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OAAA honors first black grad Profs. help reduced tuition bill avoid subcommittee defeat Honor debates additions to by-laws IFC reports rise in rush participation

U.Va.'s Xiaowei Lu Examines the Precise Nature of Hearing Exhibit by New Media Artist Lydia Moyer Opens on Wednesday Virginia Quarterly Review Announces Winners of 2006 Writing Awards

Several U.Va. football team players received awards for their individual performance during the 2006 season: defensive end Chris Long, tailback Jason Snelling, cornerback Marcus Hamilton, inside linebacker Jon Copper, defensive end Jeffrey Fitzgerald, and Josh Zidenberg on special teams.

Bias Seen in Bias Studies Inside Higher Ed / January 22 New analysis questions legitimacy of slew of reports finding that professors' liberal inclinations create classroom unfairness. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/22/bias The Rich on the Rise in Endowments Inside Higher Ed / January 22 College endowments rose for the vast majority of institutions in the 2006 fiscal year, with an average rate of return of 10.7 percent, according to data released today by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The data come from 765 institutions in the United States and ...

James Banks Jr. U.Va. graduate Loudoun Resident Joins Airports Board Leesburg (Va.) Today / January 19 http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2007/01/19/loudoun_business/biz1164mwaa011907.txt Robert A. Bland The first African-American to receive an undergraduate degree at U.Va. U.Va.'s First Black Graduate Reminisces / Retired Engineer, Teacher Tells Students at Harambee II He Faced Hostility off Campus Richmond Times Dispatch / January 22 http://tinyurl.com/2sknat Richard J. Bowmaster Received a doctorate in educational leadership and administration from the Curry School of Education Bowmas...

Gerald Baliles Director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs Gov. Baliles to Present Sundays at Two Lecture Rappahannock (Va.) Record / January 19 http://www.rrecord.com/leisure6.asp John Blackburn Dean of Admission UVa Handles Complex Fundraising Issues / Goals, Ethics Carefully Balanced Daily Progress / January 21 http://tinyurl.com/377m45 Anita H. Clayton David C. Wilson Professor and vice chair of Psychiatric Medicine More Women Living Without A Spouse WCAV CBS-19 / January 19 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/5262596.html Arthur Garson Jr. Dean of the School of M...

[...] Honor codes have been around for years, in University of Virginia's case since the mid-19th century. The codes vary, but they can include signed pledges not to cheat, unsupervised exams, mandatory reporting of cheaters and peer decisions on their punishment.

Semester at Sea, which has been offering educational cruising for many years, takes up to 700 students on each of three long voyages per year. Around-the-world journeys are given in fall and spring, a shorter voyage to one region in summer. Classes are held on board every day at sea, but students get to explore ports of call all over the world. The prestigious University of Virginia is its academic sponsor.

When you are under pressure to raise $1 million a day, it can be tough to walk away from a potential donor. But officials with the University of Virginia say that's exactly what they are willing to do - and have done - to ensure their priorities stay on track. That resolve will be put to the test as UVa embarks on its largest fundraising campaign ever, seeking to raise $3 billion in private money by 2011.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, based in Lansdowne, Va., near Washington, helps bright but needy students go to college and graduate school....Forthcoming projects include the selection of eight top public and private institutions to expand and adapt a program, created by the University of Virginia, that places recent graduates as college counselors in high schools with low collegegoing rates. The grantees will each receive $1-million and will create a "national college-advising corps."

Robert A. Bland returned to the University of Virginia yesterday to standing ovations, detailing his life as the first African-American to receive an undergraduate degree at the then all-white, all-male school. Bland, 68, said he faced little hostility at U.Va., which he began attending in 1955, during the segregationist era in Virginia. "The hostility we were expecting did not in fact materialize," Bland told an audience of several hundred mostly black students -- many of them first-year students.

Profiling the American Freshman Inside Higher Ed / January 19 How do you construct a narrative about college freshmen these days? Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles take their shot annually with a survey of 270,000 entering undergraduates at roughly 400 colleges across the country. This year's data show that the first-year students are increasingly politically minded and moving away from the center of the political spectrum. They are far apart on many social issues and appear mixed on affirmative action. They are concerned about financing their educations and are fully...

Bush, Congress Spar Over Bill to Lower Student Loan Rates U.Va. Extends Early Decision Offers Nonoro Passes Plan to Alter Investigation Process

Still No. 1: U.Va. Has Top Black Grad Rate of Any Public for 13th Year Straight Hunt Honored: Journal Pays Tribute to U.Va. Chemist Discovery in the Sky: Astrononers Discover Halo of Red Giant Stars Around Andromeda Nursing Dean Appointed to State Task Force

U.Va. Ranked No. 2 Producer of Peace Corps Volunteers Robert Bland, First Black U.Va. Undergrad, to Give Talk on Sunday U.Va. Experts Discuss Health Renewal Through Food and Sleep

Wade Alema Dennis Wade Alema Dennis, 27, a resident of Loudoun County since 1999, died Jan. 13 in Fairfax. Leesburg Today (VA) / January 18 http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2007/01/19/obituaries/obit24dennis011807.txt

Ned Andrews Who graduated in 2006 from the School of Law Getting in the Game / Attorney Joins 'The Mob' on NBC's '1 Vs 100' Show Danville Register & Bee / January 18 http://tinyurl.com/2ncg2p Douglas Branson Received a master of laws degree in 1974 Corporate Boards Still Lacking Equal Female Representation, Author Says Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / January 19 http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07019/755019-28.stm Katie Bullard Graduated with high honors and a bachelor of city planning and master of urban and environmental planning VPTC Tech Town Hall Explores the Way to a Robust Economy PRNewswire-...

Daniel Sloan Who is now pursuing a doctorate at University of Virginia 'Speechless' and 'Mute' Help Break the Silence of the Leaves Newswise / January 18 http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/526664/

Michael Gibson Newly-appointed chief of the University Police Department U. Virginia Appoints Permanent Police Chief Comtex Business Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge / January 18 http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/01/18/2262046.htm Dr. Madaline Harrison A neurologist who chairs a committee reviewing ethics policies at the Medical Center AP Centerpiece: Med Schools Rethink Free Lunches from Drug Cos. Associated Press / January 18 http://grotontimes.thetimesgroup.com/re_ap.aspx?re=/C/CT_DRUG_REP_ETHICS_CTOL- Craig Littlepage Director of athletics No Early Entries Hurts Cavs Charlottesville Daily P...

A growing number of U.S. medical schools and hospitals are realizing that there's some truth to the saying "There's no such thing as a free lunch" and are banning drug salespeople from providing meals and other gifts to doctors, medical students and residents. […]"It's about maintaining the right balance, having a constructive relationship with (pharmaceutical) companies and maintaining independence," said Dr. Madaline Harrison, a neurologist who chairs a committee reviewing ethics policies at the University of Virginia Medical Center. The committee is drafting regulations on a range of...