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U.Va. uses Web resources to ease admission process Profs. advance Alzheimer's research Gen Assembly Closes Session Study shows decrease in reading skills

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Older adults are less reliable eyewitnesses than younger people, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Virginia arrived at that conclusion after running an experiment in which participants -- some ages 60 to 80, others college-age -- were shown a five-minute video reenactment of a burglary and car chase.

The University of Virginia will host the 20th annual Virginia Film Festival November 1st through the 4th. Festival Director Richard Herskowitz says the theme this year is "Kin Flicks." Herskowitz says the Festival will focus on various images of family life and will include movies such as Mommy Dearest, The Manchurian Candidate, The Shining and The Godfather. Herskowitz says the Festival will have features, shorts, speakers, art exhibits, musical performances and gala parties. To submit movie recommendations and learn more, visit vafilm.com.

Now, some schools have staff members like Creasy who not only read [admission application] files but monitor message boards, field questions on their own Web sites and try to humanize the process. "Some of the information out there is just shockingly, shockingly bad," said [Jeannine] Lalonde, [an assistant dean of admission] who monitors sites for U-Va. and often posts corrections and clarifications.

[...] This year, nearly 20 percent of University freshmen brought a Mac to college versus only 3 percent five years ago. Personal computer ownership is also on the rise. Ten years ago, 26 percent of surveyed freshmen didn't have their own computer at college. By last year, only four, count 'em, four out of 3,092 freshmen surveyed didn't own a personal computer.

CHESAPEAKE - A charitable trust that already has donated thousands to help the city's students is giving $1 million to the University of Virginia for graduates of the city's school system. Starting in the fall of 2009, Chesapeake Public Schools graduates in their senior year at U.Va. will have a chance to receive some of the scholarship money donated by the Harry Bramhall Gilbert Charitable Trust of Virginia Beach.

One of the most infamous side affects for chemo therapy is losing your hair, so [U.Va.] researchers are developing a way to make the transition from a whole head of hair to a bald head a little easier.[...] This technology is designed to help women deal with this shock. It's a computer imaging system that shows women what they will look like without hair. The women take a picture and see themselves bald, but then they can see themselves with different hairstyles.

U.Va. Offers New Web Page Created 'Especially for Kids' Gather the Clan: The 20th Virginia Film Festival Announces Its Theme Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. to Speak at U.Va. Tomorrow U.Va. Engineering Professor Emeritus Receives ASME Medal

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Tussling Over Transfer of Credit Inside Higher Ed / February 26 Whether U.S. should require accreditors to monitor colleges' policies on transfer policies divides nonprofit and for-profit agencies. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/26/transfer Administrators' Salaries Up 4% Inside Higher Ed / February 26 Median pay for senior-level jobs shows stronger gains than in recent years, with publics outpacing privates. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/26/salaries Administrators' Pay Rises 4%, Beating Inflation for the 10th Consecutive Year Chronicle of Higher Education / February 26 The...

Lacy Krueger A graduate student in psychology Older Adults May Be Unreliable Eyewitnesses, Study Shows Science Daily / February 24 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070222160007.htm Lacy Krueger A graduate student in psychology Older Adults Unreliable In Court, Study Says Research Suggests Older Adults Make More Errors NBC4.com / February 22 http://www.nbc4.com/news/11086395/detail.html Erin Levin Student in the College and member of UVA's Dance Marathon Organization Dance Marathon 2007 WCAV CBS-19 / February 23 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/6023876.html

Richard Lehman, a high-ranking Central Intelligence Agency analyst who, on orders from a perturbed President John F. Kennedy, developed the succinct intelligence summary that has been handed to presidents each morning for 45 years, died last Saturday near his home in Concord, N.H. He was 83. ... Mr. Lehman graduated from Harvard in 1944. After serving in the Army for four years, he earned a master's degree in Russian studies at the University of Virginia in 1949.

Eve Framiñan Who has a B.A. in Government from University of Virginia Eve Framiñan Appointed President of TPO PRWeb / February 25 http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw507323.htm Maurice Jones Who received a law degree Local Black Executives Talk Business, Prejudice and the Future The Virginian-Pilot / February 25 http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=120120&ran=218100 John O. Lox Who earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia CCU names MBA program director The (SC) Sun News / February 25 http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/16779971.ht...

Sidney M. Milkis Chairman of the Department of Politics The 2006 election was a highly partisan affair. Defying the late Speaker of the House Thomas (Tip) O'Neill's refrain that "all politics is local," Congressional contests were shaped by a polarized contest between the national Republican and Democratic Parties. Parties set the agenda of the campaign, provided critical financial and organizational support to candidates, and drove voting choices.

Robert F. Bruner Dean of the Darden School Some Leveraged Buyout Myths New York Times / February 24 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/business/24offline.html LeAnn Buntrock Director of communications with the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education Schools cry out for leadership material Financial Times / February 25 http://tinyurl.com/ypd4ja Kelly M. Cordoro An assistant professor of dermatology Prevent Dry Dermis by Keeping, Adding Moisture Real Simple magazine / February 26 http://www.sltrib.com/features/ci_5305475 Chad Dodson An assistant professor of psychology Older Adults ...

To get an idea of just how much remains unknown about an area that directly affects most people's lives, you need to drop in on the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. … A common antidepressant, buproprion, improved sexual function as well as sleep disturbances, weight gain and other menopausal symptoms in a small, preliminary study from the University of Virginia.

Debates over whether same-sex partners of public employees should receive the same benefits given to spouses or dependents are taking place across the country. But while health insurance is the most visible issue, a debate has emerged in Virginia on a less conspicuous benefit: gym memberships. … But Virginia's flagship public university disagrees. UVa does not offer the benefit, and university officials there say they would like to offer it, but believe they are barred from doing so.

No matter what sport you play, chances are that if you tear your ACL, you may be watching that season from the sidelines. Dr. Cato Laurencin, Chairman of the UVa Department of Orthopedic Surgery, is working on a man-made solution. ACL's cannot repair on their own, so Dr. Laurencin's synthetic ACL would be tissue that doctors wouldn't have to harvest from other parts of the body.

Want to cut a rug on your Friday night? How about raising money for families in need while you do it? This 24-hour Dance Marathon is not a competition--it is about raising money for kids and their families at UVA Children's Hospital. Proceeds go to the Du Bose Fund for hospitalized children and their families at UVA Children's Hospital.