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Monday,
Feb. 20, 2006
UNIVERSITY
OF VIRGINIA Law School professor Caleb
E. Nelson has been chosen to receive
the distinguished Paul M. Bator Award,
given
annually by
the Federalist Society for Law and Public
Policy Studies. This award recognizes
a young academic, under the age of 40,
whose life, work and ideals most closely
embody those of the late Paul M. Bator,
a legendary professor who taught a generation
of law students at Harvard and the University
of Chicago. Nelson will receive the award
at the Federalist Society’s National
Student Symposium at Columbia Law School
on Saturday.Full
story.
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University
of Virginia professor of creative writing
Gregory S. Orr will read a personal essay
today on National Public Radio’s “All
Things Considered,” which will begin
at 4 p.m. (Eastern time). Orr’s essay,
which will air between 4:30 and 5 p.m.,
is part of NPR’s national “This
I Believe” project, which invites
Americans from all walks of life to share
brief essays describing the core values
and beliefs that guide their lives. The
project is based on the popular 1950s radio
series of the same name hosted by Edward
R. Murrow.Full
story.
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The
Virginia Film Society kicks off its spring
season with Saturday’s sneak preview
of “Winter Passing,” (above)
produced by University of Virginia alumnus
David Koplan and directed and written by
Adam Rapp, acclaimed as one of the country’s
most dynamic playwrights. Rapp and Koplan
will be on hand for discussion after the
screening. The preview, cosponsored by
the Film Society and Cinematheque, will
take place on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Newcomb
Hall Theater. Admission is $8 public, $5
U.Va. students and free to Film Society
members.Full
story.
Fugitives:
Young Iranians Confront the Collapse of
the Reform Movement
11 a.m., Miller Center of Public Affairs, 2201 Old Ivy Rd. • Speaker:
Laura Secor, writer • Information: 924-7236.
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