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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Coran Capshaw
Who had gotten into the music business as a U.Va. student in the late 1970s, booking bands for fraternity parties
Way Behind The Music
Fast Company / February 2007
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Mark LaNeve
Who was a football linebacker in his days at the University of Virginia
Dateline: Detroit Auto Show
Adweek Magazine's Technology Marketing / January 16
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Deborah Wetter
Who has a master's degree with honors in business administration from U.Va.
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Rick Webb
A senior scientist with the Department of Environmental Sciences
. . . But the Bill Would Achieve Little Benefit at Great Cost
Richmond Times-Dispatch / January 17
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Susan Cluett
Family nurse practitioner in the Department of Pediatrics who works at the U.Va. Children's Fitness Clinic
Healthy Habits
WCAV CBS-19 / January 9
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/healthwatch/5129661.html
William Harvey
Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
Slavery Apology Sparks Controversy
WCAV CBS-19 / January 16
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/5221951.html
Dr. David Jones
Associate professor of surgery and surgical director of the Lung Transplantation Program
UVa Tops Nation in Lung Transplants
WCAV CBS-19 / January 15, 2007
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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.
The University of Virginia could be granted sweeping new authority over tens of millions of dollars under a measure advanced by a House education subcommittee Tuesday. The legislation, sponsored by Del. William H. Fralin Jr., R-Roanoke, would authorize the Board of Visitors to manage and invest all non-general fund reserves and balances, as well as all "local funds" held by UVa. That would give the university a free hand to invest at least $150 million or more any way it sees fit.
The UVa Medical Center is at the top of a new national report ranking hospitals on the highest survival rate of lung transplants. From 2003 to 2005 the UVa team performed 52 lung transplants and of those, had a 98 percent survival rate. "A lot of it has to do with the wonderful team work that we have in our program" said Dr. David Jones. But he [also] credits the success rate of survival to UVa research on medicine used after the operation.
Art Museum Opens 'Fernand Leger' Exhibit on Friday
Chemistry Professor Earns NSF Award
New Book Reveals Secret Kept by Many Women
JMU Board Affirms Plan to Kill Teams
Inside Higher Ed / Jan. 15
The board of James Madison University - facing criticism over its September decision to eliminate 10 athletic teams - listened Friday to a presentation arguing for restoration of the teams. But the board is sticking by its decision, a spokesman said Friday.
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Better Way to Boost College Going?
Inside Higher Ed / Jan. 16
Subsidy to bolster health of all high schoolers would do more than extra tuition aid to lift educational outcomes, study finds.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/16/subsidies
Clues About the Gender Gap
Inside Higher Ed / Jan. 16
The growing gender gap in college enrollments and outcomes is a vexing problem, and no single, simple explanation or potential solution exists. But a new survey of incoming freshmen suggests that those concerned about the college performance of men might focus their attention on getting high-school b...
Bakary Soumare
Student in the College who is a defender for the U.Va. men's soccer team and the second overall pick in the Major League Soccer Draft
Beckham Dominates Talk at MLS Draft
Associated Press / January 12
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On this MLK holiday, one University of Virginia professor says society still has a ways to go before we have truly achieved Dr. King's dream. Dr. Marcus Martin, the interim assistant vice president in the Office of Diversity and Equity, spoke to a group of students Monday. He talked about the life of Dr. King and how he made significant accomplishments early in life. Dr. Martin says Dr. King's dream of equality for minorities, and for all, has yet to be fulfilled. Dr. King visited and spoke at the University in 1963, just five years before he was assassinated.
While many people enjoyed time off for the holiday one group of volunteers celebrated King's birthday as "a day on", not "a day off." The JumpStart program at the University of Virginia and Habitat for Humanity's AmeriCorps Program partnered Monday to participate in a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some University of Virginia students are working hard on this Dr. King holiday not to forget what Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior was all about. Dozens of University of Virginia students, working side-by-side and using every stroke of their paintbrush, are honoring his legacy. The students fulfilled their day of service by giving back to the Innisfree Farm in White Hall.
'We can generally maintain stable housing market prices, rather than having major fluctuations, thanks to the university,' said [Dave Phillips, CEO of the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors.] ...The school provides a buffer for the housing market from many of the national trends and according to a USA Today profile, the school does the same thing for our local economy.