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Paul Allaire and Pradip Sheth Professors of engineering and directors of the ROMAC Industrial Research Program, the largest university-industry consortium for Rotating Machinery and Controls MSC.Software Global University Program to Help Educators Meet Business Demand for Enterprise Simulation PRNewswire-FirstCall / March 5 http://www.cbs46.com/Global/story.asp?S=6180732 Brad Brown Associate professor at the McIntire School of Commerce and principal of U.Va.'s International Residential College College Dorms House More Than Students Associated Press / March 5, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/248hpg ...

In Diversity Push, Top Universities Enrolling More Black Immigrants Critics Say Effort Favors Elite Foreigners, Leaves Out Americans Washington Post / March 6, 2007 The nation's most elite colleges and universities are bolstering their black student populations by enrolling large numbers of immigrants from Africa, the West Indies and Latin America, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Education. ...Black American scholars such as Henry Louis Gates and Lani Guinier, two Harvard University professors, have said that white educators are skirting long-held missions t...

This is National Nutrition Month and Charlottesville Mayor David Brown and Charlottesville Schools Superintendent Rosa Atkins are among those helping the University of Virginia Medical Center with its new Signals For Health program.

[...] Educators say a growing number of faculty are moving into dorms as colleges seek to revitalize campus life and shift away from the utilitarian, high-rise halls that sprouted when enrollment soared in the 1960s...At the University of Virginia, there are three Residential Colleges with about 300 students in each, said commerce professor Brad Brown, who leads one of the colleges. Students participate in myriad activities, ranging from field trips to theme food nights.

Last year the weather was rainy and chilly, so only 800 of the 1,000 people expected showed up for the Run for Life hosted by the University of Virginia's Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. The 5K run/walk has been a tradition for more than a decade and benefits both the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the University of Virginia Breast Care Program.

It's part of an effort to fight obesity in the community. UVa Medical System with the help of a Morrison Management Specialist launched 'Signals for health." The program aims to promote healthy eating habits for students through the idea of a color-coded system, which places food on an easy to read health scale. ...Charlottesville Mayor David Brown will follow this six month pilot in hopes of introducing "Signals for Health" throughout the local community and possibly the city schools.

U.Va. Artwork Becomes Part of U21 International Initiative Prostate Cancer Treatment Moves One Step Further U.Va. Engineering Professor Wins "Rising Star" Grant

Staying Single Sex Inside Higher Ed / March 5 When you mention "future" and "women's college" in the same sentence these days, the conversation is sure to land on the hot-button issue of coeducation. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/05/sweetbriar A New Campaign on Adjuncts Inside Higher Ed / March 5 The National Education Association is getting ready to join the other two national faculty unions - the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers - in offering a plan to deal with the growth of adjunct faculty positions. http://insidehighered.co...

[...] The signing-deaf community is one of the most welcoming places I have encountered (I am late-deafened): It is open to any person with a significant hearing loss who learns to sign and respects deaf values (which prominently include the preservation of sign language). It is heterogenous, and its boundaries are contested, but isn't that true of all minority groups?

George Coulbourn Earned a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science Carbon Glacier Trail Should Get New Life Following Storms / Work Is Worth it to Save this Hike Tacoma News Tribune / March 4 http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/insight/story/6399580p-5707112c.html Richard Forsten Graduate of the School of Law Federal Court Candidates Named / Judge's Elevation to Circuit Court Left Vacancy Wilmington (Del.) News Journal / March 3 http://tinyurl.com/2j5bzh Thomas Gayner 1983 graduate of the University of Virginia MarketWatch / Berkshire After Buffett:...

David Breneman Dean of the Curry School of Education and a trustee of Sweet Briar College Staying Single Sex Inside Higher Ed / March 5 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/05/sweetbriar Brad Brown Associate professor at the McIntire School of Commerce and principal of U.Va.'s International Residential College College Dorms House More Than Students Associated Press / March 5, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/248hpg Robert Bruner Dean of the Darden School of Business Lessons from the Boardroom WMRA's "Insight" / March 2 http://www.jmu.edu/wmra/inchive.html Chad Dodson Assistant professor of ps...

Ryan Taylor Student in the College and Student Council Representative Students Eye Community Watch Program WCAV CBS-19 / March 2, 2007 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/6280082.html Monica Wright First-year guard on the women's basketball team and ACC Rookie of the Year UVA's Monica Wright ACC Rookie of the Year WVIR NBC-29 / February 27 http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?s=6152770

Congratulations to Virginia's Monica Wright. She has been voted the ACC Rookie of the Year. The honor is no surprise: she won the rookie of the week award eight times this season. Wright is averaging 15 points per game and leads the team in steals.

It is no surprise that much of the housing on Jefferson Park Avenue and Wertland Street is student housing. Well, now the UVa Student Council wants to create a community watch program to make those areas just a bit safer.

"The Art of Surviving Sexual Violence" tells stories of victimization and healing by survivors of sexual violence through their own artwork and poetry. It's co-sponsored by: UVa Multicultural Issues Committee, UVa Women's Center, Institute for Violence and Survival, and the Virginia Foundation for Humanities. Watch the interview with Kate McCord and Jess McGrane from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance to learn more about the art exhibit and a lecture series coming up in April.

[...] Educators say a growing number of faculty are moving into dorms as colleges seek to revitalize campus life and shift away from the utilitarian, high-rise halls that sprouted when enrollment soared in the 1960s...At the University of Virginia, there are three Residential Colleges with about 300 students in each, said commerce professor Brad Brown, who leads one of the colleges. Students participate in myriad activities, ranging from field trips to theme food nights.

The University of Mary Washington is getting $2 million from the state to buy land for and design a graduate school near the Dahlgren naval base. … The site would host professors from five other state colleges--the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth and George Mason--to teach engineering and science courses.

A bill awaiting the signature of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine would direct the state's auditor not to post on its public Web site any financial data related to the University of Virginia's endowment funds. The auditor's Web site features a searchable database called "Commonwealth Data Point" designed to make public money more transparent...[Walter J. Kucharski, auditor of public accounts] said the information itself remains public; it simply wouldn't be posted online.

It's almost as if Virginia Tech and UVa can't allow one to commit news without the other having to plan its own gambit for newsprint. Both my alma maters recently ended campus combat about their honor systems. Many observers wondered why the first took place. The second was instigated by a group of people who likely chose the wrong university, and want to make up for their indiscretion by forcing Mr. Jefferson's venerable school to rip out its soul.

The Virginia men's basketball team is the second seed for the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The Cavaliers finished the regular season tied for first in the ACC standings with North Carolina at 11-5...It's the highest seed for the Cavaliers in the tournament since they were seeded second in 1983.