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Older adults are likelier than their young counterparts to make mistakes in memory, and are also more likely to insist that they are right, a University of Virginia study suggests. Researchers say the study, "I Misremember It Well: Why Older Adults are Unreliable Eyewitnesses," could have further implications when it comes to reliability of witnesses in courts.

A team of doctors at the University of Virginia is getting $100,000 to fight one of the most common cancers and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the U.S. UVA's Cancer Center director Dr. Michael Weber and his team won the grant to continue their work toward a treatment for prostate cancer. The team is investigating molecular therapies that need to be combined with other therapies to fight the disease.

Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 26 Universities Chronicle of Higher Education / March 2 The 26 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $503.4-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available. ... The University of Virginia, $1.132-billion as of January 31 (increase of $12-million in the last month); the goal is $3-billion by 2011. http://tinyurl.com/33fvjy Donations Increase for 3rd Year in a Row / Bigger gifts account for rise, but fewer alumni gave; foundation grants also up Chronicle of Higher Educ...

A U.S. News Effect on College Funding? Inside Higher Ed / March 2 Academic paper finds that public universities included in the annual rankings saw an increase in state appropriations. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/02/usnews Making Holistic Admissions Work Inside Higher Ed / March 2 Oregon State model may avoid legal pitfalls - while improving both diversity and retention. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/02/holistic Lumina Extends Program Inside Higher Ed / March 2 The Lumina Foundation for Education announced Thursday that it would spend another $18 million on its "Achievi...

John Paul Jones Arena Names Pollstar's Best New Concert Venue Dorning Honored / Elected to National Academy of Engineering New U.Va. home page launched Library acquires slave narrative

Wulf Addresses Engineering Education for 'Industry Day' Morphogenesis Research Nets $500,000 Grant Work by VCU Graduate Sculpture Students on Display

Debbie Evercloud Who earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia Evercloud optimistic about growth of the economy Colorado Springs Business Journal / March 2 http://www.csbj.com/story.cfm?ID=10333 John A. Kollins Earned his MBA at the Darden Graduate School of Business OXiGENE Appoints Chief Business Officer and Head of Business Development, John A. Kollins Business Wire / March 1 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=13567512&chid=4 Lisa Mancini She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Virginia CSX Transportation Names Lisa Mancini as Vi...

Lou Bloomfield A physics professor Wind Warriors / Vented Umbrellas Are Built to Fight Off Strong Gusts Allentown (PA) Morning Call / March 2 http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/all-windproofmar02,0,2276793.story?coll=all-ent-hed Pam Cipriano U.Va.'s chief clinical and nursing officer Kaine promises state help in easing nursing shortage Richmond Times-Dispatch / March 1 http://tinyurl.com/22smuk Maurice Cox Associate Professor of Architecture Local Leaders Talk Global Warming in Charlottesville WVIR NBC-29 / February 27 http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=6151479&nav=menu496_2_5 Dr. Cha...

The University of Virginia School of Medicine will open a new exhibit this weekend called "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians." UVA physicians will hold a panel dicussion today on the challenges faced by women in the medical field. UVA Health System spokeswoman Joan Klein says that will be followed by an address from Dr. Vivian Pinn. Pinn is a 1967 alumna of the UVA Med School. The panel dicussion will be at 3:45 p.m. and Dr. Pinn's address will start at 5. Both events will be held in the Jordan Hall Conference Center Auditorium and will be open to the public...

On Thursday the Miller Center remembered Arthur Schlesinger. Schlesinger was mainly known for his work as a historian and as a writer, earning a Pulitzer before he was 30 years-old. Among other accomplishments and roles, Schlesinger was also part of the Kennedy Administration. At the Miller Center he served as a member of the Presidential Recordings Advisory Board.

As the final seconds ticked down on Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena, the scene was raucous. A near-capacity crowd was going bonkers. Fans were screaming, chanting, jumping up and down. The celebration of a win over an arch rival had definitely begun. Amid the pandemonium, Virginia coach Dave Leitao substituted for J.R. Reynolds and Jason Cain. When his two seniors got to the bench, Leitao - a coach not usually known for his warm human spirit in the heat of battle - hugged his players. Then he turned to the students seated behind him and pointed at Reynolds and Cain. That incited an ...

The University of Virginia Women's Center has launched an initiative to help UVa students recover from sexual assault. The Survivor Support Team, composed of four UVa student volunteers, will provide long-term companionship and advocacy for survivors during recovery from their assault. The volunteers will serve as a friend to the victim when the victim is faced with emotional challenges, such as encountering her attacker on campus. The volunteers will also provide support for the victim as the case works its way through the criminal justice or university adjudication systems.

A new exhibit at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will highlight two decades of accomplishments by women physicians. The exhibit, titled "The Changing Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians," will run from today until April 13 at the Claude Moore Health Services Library, 1300 Jefferson Park Ave. To mark the opening of the exhibit, the medical school will host a panel discussion of three female UVa physicians who have "influenced and enhanced" the practice of medicine. The panel discussion will be held at 3:45 p.m. today in the Jordan Hall Conference Center Audit...

Virginia's nursing shortage is growing, and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine came to the University of Virginia nursing school yesterday to say that help -- in the form of money -- is on the way. "The shortage is both nationwide and statewide," Kaine told about 100 people at U.Va. "But there are a lot of people who want to be nurses." Kaine said the "choke point" was in the lack of nursing school space and faculty.

The John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville was recently named Best New Concert Venue at the 18th Annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles. Designed by Ellerbe Becket and VMDO Architects and managed by SMG, the basketball and concert facility opened in August 2006. Since that opening date, the venue has served up some big names in the entertainment industry, among them the Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and George Strait. Billy Joel and Rod Stewart have upcoming shows scheduled. The 16,000 seat arena is the first f...

With today's rapid change, thinking out side the box isn't so much the issue as managing continual box meltdown. Employers seek managers who innovate on the run, combining ideas and concepts from across the planet to create solutions and strategies. Recognizing that young executives often get pigeon-holed as accountants or human resource managers, the University of Virginia's Darden Business School urges MBA candidates to take "Global Business Experience" classes. The courses include one seemingly incongruous week in Barcelona, Spain, studying the art of Picasso, Dalí and Gaudí.

A Cosmic graffiti artist has been caught in the act by astronomers. New research suggests that the icy particles spewed from Saturn's moon Enceladus sandblast other nearby moons, making them unusually bright. Dr. Anne Verbiscer of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and colleagues describe in the journal Science how they measured the reflectivity, or "albedo," of the saturnian satellites and conclude that a blasting of these particles, ultimately from Enceladus' plumes, made Tethys, Mimas, Dione and Rhea more shiny than they should otherwise have been.

Miller Center announces National War Powers Commission Governor speaks to nurses Students elect Tilton president Students decide on referenda Honor, UJC representatives elected

Virginia Governor Kaine Announces Nursing Initiatives Health Advocate Paul Farmer to Speak at U.Va. Orthopaedic Surgeons Create ACL Tissue

Mulling Ways to Add Minority Coaches Inside Higher Ed / March 1 Lamenting lack of racial diversity in college coaching ranks, Congressional subcommittee says it would consider legislation. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/01/coaches U.S. House Panel Questions Myles Brand and Others About Minority Hiring in College Sports Chronicle of Higher Education / March 1 Two African-American coaches met in this year's Super Bowl -- something that is unlikely to happen in a college-football championship game anytime soon. At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers asked athletics official...