City looks to lower real estate tax
Prof. to use NSF grant to study toxic emissions
Presidential hopeful debates war parallels
Kaine amends Assembly's smoking bill
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Elementary School Classrooms Get Low Rating on High-Quality Instruction
April 1 Marks 50 Years of Air Time for WTJU-FM
Black Alumni Weekend to be Held March 30-April 1
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Tiki Barber
Star football player for U.Va. who recently retired from the New York Giants
The 21 Club
New York Post / March 29
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Victoria George
Who attended U.Va.
Victoria George / The singer-songwriter from Fairfax Is Moving in Another Direction as She Readies Material for Her Band After Opting for a Solo Career
San Francisco Chronicle / March 29
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/29/NSGRJN8RLP1.DTL
Eric Graben
Who has a master's degree and doctorate in foreign affairs
Attorney to Seek Sofield's Council Seat / Democrat to Face Republican Stay-...
Tevenia Jacobs
First-year law school student
Smith Moore Awards Scholarships to Duke, UVa Law Students
dBusiness News-Little Rock (AR) / March 30
http://littlerock.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=113449&type_news=latest
Sarah Wood
Fourth-year student who will be working next year for an environmental nonprofit group
Hollywood's Newest It Girl: Our Planet
Daily Princetonian (NJ) / March 29
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/03/29/arts/17841.shtml
Dr. Margaret Adeniji
Assistant professor of family medicine
Local Doctor Heads Effort to Spread Awareness of HPV
Lynchburg News & Advance / March 29
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Edward Bertram
Professor of neurology
Going to Bat for Joey
Roanoke (VA) Times / March 30
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/110984
Pam Cipriano
Chief clinical officer and chief nursing officer
3 of UVA's Intensive Care Units win honors
WINA 1070 AM / March 30
http://www.wina.com/page.php?category_id=355
Joan B. Fry
Special assistant to the president
WVTF Essay
WVTF Virginia Public Radio (NPR) / March 30
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Challenge to Data on Men's Sports
Inside Higher Ed / March 30
A group that advocates for men's sports released data Thursday that it says show that many more men's teams have been eliminated than National Collegiate Athletic Association statistics typically suggest - cuts the group blames on colleges' trying to carry out Title IX, the law barring sex discrimination.
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Rejected by Harvard? Your Valedictorian Probably Was, Too
New York Times / March 30
Harvard College rejected 91 percent of applicants for the coming academic year, the highest rate in its history, after an expansion of financial aid encouraged more applications. A record 22,955 students applied to be part of the incoming freshman class... The college sent out 2,058 acceptance notices in December and yesterday... Harvard increased financial aid for the school year starting in September to allow students from families earning less than $60,000 to attend free.
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...[Scott Mactavish] already has donated nearly $18,000 to breast cancer research at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University. Those funds came through a special benefit screening of his "Summer Running: The Race to Cure Breast Cancer," right here at the Paramount last year.
Tufts and the Massachusetts Campus Compact (MACC) received a $1 million grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation last month to broaden access to college for low-income students. ...The program will be based on a successful model used by the University of Virginia...
The University of Virginia is welcoming back to the Grounds as many as 1000 African-American graduates for the 2007 Black Alumni Weekend. It's estimated that 1 out of every 8 African-American graduates of UVA will attend the weekend's festivities, which will last until Sunday. ...The events include Friday's Black Business Showcase featuring a number of business leaders and a keynote speech by Elaine Ruth Jones, the general counsel and Executive Director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. On Saturday, there will be a 30th anniversary celebration of the Office of African-American Affairs.
A new study gives elementary school teachers a low grade when it comes to teaching. The study was published in the March 30th issue of Science magazine. Researchers warn that relying on test scores and regulations may not drive improvement, especially in science and math.
To treat two clusters of diabetic ulcers on her feet and shins, Victoria Harris' doctor in Stuarts Draft sent her 45 minutes east to the University of Virginia Medical Center. At the Medical Center, Harris' physician told her, the doctors treat chronic wounds and serious burns with an amazing gooey yellow antimicrobial cream that isn't available at any other hospital in the nation.
Georgetown is offering a series of financial literacy workshops for seniors, covering such topics as loan repayment and consolidation, spending, credit cards, taxes and benefits. ...The University of Virginia has a pilot program, too.
Three Intensive Care Units at UVA Medical Center are being awarded for excellence. The Beacon Award recognizes hospital departments for things like excellent staff communication, high patient satisfaction and overall high-quality care. UVA is the only hospital in the nation to receive three of these prestigious awards.
Colleges Hiring Lenders to Field Queries on Aid
New York Times / March 29
Students who call colleges with financial aid questions sometimes end up talking to employees of loan companies.
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New Software Aids in Assessment / Facing greater demands for accountability, colleges turn to technology to analyze mounds of data
Chronicle of Higher Education / March 29
New software helps colleges manage the mountains of data required to assess student learning and other measures of institutional effectiveness.
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Explaining the Accreditation Debate
Insi...
Kay Albertson
Holds a master's degree and a doctorate from U.Va.
Board Taps Albertson for College President
Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus / March 28
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Alex Chapin
M.A. in History of Religions
iSpeak Series: The Ultimate Audio + Visual Foreign Language Phrasebook for Your Portable Media Player
PRNewswire / March 28
http://www.cbs46.com/Global/story.asp?S=6293663
Hunter Groninger
Graduate of the School of Medicine
Making Every Day Count
Washingtonian Magazine (DC) / March 28
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/3770.html
Susan Hardwicke
Richmond native who was one...
Jennifer Lauren Robichaux
Third-year in the School of Engineering majoring in biomedical engineering
Colleges
New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune / March 29
http://tinyurl.com/2kxr3g
Glen Bull
Professor of instructional technology at the Curry School of Education
Collecting Evidence
Education Week / March 29
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/29/30tcresearch.h26.html
Jeffrey Hantman
Associate professor of anthropology
Lecture Will Explore Indian Impact on Jamestown
The Winchester Star / March 29
http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/070329/Life_lecture.asp
Dr. Jennifer Harvey
Assistant professor of radiology and director of Breast Imaging
Detecting Breast Cancer: Mammogram vs. MRI
WVIR NBC-29 / March 28
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=6295228
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The face of next year's Lawn class / U.Va. community reacts to minority representation on Lawn
Students criticize W&L admin. in wake of reported attacks
Sullivan to serve as UJC chair
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