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Fri.-Sun.,
July 21-23, 2006
THE
NOTION THAT guys are better
suited for
math than girls just doesn’t add
up for Irina Mitrea (left), assistant
professor
of
mathematics at the University of Virginia.
Armed with a five-year, $407,463 National
Science Foundation Career Grant, Mitrea
intends to stamp out the mindset that
a woman is not capable of doing mathematics.
Mitrea’s efforts begin on July
31 with a weeklong program, “Girls
and Mathematics,” designed to fan
the flames of enthusiasm young
women
might feel for math. Full
story.
A&S
Online/Photo: Jack Mellott
Sylvia
V. Terry, long-time associate dean of the
University of Virginia’s Office of
African-American Affairs and director of
the nationally recognized Peer Advisor Program,
has been appointed acting dean by Vice President
for Student Affairs Patricia Lampkin pending
completion of the University’s internal
review relative to the status of Milton E. “Rick” Turner.
Turner, U.Va.’s dean of African-American
Affairs, was placed on administrative leave
July 14 after U.Va. received a pretrial felony
diversion agreement under which Turner acknowledged
that he “knowingly and willfully made
a false material representation” in
which he “misrepresented his knowledge
of the activities of a known drug dealer.” Full
story.
U.Va. News Services
Twenty-three
students in the University of Virginia’s
School of Education, along with Curry faculty
members, attended a symposium on globalization
in higher education hosted by Shanghai
Jaio Tong University in China on June 19.
During the week-long conference, each student
and faculty member partnered with a Chinese
student, deepening and personalizing the
experience for all. Session topics covered
university governance, quality assurance,
ranking of world-class universities and
undergraduate educational reform in the
United States and China. See
Web site.
