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Chad Dodson Assistant professor in the Department of Psychology Can the reliability of a witness be determined by the person's age? KXAS-TV NBC 5 Dallas - Fort Worth (TX) / February 22 http://www.nbc5i.com/news/11086395/detail.html Lisa Friedersdorf Senior scientist in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Scientists Want Nanotechnology to go Commercial in the Region The Virginian-Pilot / February 23 http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=119982&ran=129934 Dr. Arthur Garson Dean of the School of Medicine Analysis: Insured fret about health costs United Press Internati...

The Black Panthers fought for fairness during the Civil Rights era, but the method behind their message was not always popular. Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, talked to students Thursday night at the University of Virginia. It was created in 1966 and dubbed the "self-defense party" to serve as an alternative to the non-violent Civil Rights Movement. Seale says he is trying to get the leaders of tomorrow to make a connection between the positive steps he made back then, and where society is headed now.

Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale spoke Thursday night on the UVA Grounds as one of the University's events celebrating Black History Month. Seale and Huey Newton formed the Black Panther Party in 1966 as an alternative to the non-violent civil rights movement. Seale says he became inspired to take action the first time he attended a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King. Seale says the fact that there are so many more African-Americans in elected office is a sign of progress.

"Tunes and Composition" will be the theme of the University of Virginia Jazz Ensemble's Winter Concert, which begins 8 p.m. Saturday in Cabell Hall Auditorium. John D'earth will direct a program of big-band compositions that will give soloists a chance to shine.

At a recent job fair at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, more than 200 teacher recruiters -- some from as far as Atlanta and Denver -- competed for the attention of about 330 graduates clutching freshly printed resumes. The recruiting team from Loudoun County public schools, which needs to hire more than 700 teachers for the coming academic year, left the fair with a long list of interested candidates. But many of those candidates also had been talking with recruiters from Fairfax, Prince William and Montgomery counties.

Imagine being able to know ahead of time when a baby will get a serious infection and then being able to treat the infection before it can affect his or her tender life. More than a dream, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have developed a way to monitor babies in neonatal intensive care units and predict sepsis before there is any indication of illness. Sepsis is a serious bloodstream infection that more than doubles the risk of dying for its smallest victims. Results of this research appear in the February issue of the journal Pediatric Research.

Wearing a dark suit and a beret, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party stood behind a podium and addressed a room packed beyond capacity Thursday night. ... Seale was explaining the origins of the Black Panthers during a lecture at the Harrison-Small Auditorium at the University of Virginia. ...Seale spoke to about 250 people Thursday. The auditorium was packed, and listeners who couldn't get in strained to hear from the hallway. In 1968, Seale was arrested for demonstrating at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He stood trial with a group later known as the Chicago Seven, and ...

A University of Virginia study suggests that older adults are not only more inclined than younger adults to make errors in recollecting details that have been suggested to them, but are also more likely than younger people to have a very high level of confidence in their recollections, even when wrong, according to a press release. The finding has implications regarding the reliability of older persons' eyewitness testimonies in courtrooms.

John Dorning Elected to National Academy of Engineering Fortune Doesn't Smile on 'Darden's Luckiest Student' Friday Reception Features Exhibits, Gallery Talk

A look at the Lawn selection process Engineering prof. joins NAE Error calls referendum into question StudCo candidates debate

New Help for the Middle Class Inside Higher Ed / February 22 Stanford and many other top colleges are changing how they weigh home equity in determining a family's ability to pay. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/22/aid Fault Lines on Accreditation Inside Higher Ed / February 22 As U.S. rule making panel begin its work, members skirmish over legal authority and learning outcomes. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/22/accredit Best Practices in Undergrad Research Inside Higher Ed / February 22 A new book, Developing & Sustaining a Research-Supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Suc...

Hideki Inoue First-year student at the Darden School for Business Pricey Lesson / Two briefcases. One choice. $17,500 or Nothing. For a U.Va. Business Student, It Wasn't that Simple. Richmond Times-Dispatch / February 22 http://tinyurl.com/2zo6wm Hideki Inoue First-year student at the Darden School for Business A Jackpot, as Luck Would Have It / Students Play for Cash, Lesson in Life Washington Post / February 22 http://tinyurl.com/yq6g8f Hideki Inoue First-year student at the Darden School for Business Darden's Deal or No Deal WVIR NBC-29 / February 21 http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp...

Sara Botkin Graduate of the College ('99) with a bachelor of arts in music Young Soprano Mixes Music with Managing Money Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette / February 22 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07053/763914-54.stm Michael J. McConnell Graduate of the Darden School of Business Pass Names Two Directors to Newly Created Board Seats Market Wire / February 21 http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=217976 Dr. Vivian W. Pinn The only woman and minority in her 1967 class at the School of Medicine Health Official to Speak at Dinner Richmond Times-Dispatch / February 21 http://tinyu...

The [U.Va.] Teen Health Center is set to begin a new program called Adolescent Advocacy and Outreach. It will educate parents, teens and policy makers on all the issues facing teenagers, using research. […]the teen health center's new program, will focus on risk behaviors, such as teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and suicide.

Dyan Aretakis Family nurse practitioner and project director for U.Va.'s Teen Health Center Additional Health Support Targets Teens WCAV CBS-19 / February 20 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/5958266.html George Bloom Professor of biology and cell biology Uncovering Secrets Of Alzheimer's WCAV CBS-19 / February 21 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/5974211.html Sam Bodily The John Tyler professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business A Jackpot, as Luck Would Have It / Students Play for Cash, Lesson in Life Washington Post / February 22 http://tinyur...

The University of Virginia Medical Center Arts Committee is hosting a reception for Michael Fitz from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the hospital's dining conference room. The local artist's work will be on display at UVa Hospital through March 23.

The University of Virginia Art Museum will feature four exhibits at its Final Friday reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. The event kicks off with a gallery talk at 5 p.m. by Matthew Affron, an expert on Fernand Leger and exhibition curator of "Fernand Leger: Contrasts of Forms," one of the featured exhibits.

[...] So are the brains of ABA instructors who undergo training at the Virginia Institute of Autism at the University of Virginia. "You're going to come to love UVa," Parks said. "Every student at a learning center has an instructor trained at VIA," Parks said, "the cream of the crop, the top of the line. It's something to behold and it works. I've seen the results and it's amazing."

To increase the number of minority physicians nationwide, Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk has joined an alliance that makes Virginia the first in the nation to partner its medical schools with five historically black colleges in the state. As part of the Virginia-Nebraska alliance - which includes the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Nebraska and the five historically black colleges - academically qualified minority students from the latter schools will be guaranteed admission to EVMS during their sophomore year.

Pricey Lesson / Two briefcases. One choice. $17,500 or Nothing. For a U.Va. Business Student, It Wasn't that Simple. Richmond Times-Dispatch / February 22 http://tinyurl.com/2zo6wm Business Experiment Offers Student a $17,500 Lesson Associated Press / February 21 http://www.wvec.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8NE8UV04.html Deal or No Deal? UVa Student Learns Hard Lesson Daily Progress / February 21 http://tinyurl.com/25rmc4 Darden's Deal or No Deal WVIR NBC-29 / February 21 http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=6123127&nav=menu496_2_5