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Monday,
March 6, 2006
NOT
WEARING A life vest accounts for as many
as 400 deaths each year, according to Coast
Guard studies. “They’re uncomfortable,
extremely hot, dorky-looking and significantly
lack maneuverability,” said Adam
Malcom, a University of Virginia mechanical
engineering student
and avid boater. He designed
a life vest that is comfortable and maneuverable
in addition to being unobtrusive and reliable. His
design was the winner of an international
competition sponsored by Boat U.S. Foundation
for Boating Safety and the Personal Flotation
Device Manufacturers Association. Full
story.
U.Va.
News Services/Photo: Dan Addison
Beginning
today, and continuing through Friday, motorists
using Rugby Road near the University Avenue
intersection may experience minor traffic
delays as Rugby Road will be reduced to
one lane to facilitate the installation
of a new stormwater line as part of the
Madison Bowl utilities and field-renewal
project. The project will replace old sanitary
sewer lines servicing the Carr's Hill complex
and Madison Hall and also will improve
the stormwater system serving the same
area. To find out more about projects planned
or under way at U.Va., including the Madison
Bowl project, visit the Community
Relations Web site and access
the February 2006 Neighborhood News.
U.Va.
News Services
From
children with autism or Down’s syndrome
to adults who have speech loss due to a
stroke, more than two million Americans
are not able to communicate easily or at
all with words. By using an apparatus — a
barcode reader called the B.A. Bar™ — Filip
Loncke (center), an assistant professor
in the Communications Disorders program
of the University of Virginia’s Curry
School of Education, has helped people
young and old learn or relearn how to speak
and become more independent. Full
story.
The
Style of Power: Building a New Nation
On exhibit daily through Sept. 30, Main gallery of the Harrison
Institute and Small Special Collections Library.
University
of Virginia magazine (formerly
the
University of Virginia
Alumni News) Debuts New Look,
New Web site.
Alumni Association’s
quarterly magazine keeps graduates
connected to the University.
