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Students,
citizens and lawyers will convene tomorrow
at U.Va.’s School of Law for the
two-day Conference on Public Service & the
Law. Nadine Strossen, president of the
American Civil Liberties Union and a New
York Law School professor, will give the
keynote address. Topics will include asylum
law and the victims of gender-based violence,
mountaintop removal mining, judicial election
campaigns, working as a lobbyist, and juvenile
confessions. Full
story.
Law
School
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 As
we grow older, so does the concern for
increased health problems. Though people
are living longer and staying healthy longer,
the reality is that many older people will
develop Alzheimer’s disease and other long-term
health problems, according to Timothy Salthouse,
director of U.Va.’s Institute on Aging.
Through interdisciplinary research, education
and service programs, the institute is
working to improve the quality of life
for the elderly. Full
story.
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KEEP
THE PEDAL TO THE METAL, reiterated U.Va.’s
Rector Gordon Rainey (left) during last
week’s Board of Visitors meeting,
in expressing the board’s determination
to improve diversity efforts. The board
listened
as the Special Committee on Diversity
presented progress reports on the search
for a new chief diversity officer and
for improving the state’s purchasing
from small minority- and women-owned
businesses. After reviewing potential
applicants,
the search committee plans to start interviewing
near the end of March. The final selection
will be made in May by U.Va. President
Casteen III. 
