HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVES

Friday, April 7, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

U.VA. UNVEILS ITS VAST NEW LAWN / GARDENS, COMPLEX TO EXTEND GROUNDS
By Melanie Mayhew of The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
The University of Virginia has unveiled the schematic design for the most ambitious construction undertaking on UVa's main Grounds in a century. The buildings and grounds committee of the UVa Board of Visitors on Thursday approved a plan for the South Lawn Project's first phase, a $105 million venture that will extend the axis of Jefferson's original Lawn across Jefferson Park Avenue.

STORIED GRAVEYARD TO GROW LARGER
By Melanie Mayhew of The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
On Thursday, the buildings and grounds committee of the UVa Board of Visitors approved a slate of cemetery-related plans, including the placement of a state historical marker adjacent to the cemetery, which sits near the intersection of Alderman and McCormick roads. The committee also voted to establish a section for UVa presidents and their spouses in the expanded portion of the 3-acre cemetery.

FILM FEST TAKES UP RELIGION
By Jessica Kitchin of The Daily Progress
But will they show "Oh, God!"? For its 19th annual event, the Virginia Film Festival will tackle a religious theme, "Revelations: Finding God at the Movies," officials announced. The festival, which is hosted by the University of Virginia, will run Oct. 26 to 29 at venues throughout Charlottesville.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

PAIR OF BLACK HOLES LOCKED IN DEATH DANCE
By Robert Roy Britt of Space.com / April 6
Two supermassive black holes have been found to be spiraling toward a merger, astronomers said today..."The question was: Is this pair of supermassive black holes an old married couple, or just strangers passing in the night?" said Craig Sarazin of the University of Virginia.
    
ASTRONOMERS FIND BLACK HOLES SPIRALLING TOGETHER
By CBC News / April 6
    
BLACK HOLES REVEALED IN DEATH SPIN
By Kimm Groshong of New Scientist.com / April 6

FACULTY OP-EDS

GERARD ALEXANDER
Alexander, associate professor of political science and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote a CBS News commentary headlined:
HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL
By Gerard Alexander for CBS News / April 6

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

GEORGE A. BELLER
Beller, professor in the department of cardiovascular medicine, was quoted in a Science Letter article headlined:
SPECIALISTS OFFER PRACTICAL STEPS IN PREVENTION AND CARE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
By Science Letter / April 6

ROBERT BRUNER
Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business, was cited in a MoneyWeb radio report headlined:
DAVE THAYSER: CORPORATE FINANCE PARTNER, ERNST & YOUNG
By Erika van der Merwe of MoneyWeb Power Hour / April 4

FREDERICK HAYDEN
Hayden, professor of infectious diseases and expert on influenza drugs, was quoted in a Bloomberg News Service article headlined:
BIRD-FLU WAR SPURS WORLD HEALTH AGENCY TO LURE TOP SCIENTISTS
By John Lauerman of the Bloomberg News Service

VANESSA L. OCHS
Ochs, Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies at U.Va., was quoted in a Center for Cultural Judaism press release headlined:
POSEN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR THE STUDY OF JEWISH SECULARISM / FIVE INSTITUTIONS JOIN THE GROWING PROGRAM
By Center for Cultural Judaism  / April 5

CRAIG L. SARAZIN
Sarazin, the W.H. Vanderbilt Professor of Astronomy, was quoted in an article headlined:
BLACK HOLES BOUND TO MERGE
By Robert Roy Brit, Senior Science Writer at SPACE.com / April 6

ASTRONOMERS FIND BLACK HOLES SPIRALLING TOGETHER
By CBC News / April 6
   
 BLACK HOLES REVEALED IN DEATH SPIN
By Kimm Groshong of New Scientist.com / April 6

PETER SHERAS
Sheras, a clinical psychologist, was quoted in a Sacramento Bee article headlined:
STRANGER KILLINGS ARE SCARY BUT RARE
By Dorsey Griffith of the Sacramento Bee / April 6

ANN TAYLOR
Taylor, executive director of the Darden School Foundation, was quoted in a Business Week article headlined:
GREAT GIFTS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES
By Helena Oh of Business Week / March 2

ROBERT TURNER
Turner, associate director of the Center for National Security Law and a former federal official, was quoted in a Village Voice article headlined:
BUSH WINS ONE IN PADILLA CASE / WHAT THE 'DIRTY BOMBER' RULING MEANS FOR YOU
By The Village Voice / April 3

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

ZETA PSI TO RETAIN IFC STATUS, FACES SANCTIONS

BOV SETS SIGHTS ON TOP RANKING FOR UNIVERSITY

BOV VOTES TO APPROVE SOUTH LAWN PROJECT

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. UNVEILS SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR SOUTH LAWN PROJECT

TWO SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES ARE SPIRALING TOWARD COLLISION, NEW STUDY FINDS

U.VA. HOSTS AWARD-WINNING POET ALICE FULTON AS REA VISITING WRITER IN POETRY

ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL LECTURE EXPLORES SOUND AND VISION IN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

This weeks' featured publication is UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ENGINEERING.

NEWS FROM U.VA.'S COLLEGE AT WISE

UVA-WISE HOSTING 'MOUNTAIN MUSIC AND STORYTELLING IN FILM'
By Kingsport (TN) Times-News Staff report
Appalshop filmmakers Herb E. Smith and Jack Wright will offer perspectives in "Mountain Music and Storytelling in Film" during Coffee Night at the University of Virginia's College at Wise beginning at 6:30 p.m. on April 13. The event at the Chapel of All Faiths is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the UVa-Wise Department of Language and Literature and the college's literary journal, "Jimson Weed," Coffee Night will include readings of original poetry and prose, as well as musical performances by UVa-Wise Chancellor Emeritus "Papa Joe" Smiddy and his son, Dr. Joseph Frank Smiddy.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

MORE DEGREES FOR BLACK ATHLETES
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
There's still work to be done, but black student athletes are graduating at their highest rates since graduation rates were first tracked.

COALESCING AROUND CONCEPTS
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
After months of discussions involving a slew of panels of witnesses and a flurry of position papers written by outsiders or its chairman, the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education took tentative first steps Thursday toward shaping an agenda for what it might actually say in its report in August.

FEDERAL PANEL ON HIGHER EDUCATION IDENTIFIES ACCESS AND LIFELONG LEARNING AS TOP GOALS FOR FINAL REPORT
By Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education
With less than four months remaining in its charter, the secretary of education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education took a series of votes on Thursday aimed at identifying members' top five goals for its report. Topping the list was increasing access to college for low-income students and adults. That was followed by improving the nation's commitment to lifelong learning and workforce development; increasing need-based aid; doubling the number of graduates in science and mathematics; and expanding institutional accountability and transparency.

TO AVOID FEDERAL MANDATE, COLLEGES SHOULD DEVISE OWN GAUGES OF STUDENT LEARNING, LAND-GRANT GROUP SAYS
By Jeffrey Selingo of The Chronicle of Higher Education
In an attempt to head off a government-mandated system to measure student learning, the two higher-education associations representing the nation's public colleges are calling on their members to develop their own voluntary approach that would allow the public to compare similar institutions.

SENSE OF INJUSTICE CAN LEAD SCIENTISTS TO ACT UNETHICALLY, STUDY FINDS
By Lila Guterman of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Nearly a year after reporting that a large fraction of scientists admitted in a survey to having acted unethically, a group of researchers have revealed one reason why: The misbehaving scientists feel wronged. The researchers published their study of the links between perceived injustice and scientific misbehavior this week in the inaugural issue of The Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics.

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