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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

U. OF VIRGINIA OFFERS ADMISSION GUARANTEE
By Anne K. Walters of the Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of Virginia announced last week that it would guarantee admission to all qualified students from the state's community colleges, as part of an effort to make itself more accessible to a wider range of students. The offer would allow students from the 23 community colleges to enroll in the university's College of Arts and Sciences, its largest school. The plan is notable because the university is one of the top public institutions in the country, and admission there has become increasingly competitive in recent years.

SIT-IN STUDENTS RELEASED
By Melanie Mayhew of The Daily Progress
The 17 University of Virginia students arrested Saturday after a four-day sit-in at Madison Hall were released Monday from the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. They exited the jail in three separate groups, a few hours after a 10 a.m. teleconference bond hearing, during which a judge released the students on $500 personal recognizance bonds. The judge ordered the students to stay away from Madison Hall property until the case is resolved.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

HUGE BLACK HOLES ON COLLISION COURSE
By Larry O'Hanlon of Discovery News
Astronomers have spotted the gargantuan spiraling contrails of two super-massive black holes that are on a mega gigantic collision course. The discovery is important because it provides evidence of one of the ways that the most gigantic black holes are thought to form: by merging. A report on the finding is published in the current issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
"This was an accidental discovery," said astronomer Craig Sarazin of the University of Virginia.

CITY DWELLERS' INCOME GAP WITH SUBURBS IS SHRINKING / STUDY, UPSCALE HOUSING SHOW URBAN LIVING'S LURE FOR WELL-TO-DO
By Gary Rotstein of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
[...]  UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PROFESSORS WILLIAM LUCY AND DAVID PHILLIPS, co-authors of the recent book "Tomorrow's Cities, Tomorrow's Suburbs," say their analysis of 22 cities' census data for per capita income shows that most made gains early this decade, relative to their suburbs. They suggest that income data can be a better indicator of a city's appeal than population changes, a category in which Pittsburgh regularly ranks among the worst in the country.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS IN THE NEWS

A REISSUED FRENCH NOVEL PRESAGES THE REDISCOVERY OF THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS
By Richard Byrne of The Chronicle of Higher Education
[...] Another novel that grapples with these issues is Pontius Pilate, by the French writer Roger Caillois (1913-1978). That book, which now has been reprinted by the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS, also places Pilate at the center of an extended meditation on Jesus' passion. And as for Judas, Caillois's portrait of Jesus' betrayer bears an uncanny resemblance to the apostle depicted in that recently discovered gospel.

VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES IN THE NEWS

CONFERENCE GRANT
By Brianne Carter of WHSV-TV
To do something special as a non-profit you have to have grant money.
That's happened for the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library. The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library has received a grant for six thousand dollars from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

MIKE BALLARD
Ballard, a senior left-hander who pitched a no-hitter against Boston College Sunday, was featured today in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
U.VA. NOTES
By Jeff White of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
   
BALLARD ADDS NAME TO LORE / PITCHER'S NO-HITTER TRANSPLANTS HOLLAR IN UVA RECORD BOOKS
By Jay Jenkins of The Daily Progress / April 17

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ROBERT BRUNER
Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business, was cited in an article in The Business (UK) headlined:
THE $527 BN BASKET CASES
By Richard Orange of The Business
MARK HASKINS AND GEORGE SHAFFER
Haskins, professor at the Darden School of Business, and Shaffer, senior director of Darden's executive education program, wrote an article for the Economic Times (India) headlined: FAMILIAR GROUND
By Mark Haskins and George Shaffer for the Economic Times / April 17

PENNY RUE
Rue, dean of students, was quoted today in an Inside Higher Ed article headlined:
IN RE: LOCO PARENTS
By Margaret Gutman Klosko for Inside Higher Ed

CRAIG SARAZIN
Sarazin, an astronomer, was cited April 17 in a Discovery News Brief headlined:
HUGE BLACK HOLES ON COLLISION COURSE
By Larry O'Hanlon of the Discovery News

ROBERT TURNER
Turner, associate director of the National Security Law Center and a former State Department official in the Reagan administration,  was quoted today in an Associated Press article headlined:
SUPREME COURT REJECTS BID FOR FREEDOM FROM GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
By Gina Holland of the Associated Press

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

CLAUDIA EMERSON
Emerson, who received a bachelor's degree in English from U.Va. in 1979, was featured today in an associated Press article headlined:
COLLEGE PROFESSOR WINS PULITZER FOR POETRY
By Michael Felberbaum of the Associated Press

DR. BARRY PENN HOLLAR
Hollar, currently a professor of religion at Shenandoah University, who, as a junior right-hander, threw a no-hitter against visiting Mansfield State in 1974, was quoted today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
U.VA. NOTES
By Jeff White of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

ANNE SPILLANE
Spillane, a diver at the University of Virginia, was cited today in a USA Today article headlined:
MOTIVATION KEEPS WOMEN GOING
By Marco R. della Cava of USA Today

DAWN STALEY
Staley, a 1992 graduate and former women's basketball player, was fgeatured today in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article headlined:
UVA RECOGNIZES ALUMNA, FORMER BASKETBALL STAR
By Daily Progress staff reports
(Not available online.)

BONNIE K. WACHTEL
Wachtel, a graduate of the School of Law, was featured in a Business Wire press release headlined:
ACIES CORPORATION EXPANDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS; ACCOMPLISHED BUSINESS AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS TO SERVE AS INDEPENDENT MEMBERS; CFO JEFFREY TISCHLER ALSO JOINS BOARD AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
By Business Wire / April 17

TOM WOODALL
Woodall, who received his law degree from the School of Law in 1975, was featured in a Huntsville, Ala., Times article headlined:
JUDGE SAYS EXPERIENCE IS KEY
By David Holden of the Huntsville Times

FRANK ZIRNKILTON
Zirnkilton, who holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from U.Va., was featured April 17 in a PRNewswire press release headlined:
the University of Virginia
METROLOGIC NAMES FRANK ZIRNKILTON CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
By PRNewswire / April 17

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

TAPES SHOW NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND CASTEEN COME TO STALEMATE IN SATURDAY MEETINGS

STUDENT PROTESTERS ARRESTED SATURDAY

RESEARCHERS FIND POTENTIAL DIABETES TREATMENT

INSIDE UVA HIGHLIGHTS

SOUTH LAWN GETS GREEN LIGHT

GUARANTEED ADMISSION PROGRAM CREATED

FIVE U.VA. GRAD SCHOOLS AMONG NATION'S BEST

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

TEACHING, IT'S A SIMPLE GAME: U.VA.'S JOHN ARRAS SHARES HIS TRIED AND TRUE METHOD OF INSTRUCTION

U.VA. HEALTH PLAN MEMBERS TO RECEIVE NEW PHARMACARE PRESCRIPTION CARDS BY MAIL

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 12TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PHYSICS DAY TO BE HELD AT U.VA. ON THURSDAY

This weeks' featured publication is INSIDE UVA.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE FACULTY
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
Any period of significant change creates both opportunities and problems - often flip sides of the same coin. So it is with the twin pressures that expanding numbers of enrolling students and of faculty retirements are putting on many colleges in many regions of the country - and the solution for turning potential problems into opportunities is intelligent long-term planning undertaken cooperatively by campus business and academic officials, several higher education leaders said in a Web seminar Monday.

U.S. SUPREME COURT LETS STAND RULING THAT COULD INCREASE COLLEGES' EXPOSURE TO WHISTLE-BLOWER SUITS
By Anne K. Walters of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case involving a whistle-blower's lawsuit against Oakland City University, letting stand a lower court's ruling that lawyers say will increase colleges' exposure to such litigation.

A WIN-WIN ON HEALTH BENEFITS
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
A novel approach by California's Peralta Community College District may offer a way to avoid having health benefits for retirees consume too large a share of college budgets. The district issued $153 million in bonds in December to finance those benefits - making it possible to stop paying for the benefits from the same pot of money that provides salaries and health benefits for current faculty members and other employees.

TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

WHAT IS A CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER?
By Damon A. Williams and Katrina C. Wade-Golden for Inside Higher Ed
To meet the needs of increasingly diverse campuses, many institutions have developed executive positions to guide their diversity agendas...In the last five years, no fewer than 30 institutions have created these new roles. A review of recent higher education job listings illustrates the scope of this phenomenon, as institutions moving towards the CDO are swelling in number and differ by type, control, size, and geographic location. Institutions like the Berklee College of Music, Oklahoma State University, Harvard University, Xavier University, Miami University, Marquette University, Washington State University, and the University of Virginia, have recently hired inaugural officers.

AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES

ANGER RISES ON BOTH SIDES OF STRIKE AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
By Abby Goodnough and Steven Greenhouse of The New York Times
Outside the University of Miami's main entrance, six janitors and five students continued their hunger strike on Monday, with several asserting that the university's president, Donna Shalala, was a union-buster.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS
President John Casteen III will deliver the annual State of the University Address on Friday, April 21 at noon in Old Cabell Hall.

INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

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