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Dyan Aretakis Family nurse practitioner and project director of the teen health center UVa Teen Health Center Expands with Donations / Outreach Programs to Reach More Schools Daily Progress / February 20 http://tinyurl.com/2vrdt2 Malcolm Bell III Professor of art history and a leading figure in the international debate over looted antiquities Louvre confirms pressure from Greece on statue Cleveland Plain Dealer / February 20 http://tinyurl.com/37zzag Sam Bodily The John Tyler Professor at the Darden School of Business U.Va. Grad Student's Choice Could Net $17,500 -- or Zilch Richmond Times...

A new bioengineered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) replacement couldprovide a new treatment option for the more than 200,000 Americans who rupture their ACLs annually, U.S. researchers report this week. "We're hoping that we can have this as a solution for patients within the next three years," said study lead researcher Dr. Cato Laurencin, professor and chairman of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

The teen health center at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital will triple its outreach programs that teach adolescents about pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, suicide and more. Thanks to a $150,000 contribution from an anonymous donor and $30,000 raised at a December charity event at Live Arts, the health center is establishing the Adolescent Advocacy and Outreach Program.

Talk about a classroom test with a lot at stake. Hideki Inoue, a first-year graduate business school student at the University of Virginia, has a chance to win $17,500 this morning if he chooses the right briefcase as part of a class on risk-taking in business. Or he could say "no deal" and walk away with a guaranteed payoff, but of an unknown amount. The money to fill the suitcase -- or at least a representation of the money came from an anonymous donor and is the equivalent of a full semester's in-state tuition.

Berry Argues for a New Social Movement in Keynote Address Applications Sought for U.Va.'s Mini-Med School Darden's Luckiest Student: A Random Act of Kindness

Student groups debate referendumETS announces alterations to GRE testing format to take effect in fall Arizona gov. to speak to Law grads University receives informatics program funding

In Defense of a Practice / Coaches oppose possible NCAA ban on use of male players to prep women's teams Chronicle of Higher Education / February 20 Women's coaches defend their use of male practice players in the face of a possible ban by the NCAA. http://tinyurl.com/2oodzn

Lifeline to Low-Income Students Inside Higher Ed / February 20 Helping would-be college goers navigate the federal financial aid form, unusual research project seeks to bolster higher education access. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/20/fafsa Failings of Science Education Inside Higher Ed / February 20 Papers at AAAS identify failings of computer science, undergrad instruction and belief systems in the United States. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/20/aaas Conference Roundup: American Colleges Seem Ill-Prepared for Foreign Competition and Natural Calamities Chronicle of Higher...

Thomas Burack Graduate of the School of Law ('88) New DES Commissioner Bridges Business and the Environment Business NH Magazine /February 19 http://tinyurl.com/286f36 Antonio Ellek Graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce ('91) Select group of foreigners gets royal treatment The Miami (FL) Herald / February 19 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/16737065.htm Sen. Edward Kennedy Graduate of the School of Law Navigating Immigration Passage Orange County (Calif.) Register / February 19 http://tinyurl.com/2558vl Sharon Leech Received a master's degree in reading from t...

Ronald Wayne Simmons, 53...died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, in Lafayette County, Fla., while cave diving. He was born Sept. 14, 1953, in Staunton, a son of Harry Richard and Charlene (Campbell) Simmons. Mr. Simmons was a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School and the University of Virginia. After graduation, he was employed by U.Va. in the Department of Psychology and was an instrument maker. He was a member of the National Speleological Society.

David Breneman Dean of the Curry School of Education Scholarship Cash Harder to Wrangle University of Alabama Crimson White / February 19 http://www.cw.ua.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2007/02/19/45d96606b6dd4 Daniel Cox Professor with the University of Virginia's Department of Psychiatry Teens at the Wheel with ADHD Washington Times Insider / February 20 http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20070219-110613-7319r Alexander G. Gilliam Jr. Special assistant to the president and the secretary to the Board of Visitors Wren Chapel, Others Are Steeped in History Richmond Times...

[...] Now, 2007 has opened with encouraging news -- a breakthrough in Beijing. In effect, the agreement announced last week was answering the bomb test with a successful test of diplomacy. But this deal makes more sense if we understand the broader strategy, set in motion some time ago, that is starting to play out.

[...] About 15 families [in Loudoun County joined together last year] to push their [black] sons to graduate on time in 2012 with options for the future and without lowering their expectations or test scores along the way. They call it Club 2012. A year after its initial meeting, Club 2012 convened one recent Saturday night…They reviewed a recent field trip to the Federal Aviation Administration in Leesburg and plans for a trip to the University of Virginia. They want to visit the White House.

Spring elections are coming up for UVA students and one hot topic on the ballot promises to be "single sanction." Hoos Against Single Sanction has a nonbinding resolution on the ballot that asks if students want to establish a multi-tier punishment for honor-system violations. If a majority vote in favor, UVA's Honor Committee (www.virginia.edu/honor) could scrap what has been, in effect, a 165-year old system.

Approximately a year and a half ago, Michelle King was in the lab testing how cells expressing the protein tau react to different compounds. "I wanted to watch them live while I added different things to the culture to see if something happened," said King, a research assistant professor of biology at UVA. One of the first compounds she tried was the peptide beta-amyloid. As it happens, both tau and beta-amyloid are two of the main proteins found to be abnormal in cases of Alzheimer's disease. "I was quite surprised to see the effect," she says. "The cells appeared to round up and die very rap...

Greater numbers of high-school students are taking Advanced Placement examinations and are faring better on them than in the past, said a report released this month by the College Board. ... The report, "Advanced Placement Report to the Nation 2007," also highlights the results of two new studies that linked AP preparation to success in college. ...Both studies were financed by the College Board, and their findings run counter to those from an unpublished study presented at a conference last year by researchers from Harvard University and the University of Virginia.

University of Virginia police need your help to track down two men they say robbed a professor and a student Friday night. The robbery happened in the E3 parking lot off stadium road at about 9:20 p.m. University police say two men wearing dark clothes pointed handguns at the victims and demanded their wallets. One victim was hit on the back of the head during the robbery. If you have any information, please call 434-924-7166 and ask to speak to a detective.

A bone density test helps people at risk for osteoporosis or fracture see how much bone strength and density they've retained. According to the University of Virginia Health System, a bone density test can: Determine low bone density before a fracture occurs. Confirm a diagnosis of osteoporosis after a fracture has occurred. Predict the risk of future fractures. Monitor the effectiveness of treatments to reduce bone density loss.

The Teen Health Center at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital is planning a more aggressive education campaign targeting local teenagers. Dyan Aretakis is the Project Director of the Adolescent Advocacy and Outreach Program. Her topics will include teen pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases. Aretakis says this three-year program is possible because of significant donations from several local residents.

Several public university chapels are rich in history. … U.Va.'s chapel was built it could be safely said against the will of the long-dead founder of the university, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson railed against mixing the mission of religion with that of the state. Religious services at U.Va. first began to be held regularly at the Rotunda beginning in the mid-1820s. The chapel was eventually built in 1890 through the work of faculty wives, according to Alexander G. Gilliam Jr., the special assistant to the president and the secretary to the board of visitors.