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University of Virginia Joins with Black Colleges, Universities in Health Profession Partnership

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA will officially join the Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, a unique partnership aimed at increasing the diversity of the nation’s health care professions, at a ceremony today from 10:30-11 a.m. in U.Va.’s Rotunda Dome Room. Participants in the event will include State Sen. Benjamin J. Lambert III, Dr. Louis Sullivan, U.Va. President John T. Casteen III and other U.Va. administrators. The alliance includes Virginia’s five historically black colleges and universities as well as other Virginia schools and the University of Nebraska.

U.Va. News Services/Photo: Dan Addison

 
 
Listen Up: U.Va. Offering Free Hearing Screenings to Employees this Month

In celebration of
“Better Hearing and
Speech Month” this May,
the University of Virginia Curry School’s
Speech-Language-Hearing Center is offering a limited number of free
hearing screenings for
academic and Medical
Center faculty and staff.
Schedule a 10-minute
screening by calling 924-
6354 (until the available
times are filled.)
When:
• Today
8:30 – 11:50 a.m.
• Friday, May 5,
1:30 – 4:40 p.m.
• Friday, May 12,
8:30 – 11:50 a.m.
(10-min. appointments)
Where: Colony Plaza,
Suite 202, at 2205
Fontaine Avenue (across
from Thai ’99 restaurant)

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Craig Pratsch
 
U.Va. Engineering Program Sends Students to Brazil

Craig Pratsch (above), a systems and information engineering student at the University of Virginia, was one of five U.Va. students who traveled to Brazil last summer with the U.S.-Brazil Cognitive Systems Engineering Exchange Program. The program brings together undergraduate engineering students from two American universities (U.Va. and Ohio State University) and two Brazilian universities (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) to work together in Brazil and the United States on joint projects. The students showcased their work publicly at the IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium held at U.Va. on Friday. Full story.

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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT:
Washington Post Correction — 01/12/2006
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ALSO IN THE NEWS
U.Va. Unveils Schematic Design for South Lawn Project
U.Va. Leads Public Universities with Highest African-American Graduation Rate for 12th Straight Year
 
Web Calendar   U.Va. Concert Band
6:30 p.m., Amphitheater, Rainsite: Old Cabell Hall • Free and open to the public • Sponsored by U.Va.’s Music Department.
     
 

President’s Report
Reflects on U.Va.’s achievements.
The 2004-05 edition of the annual publication is now online.

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Baseball:
Cavs Ranked as High as No. 13 in Latest Polls


Softball:
Seniors Lead Virginia to 5-2 Win over N.C. State


Men’s Tennis:
Cavaliers Fall to Duke in ACC Final

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