A measure to give tuition breaks to children of university faculty survived to fight another day after teetering on the brink of being killed by a Senate education subcommittee. Two twin proposals by Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath County, and Sen. John Edwards, D-Roanoke, were only seconds away from being voted down Thursday when they abruptly rose from the ashes after the intervention of two University of Virginia history professors.
The University has dropped from first to second in a national ranking of the number of graduates from mid-sized colleges and universities serving in the Peace Corps. George Washington University claimed the top position with 68 alumni serving last year, edging out the total of 65 from the University.
In an effort to absorb Virginia's growing college-age population, state legislators are considering a bill that would give students who start out at community colleges a financial bonus after they transfer to a public four-year institution. The grant program, proposed by two leading lawmakers, would allow qualifying transfer students to pay the same tuition and fees at public four-year institutions that they paid at a community college. Each student who transferred to an in-state private college after graduating from a community college would initially receive a voucher worth about $2,150 a ye...
University appoints permanent police chief
Proposed slavery apology ignites controversy
TA leaks student ID numbers
Bill may allowU.Va. increased control of funds
Scripting History: Culture Wars Challenge Museums
U.Va. Art Museum's Family Art Jam Explores Modern Art
James Hilton, U.Va. VP And CIO, Issues Message Regarding Security
Thursday, January 18 at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 21 at 11:00 a.m.
Host Kent Germany welcomes William Quandt, an expert on Israeli-Arab conflict and U.S. foreign policy, to discuss the existence of Israel and the impact of U.S.-Israel relations on Middle East policy.
Produced by WHTJ in partnership with the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs, 'For the Record' is a weekly series that features conversations on politics, public policy and the presidency. The program is taped in WHTJ's Albemarle County studio location, and airs on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. and again on Sunda...
As leaders of the national faculty sports reform group known as the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics, James Earl and Nathan Tublitz have adopted a go-along-to-get-along approach in which they are trying to work within the confines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the college sports establishment to achieve their goals. The approach has earned them a seat at the table that has largely eluded other - typically more aggressive and combative - faculty-led efforts to instigate meaningful change in college sports.
House Cuts Interest Rate for Some College Loans
The New York Times / January 18
House Democrats on Wednesday pushed through legislation cutting the interest rate on federally subsidized loans to college students, drawing on large bipartisan support despite opposition by the White House. The bill's easy passage - by 356 to 71, with 124 Republicans joining Democrats to support it - underscored the broad appeal of college affordability as an issue.
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The Route From Research to Start-Up
The New York Times / January 18
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[...] Mr. Baker, whose essay is one of four in a symposium on lyric poetry, traces how such verse has evolved since ancient Greece. He argues that lyric poetry is never just about the self, and that the style's expressions are "a vital feature of cultural identity, even perhaps of collective survival."
Since October 2005, [Michael A.] Gibson has temporarily filled the spot. He has a total of 23-years working for the University Police Department and started out as a patrol officer. He said he chose university law enforcement because he liked the environment. 'Student population, they're still young and impressionable. It's nice to be able to be in a position where you can take a little extra time with somebody and show them what kind of impact their actions are having,' Gibson said.
Tony Hamer
Earned an executive MBA from the Darden School of Business
Decision Strategies Appoints New Managing Director for Emerging Businesses Practice
Business Wire / January 17
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Bradley T. Herakovich
Graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce
Herakovich joins Southern Bank
Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram / January 15
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Dina Hyde
Graduate of the College
Hyde has hands in Boeing's newest initatives
Cincinnati (Ohio) Woman Magazine / January 17
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James Coan
Assistant professor in the Department of Psychology
The Health Link Between the Brain and Relationships / A Real Helping Hand Scientists Explore Touch's Calming Abilities, Especially Between Trusted Spouses
Richmond Times-Dispatch / January 18
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Dr. Bruce Cohen
Associate professor in the psychiatric medicine and the physical medicine and rehabilitation departments at the University of Virginia
Trial Date Set for Man Charged in Two Killings
Associated Press / January 17
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Two antiviral drugs, oseltamivir and zanamivir, are highly effective when given as a preventive measure to reduce the spread of the influenza virus, according to an analysis of household-based studies by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Michigan and University of Virginia, published in the current print edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology. The analysis also suggests that treatment with oseltamivir may reduce the infectiousness of influenza patients, although further studies are needed to provide a definitive conclusion.
Brain scans show that the touch of a human hand can offer relief from stress, such as an electric shock. … Now scientists are focusing on the health link between the brain and relationships. The new research, from the universities of Virginia and Wisconsin-Madison, examined the neurological response when a trusted spouse is within reach to help in a stressful situation. In daily life, that might be the stress of being stuck in traffic or worrying about work or bills
The State Board of Elections balked Wednesday at setting up concrete rules for registering voters - including college students - who might have more than one permanent address. … The Williamsburg registrar has denied applications from some College of William and Mary students, saying they should be registered in their hometowns. But the registrar in Charlottesville routinely allows students from the University of Virginia. That stirs constitutional questions because potential voters are treated differently depending on where they live.
The future of space travel is flowing through a pipe at the University of Virginia at an estimated 3,806 mph. Students and faculty at U.Va.'s Aerospace and Research Laboratory are using the facility's wind tunnel to ram air into a jet engine at Mach 5 -- five times the speed of sound -- as part of a research project into the next generation of NASA space shuttles. They will cap their efforts in 2009 with a rocket launch, 30 seconds of engine burn and a splashdown followed by long periods of data analysis.
The UVA Medical Center is changing one of the ways it provides care because doctors and nurses are seeing more patients who speak Spanish. At the birthing center, the staff recently finished work on a new website entirely in Spanish that gives patients weekly updates about their baby's development.
[...] For the next two years, $750,000 will be used annually by UVa to support the increase of faculty and newly licensed nurses, something pivotal to the retirement hot spot Charlottesville has become. Dr. Lancaster plans to take that money and instead of hiring more faculty, put it towards books and tuition for students working on their PhD as an incentive to become part of UVa's faculty.
Pioneering Chemistry Professor Donald Hunt Honored by Journal
Michael Gibson Named the University's New Chief of Police
Pressey to Give TJ Foundation Professor Lecture on Friday
Richer Students Receive Much More Merit-Based Aid Than Do Poorer Ones, Study Finds
The Chronicle of Higher Ed / Jan. 17
Merit scholarships are disproportionately awarded to students from high-income families, and the percentage of merit aid colleges give out, compared to need-based aid, has increased significantly since 1994, according to report scheduled for release today.
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Another Front on Accreditation
Inside Higher Ed / Jan. 17
Continuing push on learning outcomes, Education Department plans formal negotiation to consider changes in federal rules.
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