Virginia Festival of the Book Kicks Off Tomorrow
Goddard Scientist to Give Hoxton Lecture
'Civil Rights South' Tours History-Making Sites
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/
Texas sen. discusses views on '08 election / Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison visits politics class to address students
Citizens voice budget concerns to City Council
Presidential hopefuls utilize MySpace site
U.Va. tops graduation bracket
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/
Rob Klapper
Graduate of the Darden School of Business
Prosper Strengthens Management Team / Rob Klapper Appointed CMO and Kirk Inglis Appointed CFO
Business Wire / March 19
http://dmnnewswire.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=115610
Jordan Posell
Graduate of the Darden School of Business
Announcing Our New COO: Jordan Posell
Mobile Content News / March 19
http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-announcing-our-new-coo-jordan-posell/
Michael A. Refolo
Bachelor's degree graduate
Business People
Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette / March 19
http://tinyurl.com/2n57r4
Reilly Flynn
College student
Song and dance in a field of trash / UVA undergrad recounts spring break trip to Nicaragua
C-Ville Weekly / March 20
http://tinyurl.com/2rqlf9
R.K. Ramazani
The Edward R. Stettinius Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs
Julian Bond
Who teaches civil rights history
Bond to Lead Cavalier Caravan on Capital City Civil Rights Tour
Montgomery Advertiser / March 20
http://tinyurl.com/36z5nd
Paul Fendley
Associate professor of physics and a quantum computing specialist
The Universe Is a String-net Liquid
New Scientist / March 19
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/03/19/2429309.htm
Dr. Ross Isaacs
Associate professor of internal medicine and associate director of U.Va. Center on Health Disparities
Doctor Speaks on Health Care Issues
The Staunton (VA) News Leader / March 20
http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...
Protestors joined forces in front of the University of Virginia's Rotunda Monday afternoon. Signs, posters and clothes all served as message boards conveying the group's thoughts on the war and why they say it needs to end.
...Using data from the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, the publication Inside Higher Ed played out the [NCAA] tourney as if games were won based on graduation rates of teams' players. When the dust clears for the Final Four, Holy Cross, Florida, Michigan State and Virginia are all still dancing. (Holy Cross was the ultimate winner).
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will receive the inaugural Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, officials announced Tuesday. Architect Zaha Hadid and pioneering international relations lawyer Anne-Marie Slaughter also will receive medals in their respective fields.
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Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch (I-LAW) released a survey of Illinois physicians which found that doctors overwhelmingly support enacting new standards to govern medical expert witness testimony. … Conducted by the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Virginia, the survey interviewed doctors among a broad range of specialty.
The University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport as well as Inside Higher Ed ranked the University among the top 10 NCAA Tournament teams in terms of basketball players' graduation rates at their respective colleges and universities. ...The University graduated 85 percent of its players who entered its basketball program [between 1996 and 1999].
[...] Eighty UVA students spent their spring break in Nicaragua working with orphans. ...Students spent time with orphans in a number of different settings throughout the week, including a church service, a trip to the movies and an afternoon at a water park.
University of Virginia faculty and alumni and their family members are being guided through civil rights sites by a man who helped blaze the civil rights trail -- Julian Bond. Bond, who now teaches civil rights history at the Charlottesville, Va., university, is in Montgomery today leading about 30 people on a tour of civil rights landmarks.
The Graduation Gap / Degree attainment varies widely among colleges that serve low-income students
Chronicle of Higher Education / March 19
...Among four-year institutions, the range of graduation rates indicates that economic diversity does not necessarily determine how well institutions will perform on granting degrees.
http://tinyurl.com/3cc6up
Davidson Eliminates All Loans
Inside Higher Ed / March 19
Just days after move by Hamilton, another liberal arts college challenges conventional wisdom on aid policy.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/19/davidson
Purdue's President Say...
Bowie Kuhn
A graduate of the School of Law
Bowie Kuhn, 80, Former Baseball Commissioner, Dies
New York Times / March 16
http://tinyurl.com/2otz87
Daryl G. Brewster
A graduate of U.Va.
Krispy Kreme President Speaks at Executive Suite / How Daryl G. Brewster Managed to Turn the Failing Company Around
The Ticker (Baruch College, NYC) / March 19
http://tinyurl.com/2cx4cq
W. Michael Fagan
Graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce
RVCC's W. Michael Fagan Receives a PMP Credential
Bridgewater (NJ) Courier-News / March 18
http://tinyurl.com/37xcjf
DJ Gerken
Who holds a law degree and a master's degree in land use planning
2 Forums Shine Light on Land Use, Growth Issues
Asheville (NC) Citizen Times / March 18
http://www.citizen-times.com/ap...
Maurice Cox
Associate professor of architecture
Point pilgrimage: Gulf city comes seeking knowledge
The Hook / March 15
http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/03/15/ONARCH-0611-B.rtf.aspx
Paul Gaston
Professor of history emeritus
SIUE Spring Faculty Symposium to be Offered March 28
Granite City (MO) Press Record Journal / March 17
http://tinyurl.com/376lf4
Michael F. Holt
A professor of American history
Why He Gets the Laughs
New York Times / March 18
http://tinyurl.com/2tlcox
Dr. John A. Jane
David W. Weaver Professor of Neurosurgery and director of neurosurgical training
Diffusion Ph...
A new study by researchers at the University of Virginia Health System may change the way physicians assess a patient's risk of having a stroke.
New Delhi, India-- Giving honesty a high berth, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav Friday showered his pearls of wisdom on 57 management students from the US at the Railway Museum in the capital. … Thirty-five students from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, and 22 students from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, arrived March 3 in India and have since been travelling to different places and taking trips in trains. They will leave March 17.
Virginians can now support cancer research in the state through their 2006 state income-tax forms. Individuals can elect to make voluntary contributions from their refund checks, or include an extra amount if they are paying taxes, to support research at Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center and the University of Virginia Cancer Center.