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Bill
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In
the bright play area at the Kluge Children's Rehabilitation
Center, Dr. Sharon L. Hostler, medical director and professor
of pediatrics,  chats
with outpatient John Hoyne and his sister, Terry. For more on
Hostler, the recipient of the Women's Center's Elizabeth Zintl
Award this year, and the work of the KCRC, see Hostler blazes trails in medicine and at U.Va.
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"Charting
Diversity" conference speakers encourage inclusiveness
By
Anne Bromley and Dan Heuchert
Debates
about affirmative action often escalate into extreme rhetoric, pushing
people into a corner they really don't want to occupy, President
John T. Casteen III observed in his remarks opening the two-day
"Charting Diversity" conference at U.Va. Feb. 18. The
University's year-long study of diversity issues, which began with
the conference, should be a more analytic than emotional exercise,
he said.
"During
this year of reflection, we seek to understand our community"
and the legal issues, Casteen said, with the goal of mapping a plan
of action aimed at inclusiveness. Full
story.
Council
created to further gender equity at U.Va.
By
Nancy Hurrelbrinck
President
John T. Casteen III announced last week the creation of a new University
committee, the Women's Leadership Council, to examine and address
matters involving women in leadership roles, in education and in
the University community generally.
Proposed
by the 1999 Task Force on the Status of Women, the new council will
both advise the president and monitor institutional compliance with
a variety of state and University equal opportunity policies. Members
will be appointed this spring, with the task force members serving
on an interim basis until formal appointments are made. Full
story.
Commerce
receives $7 million gift
By
Charlotte Crystal
Bridge
Information Systems, the largest provider of financial information
services in North America, has given the McIntire School of Commerce
real-time financial data and information services valued at $7.3
million, making the package the largest gift ever received by the
McIntire School.
The
gift makes possible a new, high-tech financial center, the Bridge
Center for Financial Markets. The center will be equipped with 62
financial workstations, allowing students and faculty to develop
portfolios, build financial models, test ideas and trading systems
and watch markets and economic events unfold in real time. It will
include a simulated trading room featuring BridgeStation, Bridge¹s
most comprehensive package of market data, analytical tools, advanced
charting capabilities and news. A capital markets room will feature
workstations from Telerate Inc., a Bridge subsidiary, offering access
to comprehensive capital markets data and news. Full
story
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