOI ABC-19 (Peoria, IL) / June 4 http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=37252 Kim Hazelwood An assistant professor of computer science...

Berks County, PA - Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC or AdCC) is a slow-growing cancer that most commonly is found in the salivary glands, but has also been found in other areas of the head and neck, as well as the groin, the breast and the upper respiratory tract. Roughly 10 to 15 percent of head and neck malignancies are found in the salivary glands, and 1 percent of those are diagnosed as ACC. ...Treatment is removal of the tumor, followed by an aggressive course of radiation to kill any cells that might have migrated from the original tumor. The University of Virginia is working on additional...

With the student population diminished and the daylight extended, summer is the season for building. New homes for research, classes, cars and students are in the works. Don't expect a lot of construction to wrap up this year, however-2008 looks to be the Year of the Ribbon Cutting, with projected completion dates set then for all but one of the projects below. But it won't all be shiny and new. One of the most expensive projects is bringing the Main Heating Plant up to environmental compliance, at a cost of $72 million.

This year's graduating class at Charlottesville High School is establishing a new precedent. The CHS seniors who will receive their diplomas tonight will be the first local high schoolers to graduate in the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena.

The University of Virginia has dropped the word interim from the job description for Maurice Apprey, and he is now the permanent dean of the Office of American-Affairs. ...UVA has also named Dr. Robert O'Connor as the new Chairman of the Department of Emergeny Medicine. O'Connor is coming here from Wilmington, Delaware, and will begin his new assignment on July 1st.

Maurice Apprey, interim dean for the University of Virginia's Office of African-American Affairs, was named the permanent dean Monday. Apprey, 59, was appointed interim dean in 2006 after former Dean M. Rick Turner retired. ...In a Monday interview, Apprey outlined a plan to facilitate cooperation among university organizations to help capitalize on UVa's black graduation rate to boost African-American enrollment in graduate school.

Six outs from elimination, Oregon State's baseball team mounted a monumental rally off Virginia's bullpen, scoring three times in the eighth and once in the final frame to secure a 5-3 victory at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers' first loss in the Charlottesville Regional forced another game - the two teams will play at noon today for the championship, one that suddenly comes with more at stake. Michigan, also in shocking fashion, hit a solo homer off Vanderbilt ace David Price, who was in as a reliever in the 10th inning, winning the Nashville Regional and likely giving today's winner between V...

Virginia and Penn State have agreed to renew their football series. The schools announced yesterday that they will play each other in 2012 and 2013. It has yet to be decided which game will be in Charlottesville and which will be in State College, Pa. "Following the recent confirmation of the Virginia-USC series," Cavaliers coach Al Groh said in a news release, "the announcing of two games versus Penn State further shows our intent to aggressively schedule premier teams on a national scale."

So UVA is no powerhouse on the gridiron. That doesn't keep SI.com, the online version of Sports Illustrated, from declaring Charlottesville to be 'among the best road trips' sports fans can take. The top row of Klockner Stadium earns designation as the 'best place to spend a spring Saturday afternoon,' (true dat) and the John Paul Jones Arena wins out as 'the best college basketball arena anywhere,'...

Fireworks danced again this year for the roughly 3,000 UVA alumni and family members who came back for reunion weekend from the 10 classes invited. It was the highest attendance yet for the weekend, which brings back classes at five-year intervals.

We all want smaller and faster computers. Of course, this increases the complexity of the work of computer designers. But now, computer scientists from the University of Virginia are coming with a radical new idea which may revolutionize computer design. They've developed Tortola, a virtual interface that enables hardware and software to communicate and to solve problems together. This approach can be applied to get a better performance from a specific system. It also can be used in the areas of security or power consumption. And it soon could be commercialized with the help of IBM and Intel. ...

U.S. Puts Limits on Lenders' Ties to Universities New York Times / June 2 The Education Department, criticized for lax oversight of student loans, released proposed rules yesterday that would set new standards for universities and ban lenders' marketing practices that have resulted, in some cases, in loan company payoffs to university officials. http://tinyurl.com/3xxnog U.S. Offers Loan Reforms of Its Own Inside Higher Ed / June 4 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/04/loanrules Lack of Consensus on Lack of Consensus Inside Higher Ed / June 4 U.S. negotiating session on accred...

...The approaching bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth in 1809 seems like a good opportunity to earn some dead presidents. The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Virginia, November) will be a four-volume boxed set chronicling his work as a lawyer handling criminal and civil cases, with debt collection a specialty.

Honishka Adish 2007 graduate whose sister, Sahar, is a rising fourth-year and Peabody Award winner U-Va. Student Narrative / Film About Family's Flight From Taliban Wins Peabody Award Washington Post / June 4 http://tinyurl.com/ypmxa8 Diana Block Who holds a master's degree in English Diana Block Appointed Co-publisher of The Blade Toledo (OH) Blade / June 1 http://tinyurl.com/2yqbj7 Patrick Forrester Who earned his master's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering in 1989 Virginia is for 'Shuttle Lovers' PRNewswire-USNewswire / June 1 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20...