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Tuesday,
May 9, 2006
ONE
MAY NOT expect to find short stories,
paintings or poetry in a law school
journal, but the University of Virginia
School
of
Law’s new art and literary magazine,
inter alia, (left) contains
just that and more. “I
think at some law schools it’s
just about law, but this shows U.Va.
supports different endeavors and has
more diversity of students who have interests
like this,” said second-year law
student Jacob Rooksby, who along with
fellow student Rich Santoro, founded
the magazine. Full
story.
U.Va. Law School
Maggie
Short, director of the University
of Virginia Health System’s Continuum
Home Health Care program
and
Nursing Operations & Development,
was among the recipients of the 2006
Governor’s Award for Public Service
by
State Employees.
Gov. Tim Kaine presented the award on
May
4 at the Science Museum
of Virginia in Richmond. Since the Continuum
program’s inception 12 years ago, Short
has
been
instrumental in the growth of its innovative
care — including the creation of a
wound care team for home health — and
improvements in patient outcomes. Full
story.
U.Va. Health System
The
award-winning documentary, “Shakespeare
Behind Bars” (above), the
last film shown in the Virginia Film
Society’s
2006 spring series, will be shown tonight
at 7 p.m. at Vinegar Hill Theatre, with
special guest speaker Betsy Tucker
of the University of Virginia’s
drama department. Powerful and illuminating,
the documentary
follows the casting, rehearsal and presentation
of Shakespeare’s play, “The
Tempest,” by convicted felons inside
Kentucky’s Luther Luckett Correctional
Complex. Admission is $8 to the
public and free to Film Society members. Full
story.
Do Health and Longevity Create
Wealth?
3 p.m., Omni Hotel • Speaker: Dr. Robert Butler,
co-founder and CEO of the International Longevity
Center, founding director of the National Institute
on Aging, Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient
of the Heinz Award for the Human Condition
• Sponsored by U.Va.’s Institute on Aging •
Information: 243-5695.
