UVA is getting underway with one of its most ambitious projects. Three years of hard work will result in an extended lawn, new buildings and a new connection to the community. UVA is expanding and this summer the signs are evident. ...The area just south of Cabell Hall will transform into a pedestrian terrace leading to a new Arts and Sciences building. "It is basically an extension of the lawn itself," explained Barras.
Drinking and Decision Making
Inside Higher Ed/ May 29
Students who binge drink are less likely than other students to have good decision-making skills, even when the students aren't drunk, according to new research that will be published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/29/qt
What Color Is an A? / Colleges take on a persistent but rarely discussed issue: the poor grades earned by many minority students
Chronicle of Higher Education / May 29
...Although some colleges say they are working on the problem, few have any proof that their ...
'Four Virginia Artists' Opens At U.Va. Art Museum on Friday
Bonnie Chairs Committee Proposing Tough Anti-Smoking Rules
Translational Research Could Boost Rape Convictions
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/
Dale Durrer
An assistant commonwealth's attorney who earned his bachelor's degree
Culpeper Legal
Culpeper Star Exponent / May 27
http://tinyurl.com/279hyu
Ed Kahrer
Who earned a degree in accounting
"Bid Rig" Overseer for FBI Moves Up / Agent Takes on Statewide Role
The Asbury Park Press / May 27
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Nicholas Kimbrell
2007 graduate who co-founded UVA's Students for Peace in Iraq
Inspired by Grisham, UVA grad walks to DC
The Hook / May 23
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David "Doc" Larrick
Who earned a B.A. in Greek and an M.A. in English literature
He's Kept Latin Alive a...
Yin Jie Chen
An economics and chemistry double major with a specialization in biochemistry
Area Student One of Several Dozen to Receive Award
Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star / May 29
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/052007/05292007/286370
R.K. Ramazani
Professor emeritus of government and foreign affairs who has published extensively on U.S.-Iran relations.
Might U.S., Iran Cooperate on al-Qaida?
Charlottesville Daily Progress / May 27
http://tinyurl.com/2ddvy6
William J. Brady Jr.
Associate professor of emergency medicine
Body Mass Surfacing
WXOW-TV ABC 19 (LaCrosse, WI) / May 29
http://www.wxow.com/News/index.php?ID=10086
Sara Brown
Lecturer in drama whose Scenic Painting class painted the brick trompe l'oeil on Beta Bridge
Beta Bridge painters revealed
The Hook / May 28
http://www.thehook.net/2007/05/28/beta-bridge-painters-revealed/
Tim Farmer
Spokesman for the State Arboretum of Virginia at U.Va.'s Blandy Experimental Farm
A Quiet, Restful Place / State Arboretum Is Escape from Life's Hectic Pace
Winchester (VA) Star / May 29
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The Virginia Women's Lacrosse team defeated Duke 14-13 to advance to Sunday's National Championship game. The Cavaliers were down 13-4 with 18 minutes remaining. 10 unanswered goals, including Jess Wasilewski's game winner with 0:09 remaining advanced Virginia.
...Northwestern's Hilary Bowen retaliated with a goal at the other end and Virginia's quest for its fourth NCAA title was over. The Wildcats defeated UVa, 15-13, in front of 6,075 fans to win their third straight championship. ... In the aftermath of her team's miraculous comeback from a nine-goal deficit on Friday night against Duke - the greatest comeback in NCAA Division I postseason history - [Virginia coach Julie] Myers said...
After learning Sunday that they would host the Charlottesville Regional this weekend, the Cavaliers discovered the opponents Monday. Virginia (43-14) will be joined by second-seeded Rutgers, third-seeded Oregon State and fourth-seeded Lafayette. ...'If we can win a regional, that's a great accomplishment. We have never done that," [said Virginia coach Brian O'Connor.]
...[Somdev] Devvarman, who lost in last year's [NCAA Singles] national title match as a sophomore, said that memory crept into his mind before he took the court to face this year's No. 1 seed, John Isner of Georgia. But once the match started it was all about competing. The Virginia junior dismissed any thoughts of losing, went to work and treated a partisan home Georgia crowd to one of the most dramatic singles title matches in the event's 123-year history. ...Devvarman [became] not only became the first Cavalier to win a national tennis title, but was also the first ACC player to capture the...
A group of heretofore mysterious artists have finally been revealed as the painters of the masterful faux brick design that has covered the east side of Beta Bridge for the past month. Impressive in its own right, the project is also remarkable for its apparent role in the preservation of the orange and maroon 'Hoos for Hokies' message painted on the bridge on the day of the Virginia Tech massacre. 'Hoos for Hokies' has remained unpainted-over longer than any other message since Beta Bridge became a daily-altered canvas in the 1970s.
In addition to inspiring local fiction writers recently, local author John Grisham has inspired one local anti-war activist to begin a 5-day walk tomorrow from the Rotunda to the White House in protest against the Iraq War. During his Sunday commencement speech at UVA, the author spoke of the 'fifty-eight thousand boxes' that returned from Vietnam... 'I've been against this war for a long time,' says Nicholas Kimbrell, who co-founded UVA's Students for Peace in Iraq. 'And it finally just clicked while I was listening to Grisham. Anti-war people need to make sacrifices for their cause, just lik...
If you've ever had chest pains, you've probably had an emergency EKG so doctors could check your heart, but have you heard of BMS? It's body surface mapping. The new technology could find hidden heart attacks and save lives. This is body surface mapping. Doctors at the University of Virginia want to see if the new test can find hidden signs of a heart attack.
Hair loss due to chemotherapy can make the process of dealing with cancer difficult. Now, researchers at the University of Virginia are developing a new program, called HAAIR, to help ease women in the transition to baldness. The program takes pictures of the patient and shows them what they'll look like without hair. The program also lets the patient try different hairstyles on their computer image, which they can print out and use as a reference if ordering a wig.