The next generation of doctors got their future handed to them in an envelope Thursday.... 'It's the culmination of a lot of sweat blood and tears and it starts from when you are an undergrad or even in high school when you think about going to medical school and it continues on to medical school and to be honest the road is not finished, the hardest part I think is still yet to come,' said Matthew Ng...
...The stroke scan uses computed tomography, commonly known as ACT Scan. ..."And what we've been looking for in imaging, is a way to predict which patients who have atherosclerois in their carotid arteries might be at more risk of developing a stroke," said Dr. Christopher Kramer with the UVA Medical Center. Having fatty buildup in your arteries is similar to how silt builds up along the sides of a stream. Just having dirt there isn't necessarily the problem, but the kind of dirt that's there, can be. "The understanding of what the fatty buildup is made up of, to decide whether that's someone ...
The University of Virginia has selected a former Chairman of the Federal Reserve as its first recipient of a new annual award. Alan Greenspan will receive the inaugural Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership. UVA established this new medal to honor personal leadership and lasting influence on our common culture. Two women will also be honored next month for their achievements. They are architect Zaha Hadid and lawyer Anne-Marie Slaughter...
Thursday, 133 medical students at UVA learned where they will move after graduation in May. ...At the stroke of noon, the students opened their matches at the same time as did medical students all across the country. "But it comes down to this one day where you find out what you'll be doing for the next 3,4,5 years depending on the residency, so it's very nerve wracking--but it's great too," said student Roshelle Brown.
Julian V. Noble, 66, died March 11, 2007, after a long illness. Professor Noble... was a renaissance man with wide-ranging interests, a quick wit, an easy laugh, and great dance floor moves. His storehouse of jokes was legendary. As his friends know, he could lecture on any subject at the drop of a hat.
Groups host debate on women's studies
U.Va. report assesses environmental interest
National diversity officers group names Harvey president
StudCo curriculum survey aims to gauge views on internationalization
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Introductory Course Makeovers
Inside Higher Ed / March 15
Embraced as method of making colleges more efficient, center that advocates interactive approach to 101 classes spreads its reach.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/15/ncat
Data on Helicopter Parents
Inside Higher Ed / March 15
A survey of 1,700 parents released Wednesday by College Parents of America found that 30 percent of parents who belong to the group communicate daily with their college children, and that 73 percent communicate with them at least two or three times a week. The survey may not represent college parents o...
First Virginia Film Festival Travel Program to Scandinavia in May
Sleep Disorders Can Put Children's IQ at Risk
Rural Communities Short of Younger Workers
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Connie Brennan
A 1964 graduate of the School of Nursing
Brennan aims for House seat
Daily Progress / March 13
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Oni Buchanan
Who received her bachelor's degree in music
Pianist, Published Poet to Present Concert in Amherst
Nashua (NH) Telegraph / March 14
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Patricia Collins
She has an undergraduate degree in international relations
Fabe Appoints First Judicial District Presiding Judge
The Associated Press / March 14
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Jonathan Ebinger
Graduate of the Darden School of Busines...
Greg Crapanzano
Spirit committee chair for the 'Hoo Crew
A Wahoo Fan's Lament: Have Suit, Can't Travel
The Washington Post / March 15
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Robert Tappan
A graduate student in the department of religious studies at the University of Virginia
FSU Takes a Closer Look at Iran
Tallahassee (FL) Democrat / March 15
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John Arras
The Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Bioethics Minor Program
Arras to Discuss Pandemic Flu Epidemic
The Staunton (VA) News Leader / March 15
http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/NEWS01/703150308/1002
Paul Cantor
A professor of English
Much Ado About a Lot
The Washington Times / March 15
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070314-095356-9632r.htm
Paul Fendley
An associate professor in the Department of Physics and a quantum computing specialist
The Universe Is a String-net Liquid
New Scientist / March 17
http://space.newscien...
There will be a Tucker Box Tour from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. The tour includes a guided tour of the current exhibit followed by lunch in the gallery. "Red Hot Ochre: Waringarri Paintings and Prints from the Kimberley" and "Beyond the Frontier: The Photography of Peter Eve" will be on display through April 21.
Eric Kjellgren, the associate curator for oceanic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, will give a lecture 7 p.m. Friday at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. Kjellgren will discuss "A Different Set of Dreamings: Contemporary Aboriginal Art in the East Kimberley."
University of Virginia professor of religious studies Benjamin C. Ray will give a gallery at 2 p.m. Sunday at the University of Virginia Art Museum. His talk is in conjunction with the museum's exhibit "Images of Women in African Traditional Arts." ...on view through April 15.
Debra Diamond, an expert in Asian art, will give the Ellen Bayard Weedon Lecture in the Arts of Asia at the University of Virginia Art Museum at 5:30 p.m. today. Diamond's talk, "The Aesthetics and Politics of Yoga in Jodhpur Painting," is in conjunction with the museum's exhibit "Intensity of Observation and Infinite Significance: Indian Painting at the University of Virginia Art Museum."
… The University of Virginia, which is about 100 miles from Washington in Charlottesville, has 14 graduates in Congress - most of them having taken a juris doctor degree from the law school. Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh...took a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1981...
The Gray Television operated stations in Charlottesville will air a 30-minute long NCAA preview special called "The Road to Atlanta: Cavaliers Quest." Airtimes are:
...Thursday, March 15th - 12:00PM WVAW ABC16
The program will feature exclusive interviews with UVa head coach Dave Leitao and players. Also included is a one-on-on interview with Director of Athletics Craig Littlepage, as he breaks down why and how teams are selected by the NCAA Selection Committee.
…[Greg] Crapanzano couldn't get tickets to tomorrow's game against Albany in Ohio. He's stuck in Charlottesville, he said, because the school gave out only so many cheap tickets via lottery. To describe Crapanzano as merely a fan would be another injustice. As spirit committee chair for the 'Hoo Crew...Crapanzano attends nearly every home game. He also writes cheers and conducts opposition research on visiting teams so he can disseminate fact-checked insults to other U-Va. fans.
The Center for Innovative Technology this week started a venture fund that will invest in the life sciences sector. The new BioLife Fund is an outgrowth of CIT's growth acceleration program, a three-year-old fund that finances early-stage technology companies in Virginia…in the pharmaceutical, medical devices and health services fields. …A large concentration of life sciences start-ups has come out of the Charlottesville area, in connection with the University of Virginia, as well as Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University.