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Friday, April 14, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

COLLEGE COMMUNITY
By the Richmond Times-Dispatch
This year Virginia's system of community colleges turns 40. The UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA and Virginia Commonwealth University have given the program a deserved birthday present. The two schools have announced they will offer guaranteed admission to community-college students meeting various requirements. The policy recognizes the excellence of the community colleges their teachers and their students. It also serves the best interests of UVa and VCU. Students moving from community colleges to the comprehensive institutions have two years of higher-ed under their belts. They arrive prepared.

PROTEST STILL GOING
By Melanie Mayhew of The Daily Progress
Seventeen University of Virginia students continued their sit-in at Madison Hall on Thursday, still optimistic their public display would prompt the university to raise its minimum hiring rate to a "living wage" of $10.72 an hour.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

REWIND, PLEASE: NATURE PAPER SHOWS THAT CELL DIVISION IS REVERSIBLE
By the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation / April 13
Gary J. Gorbsky, Ph.D., a scientist with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, has found a way to reverse the process of cell division. The discovery could have important implications for the treatment of cancer, birth defects and numerous other diseases and disorders. Gorbsky's findings appear in the April 13 issue of the journal Nature. …. The current research project, done in collaboration with scientists from the University of Virginia Medical School, was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society.

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

JOHN T. CASTEEN III
University President Casteen, a board member of a new community-based organization, the Hovey S. Dabney Foundation for Elders, which is studying ways to make the Charlottesville area one of the best places to age in the nation, is quoted in a Daily Progress article headlined:
GROUP AIMS TO HELP ELDERLY
By Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress

DR. BARRY FARR
Farr, an infectious disease specialist at the Medical Center, was quoted today in a Baltimore Sun article headlined:
TRACKING HOSPITAL INFECTIONS/STATE LAW REQUIRES INSTITUTIONS TO REPORT NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO GET ILL
By David Kohn of the Baltimore Sun

ROBERT SPEKMAN
Spekman, Darden professor and an expert in business-to-business marketing, was quoted in a Medill News Service article headlined:
AT&T WINS CONTRACT WITH LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
By Steven Johnson of Medill News Service / April 13

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

PAGE CARTER
Carter, who studied architecture at U.Va., was cited today in a Winchester star article headlined:
CLARKE TOUR: FROM OLDEST TO NEWEST
By Nancy Talley for The Winchester Star

DRS. LAURIE DABINETT AND RUSSELL MCKELWAY
Dabinett and McKelway, graduates of the School of Medicine, were featured today in a Winchester Star article headlined:
CLARKE TOUR: FROM OLDEST TO NEWEST
By Nancy Talley for The Winchester Star

SUZANNE "SUNI" PERKA
Perka, who earned a bachelor's degree in government in 1984 and her law degree in 1987, was featured April 12 in a Clarke Times-Courier article headlined:
Familiar Faces: Suni Perka: A passionate prosecutor
By Claudia Bigelow

RICK SCHWITZER
Schwitzer, a U.Va. graduate, was featured in a Mainline Information Systems press release headlined:
Mainline Names Director of Sales, Mid Atlantic
By Mainline Information Systems / April 13

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

PRIOR INAUGURATED AS THE NEW CHANCELLOR OF U.VA.-WISE

BASIC RESEARCHERS AT U.VA.'S HEALTH SYSTEM KEEP THEIR EYE ON THE FINAL PRIZE

CONGRESSMAN VIRGIL GOODE VISITS UNIVERSITY LABS

This weeks' featured publication is VIRGINIA.EDU.

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

ADMINISTRATORS CUT OFF INTERNET, FOOD AT SIT-IN

FACULTY SENATE DISCUSSES CONCERNS

UPC PREPARES FOR SPRINGFEST EVENTS

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS

FEDERAL PANEL ON HIGHER EDUCATION RECEIVES $250,000 FROM LUMINA FOUNDATION, RAISING QUESTIONS
By Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education
A federal commission studying the future of higher education has used a portion of a $250,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education to hire a recently retired foundation vice president, raising eyebrows among some higher-education lobbyists and members of the commission.

IRS RULING REINFORCES TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF COLLEGE-RELATED BUSINESS INCUBATORS
By Paul Fain of The Chronicle of Higher Education
A recently released ruling by the Internal Revenue Service reinforces the tax-exempt status of college foundations in their efforts to support campus-affiliated research and business incubators. Such facilities are popular with colleges and universities as they seek to offer business opportunities to faculty members and students. However, the tax consequences for private foundations that provide seed money for incubator activities can be murky, and can include threats to foundations' tax-exempt status.

ELSEWHERE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

WOMEN'S GAINS IN SCIENCES AT MIT HAVE STALLED, NEW REPORT FINDS
By Paula Wasley of the Chronicle of Higher Education
A report on faculty diversity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Schools of Science and Engineering, scheduled for release today, says universities step up their efforts to improve women's status in academe only in response to specific initiatives such as equity-in-hiring legislation or targeted campaigns by university administrators.

ATHLETICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

DUKE SCANDAL RIPPLES THROUGH COLLEGE SPORTS, AS EXPERTS PREDICT RANGE OF REPERCUSSIONS
By Brad Wolverton of The CHronicle of Higher Education
Allegations of gang rape by men's lacrosse players at Duke University could lead to changes for athletics teams far beyond Durham, N.C. ... This week, many college officials refused to discuss the story for fear of prejudging Duke, its lacrosse players, or how the university has handled the crisis. But some legal experts and athletics officials shared ideas about how the scandal might affect college sports.

7 MORE UNIVERSITIES WILL LOSE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FAILING TO MEET ACADEMIC STANDARDS, NCAA SAYS
By Eugene Mccormack of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Twelve more sports teams at seven universities have run afoul of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's new academic standards and will lose scholarships over the next year as a result, according to an update issued on Thursday by the NCAA.

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