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The Report on Social Norms
Three Reviews of Changing the Culture of College Drinking: A
Socially Situated Health Communication Campaign

Student Affairs Today, May 2005

Think when you drink: The new norm? October, 2003

ADAPT secures funding for water cooler program September 23, 2003

The University of Virginia's Social Norms Marketing Campaign June, 2003

A Social Norms Campaign Seen Through a Student's Eyes June, 2003

Lampkin sets high goals for student life November 1, 2002

Harvard study finds being drinking remains common: University officials reject usefulness of Wechsler statistic, defend U.Va.'s decrease in dangerous drinking March 26, 2002

Harvard study finds high off-campus drinking March 21, 2000

Richmond Times Dispatch

Alcohol Abuse Down, U.VA. Reports Changing Perceptions about Peers Affected Rates, the School Said; January 23, 2005

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Turner, J.C., Baurle, J. & Shu, J. Estimated Blood Alcohol Concentration Correlation with Self-Reported Negative Consequences among College Students Using Alcohol; November, 2004

Cavalier Daily

Harvard study indicates student alcohol consumption correlated to state laws; February 25, 2005

Study: Virginia drug use stabilizes
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports binge drinking increase in Virginia, nation; February 15, 2005

Survey: U.Va. alcohol abuse in decline
Results of 2004 survey show overall decline in number of alcohol-related injuries, fewer reported incidents of alcohol abuse among undergrads; January 25, 2005

Students educated, entertained at HooFest
Office of Health Promotion hosts event with a capella, free food, 'mocktails' in effort to raise alcohol awareness; September 17, 2004

U.Va. study reveals few alcohol-related ER visits
University research documents patterns between alcohol consumption, emergency room visits among U.Va. students; April 20, 2004

HooZone draws crowd for dinner, a cappella Event to promote alcohol abuse awareness, prevention brings hundreds to Newcomb Plaza for food, concerts, information; March 26, 2004

St. Petersburg Time Floridian

When thinking, drinking do mix
Published March, 2005

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