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Wednesday, April 5, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

ABRAMSON CALLED FOR U.VA. BOARD
By Melanie Mayhew of The Charlottesville Daily Progress
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today will announce the reappointment of three University of Virginia Board of Visitors veterans and the addition of an Alexandria businessman, according to university and state sources. The reappointed members are Dr. Edwin Darracott Vaughan Jr. of New York City, a Cornell urologist who taught at U.Va.'s medical school from 1973 to 1978; Don R. Pippin of Wise County, a former Norton School Board member and city attorney; and Warren M. Thompson of Fairfax County, president and chairman of the largest minority-owned franchised food operation in the country...Kaine chose Daniel R. Abramson of Alexandria to replace one-term BOV member Mark J. Kington of Alexandria, a venture capitalist and former Gov. Mark R. Warner business partner.

ADMISSION LETTERS MAILED
By (Charlottesville) Daily Progress staff reports
Acceptance letters have been mailed to 4,876 students who have applied as part of the University of Virginia's regular admissions program. Those students are in addition to the 953 students who were admitted in December as part of the University's early decision program.
(Not available online.)

SCHOOL OF NURSING SEEKS BIG MONEY / ASKING FOR $12 MILLION TO EXPAND PROGRAMS
By John Borgmeyer of C-Ville Weekly
" Doctors treat disease. Nurses care for the people who have the
disease." This is how School of Nursing Dean Jeanette Lancaster
describes her profession. At a time when for-profit medicine seems
more dehumanized than ever, Lancaster hopes big donors will buy into
the idea of greater compassion through nursing.

FACULTY OP-EDS

ROSA BROOKS
Brooks , associate professor of law, wrote a commentary for the Los Angeles Times with the headline:
THE 'MOMMY WARS' MYTH
By Rosa Brooks for the Los Angeles Times

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

JOHN M. CHIRGWIN AND MICHAEL J. WEBER
Chirgwin, a professor of internal medicine, and Weber, director of the Cancer Center, were cited in a PR Newswire press release headlined:
THE PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 2005 COMPETITIVE AWARDS
By PR Newswire / April 4

WENDY HUBER
Huber, associate admissions director for the Darden School, was quoted in a US News & World Report article headlined:
LOOKING FOR MS. MBA
By Nisha Ramachandran of US News & World Report

JEANETTE LANCASTER
Lancaster, dean of the School of Nursing, was quoted in a C-Ville Weekly article headlined:
SCHOOL OF NURSING SEEKS BIG MONEY / ASKING FOR $12 MILLION TO EXPAND PROGRAMS
By John Borgmeyer of C-Ville Weekly

PATRICK MICHAELS
Michaels, an environmental science professor, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
N.C. COMMITTEE SPEAKERS DEBATE GOVERNMENT ACTION ON EMISSIONS
By Gary D. Robertson of the Associated Press / April 4

LOSING BET ON CLIMATE CHANGE / TEMPERATURES ARE RISING-WHAT NOW?
By Ronald Bailey for Reason Magazine / April 3

LARRY  J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted today in a Cybercast News Service article headlined:
AGENDA TRUMPING PARTY FOR HOMOSEXUAL POLITICAL GROUPS
By Randy Hall of CNSNews.com.
   
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER TOM DELAY TO LEAVE CONGRESS
By Jim Malone of the Voice of America / April 4

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

KATIE COURIC
Couric, a 1979 graduate of the College and longtime host of NBC's "Today" show, was the subject of an article in the New York Times headlined:
COURIC ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE FROM 'TODAY' SHOW
By Bill Carter of the New York Times

SHAHIRA KNIGHT
Knight, who graduated an economics degree in 1992, was featured April 4 in a The Hill article headlined:
NO PIT BULL FOR CHAIRMAN THOMAS
By Elana Schor for The Hill / April 4

TONY MEOLA
Meola, who played college soccer for U.Va. and will soon appear in his 100th international match, was the subject of an article in the Washington Post headlined:
MEOLA REACHES INTERNATIONAL MILESTONE
By The Associated Press / April 4

ANNA RAKES
Rakes, who earned a bachelor's degree in history and a master's in teaching, was featured in a featured in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
TEACHER: SCOLIOSIS DEFINED HER LIFE
By Joe Kennedy of the Roanoke Times

JOHN CHARLES THOMAS
Thomas, the first black justice on the state Supreme Court and a graduate of both the College and the Law School, was featured today in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headlined:
EX-STATE JUSTICE TAPPED FOR W&M POST
By Carol Scott of the Daily Press

DAVID C. WYANT
Wyant, who studied engineering and played two years of baseball at U.Va., was featured in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
ALBEMARLE SUPERVISOR MAKES CALLS ON, OFF THE FIELD
By Jessica Kitchin of The Daily Progress / April 4

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

STUDY: BLACKS, HISPANICS FACE SLOWER DEGREE COMPLETION

HONOR VERDICTS HIGHLIGHT CONSCIENTIOUS RETRACTIONS

VIRGINIA'S FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK DRAWS RECORD-BREAKING AUDIENCE

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. RECEIVES 16,280 APPLICATIONS; EXTENDS OFFERS TO 4,876 STUDENTS FOR CLASS OF 2010

T.J. CLARK CONTINUES SPRING PAGE-BARBOUR LECTURES AT U.VA. TODAY AND TOMORROW

BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL TO BEGIN TODAY

This weeks' featured publication is UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ENGINEERING.

HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

ANTHEM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD IN VIRGINIA AWARDS $12 MILLION TO 41 HOSPITALS FOR ADVANCES IN PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY
By PRNewswire / April 4
Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia will award 41 hospitals [including the University of Virginia Medical Center] around Virginia an estimated $12 million for improvements in patient safety and health outcomes through the company's Quality-In-Sights: Hospital Incentive Program (Q-HIP(SM)).

PERFORMANCE WITHOUT STEROIDS / HIGH-TECH GYM MAKES YOU BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER
By Steven Schiff of C-Ville Weekly
There's an exciting development in athletic performance-enhancement
underway in Charlottesville-so new that Barry Bonds hasn't even heard
of it yet. A new clinic called SPEED (an acronym for Strength, Power,
Endurance, Education and Development) has opened under the Department
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the UVA Health System.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

THE GEN X PROFESSOR
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
[...] With the student population now made up of Millennials, it's time for colleges to recognize that some of those Gen Xers (you know, the ones people thought were destined for tenure only at the Gap) are now joining college faculties...On issue after issue - from workload, to how research should be conducted, to the preferred structure of tenure reviews - Gen X faculty members have radically different ideas about higher education should work, [Cathy] Trower, [co-principal investigator of the Study of New Scholars] said.

INNOVATION OVERLOAD
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed
Congressional advisory panel launches study to explore programs to help low- and moderate-income students graduate.

RENEWING THE PRESIDENCY
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
Sabbaticals are common in higher education - for professors. Should more college chief executives take them?

IMPEDIMENTS TO ART EXCHANGE
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
With all the talk about brain drain in science and technology fields, and about how real and perceived problems in the U.S. visa process are deterring some of the world's best and brightest scholars and students from coming to America, artists and art students have been largely below the radar.

PROVISION IN HOUSE VERSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT COULD GIVE SPECIAL DEFERENCE TO RELIGIOUS COLLEGES
By Thomas Bartlett of The Chronicle of Higher Education
A provision in the bill to renew the Higher Education Act passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives could force accreditors to give special deference to religious colleges.

SETTLEMENT IN MIT CASE MAY GIVE COLLEGES 'BREATHING ROOM' IN DEVELOPING POLICIES FOR DEPRESSED STUDENTS
By Eric Hoover of The Chronicle of Higher Education
For years, the lawsuit arising from the death of Elizabeth H. Shin, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who died on the campus in 2000, has rattled college administrators throughout the nation. ...Now, following the surprising end to the case on Monday (The News Blog, April 4), campus counselors and legal experts are hoping that college officials can turn their attention away from liability concerns as they continue to develop strategies for helping students with mental-health problems.

FEDERAL PANEL ON STUDENT AID STARTS INQUIRY INTO COLLEGE ACCESSIBILITY AMONG THE NEEDIEST
By Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education
A federal advisory committee began a three-year study on Tuesday that will look for ways of increasing the number of students from low- and moderate-income families who attend college. The project, dubbed the Innovative Pathways Study, will result in a series of reports to Congress and the U.S. Education Department highlighting creative approaches to narrowing income-related gaps in college attendance and graduation rates.

WITH GOOD REASON / NPR

DESIGNING WOMEN FOR TV (Apr. 1 - 7)
Tonight at 7:30 p.m.; WVTF-Roanoke (88.5 FM)
After analyzing 30 years of television programming, communication professor Cynthia Lont (GMU) concludes that not much has changed in how women are portrayed. Male characters like Jack McCoy in Law & Order are permitted to age and go gray while their lovely female assistants are replaced every other year for a younger, leggier model. Lont says that situation would change by hiring more women as writers, producers and directors.

Also: history professor Leisa Meyer (W&M) offers a broad overview of the history of American sexuality in late 20th century, as a way to understand broader cultural anxieties.

"With Good Reason," produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is broadcast on 10 public radio stations in Virginia and Washington, D.C.  For complete listings of shows and times visit the program's website at www.withgoodreasonradio.org

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