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Edmund Darrell "Butch" Brodie III Professor of biology and director of Mountain Lake Biological Station NewsFocus: Evolutionary Ecology: Variable Evolution Science / May 4 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5825/686 (Paid subscription required / Available by request) Shaun Brown Strength coach for men's basketball who came to U.Va. in 2005 after eight seasons as a head strength-and-conditioning coach in the NBA Yoga party, not toga party / Offseason conditioning gives Cavaliers basketball players more flex appeal on the court Richmond Times Dispatch / May 4 http://tinyurl.com/2...

University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia May 20, 2007 John Grisham, the author

$1 Million Gift Honors Education Dean David Breneman U.Va. Professor Writes Book on Civil Rights Law Learning Barge Wins Award for Sustainable Design http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/

...For college basketball players, the offseason is a time for weightlifting and conditioning and pickup games and individual workouts. At U.Va., it's also a time for yoga. "I didn't have any preconceived notions," said Shaun Brown, Virginia's strength coach for men's basketball. "I thought it was something we'd try last spring and see how it went. It took off." For much of the past year, with a break during the season, Dave Leitao's players have gathered twice a week to learn and perform yoga exercises under the tutelage of [Erica] Perkins, U.Va.'s fitness director. The goal is not to achieve...

N.C.A.A. Looking Ahead on Poor Academic Progress New York Times / May 3 The N.C.A.A. released its third annual installment of academic progress data yesterday, penalizing few colleges but projecting many more penalties next year. http://tinyurl.com/3xgm4f NCAA's Evolving Academic Picture Inside Higher Ed / May 3 Group releases new data on classroom performance, imposing penalties now and citing teams that could face more trouble next year. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/03/apr

Take Several Tablets for Teaching: Interactive Scribbling Draws Students Into Classroom Presentations Chronicle of Higher Education / May 3 [...] Mr. Tront has been experimenting with a system involving tablet PC's (laptop computers with screens that you can draw on with a stylus), a projector, and an interactive slide program called Classroom Presenter... The program allows instructors to show a slide illustrating a problem to an entire class, and lets tablet-wielding students write down solutions and send them -- via a wireless network -- to the front of the room. http://tinyurl.com/2mqqa6 ...

Jennifer Mandeville Second Year at the Darden School of Business CNBC's Fast Money / May 1 http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838499

Matthew D. Lassiter Former history graduate student who has written 'The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South,' and is now editing a book titled 'The End of Southern History.' Interpreting Some Overlooked Stories From the South New York Times / May 1 http://tinyurl.com/2p6ewt Mark Olson Pastor of Fayetteville's Snyder Memorial Baptist Church who received a doctorate in 1990 Snyder Memorial's Pastor to Step Down Fayetteville (NC) Observer / May 3 http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=261348 Stuart Pope Former vice president of administration for U.Va.'s Black Student Alli...

Kamela Adish Housekeeper for Facilities Management Beating the Odds Real Simple magazine / April http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1600632,00.html (Only Table of Contents available online) James Ceaser A political scientist 5 Reasons the GOP Faces an Uphill Climb in '08 USA Today / May 2 http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-05-02-gop-landscape_N.htm Pablo J. Davis Director of the South Atlantic Humanities Center and former assistant dean of students; the Pablo Davis award is given annually to recognize someone's contribution to the development of the Hispanic commu...

... According to Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released Wednesday... The University of Virginia performed well overall and four teams earned perfect marks of 1,000. Virginia's football team scored 948, 17 points above the national average. The Cavalier men's golf, women's golf, women's lacrosse and women's volleyball teams achieved marks of 1,000. Those sports, along with women's soccer and softball, received public recognition last month from the NCAA for posting multiyear APR scores in the top 10 percent of all teams in those sports.

Dispatches from the Bering Sea: The Social Lives of Walruses Governor Grants Additional Leave to All State Employees Jefferson Scholars Foundation Announces Class of 2011 http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/

Free informational sessions on education, business, information technology and engineering programs will be offered from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Virginia Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Rd., Falls Church. For information and to register, call 703-536-1100 or visit http://www.scps.virginia.edu.

Some teenagers who will graduate from Virginia's high schools next month will be the first members of their families to attend college. Many of them received encouragement to seek a college education from the University of Virginia's College Guides program. It places UVA alumni in high school guidance offices across the Commonwealth. Program Director Nicole Hurd ... received a Volunteerism and Community Service Award in mid-April from Governor Tim Kaine. Hurd was a Wednesday guest of "Charlottesville...Right Now" with Newsradio 1070 WINA's Coy Barefoot.

Extremist Islamic groups have come to value the Internet so much for its ability to spread their message that some have said the keyboard is as important as a Kalashnikov rifle, a report for Congress says. … Use of the Internet for communications, propaganda and research has grown to include recruitment and training, says the report prepared by a panel of experts brought together by George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute and the University of Virginia's Critical Incident Analysis Group.

Where Have All the Women Gone? Chronicle of Higher Education / May 2 Even as the number of female players soars, college coaching is increasingly a male domain. http://tinyurl.com/3bapz9

Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 26 Universities Chronicle of Higher Education / May 2 The 26 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $411.7-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available. … The University of Virginia, $1.19-billion as of March 31 (increase of $17-million in the last month); the goal is $3-billion by 2011. http://tinyurl.com/3xcmu9

Matters of Faith Find a New Prominence on Campus New York Times / May 2 Across the country chaplains, professors and administrators say students are drawn to religion and spirituality with more fervor than at any time they can remember. http://tinyurl.com/3az8y Yield Documents, Lawmaker Tells White House New York Times / May 2 The chairman of the House education committee asked the White House yesterday to turn over all its communications about the scandal-tarred student loan program and also Reading First, the administration's $1-billion-a-year reading initiative, which has been besieged b...

G. Moffett Cochran Who graduated from U.Va. Allen Company Acquires Interest in Silvercrest Charlottesville Daily Progress / May 2 http://tinyurl.com/343rv8 Paul Tudor Jones II Jones gave $35 million for the new JPJ basketball arena Presidential Hopefuls Tap Coffers of Local Hedge Fund Executives Hartford Courant / May 2 http://tinyurl.com/yovfs9 Gloria Cordes Larson Law School graduate Lawyer Named to Head Bentley Waltham (MA) News Tribune / May 2 http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/x2020385318 Will Shortz Law School graduate, crossword editor of The New York Times and puzzle master ...

Romulo "Rom" Alejandro Fourth year whose film "Roskosmos" just won Best Drama and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at Brown University's Ivy Film Festival Casting Movies in a New Light / Students' advice to UVA: You oughta be in pictures C-Ville Weekly / May 1 http://tinyurl.com/24ldaq Konstantin Brazhnik Fourth year filmmaker and member of the student-run Filmmakers Society (FMS) Casting Movies in a New Light / Students' advice to UVA: You oughta be in pictures C-Ville Weekly / May 1 http://tinyurl.com/24ldaq Brad Manning & Katie Manning Brad, a fourth-year majoring in finance, competes i...

Museum Art Works Add to Classroom Pedagogy Forty-seven Undergrads Receive Harrison Awards University Library Alters Hours During Exams http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/