HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVES

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

EVANS NAMED TO DIVERSITY POST
By (Charlottesville) Daily Progress staff reports
Cheryl Burgan Evans, an advocate for graduate student research, especially among minority students, will join the University of Virginia's Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies on June 25 as its new director of student diversity programs.
(Not available online.)

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SETS DATE AT JONES ARENA
By Daily Progress staff reports / April 24
Charlottesville's next big act: Cirque du Soleil. The John Paul Jones Arena on Aug. 1 will host Cirque du Soleil's presentation of its first-ever live music arena event, "Delirium," arena organizers announced today. "Delirium" is part of a limited 2006 North America tour and its production marks the first time in Cirque du Soleil's history that lyrics have been created for the instrumental track and that real words will be used instead of invented language.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

DRUG DUO REVERSES TYPE 1 DIABETES IN MICE
By United Press International
Researchers at the University of Virginia said Monday they have found a treatment that reverses type 1 diabetes in mice. The team at the University of Virginia Health System said the drug combination of lisofylline and exendin-4 appears to roll back type 1 diabetes -- known as autoimmune diabetes -- in a mouse model. This finding is very exciting because it one day may provide an opportunity to restore insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes without the need for toxic anti-rejection medications, said Jerry Nadler, chief of UVA's Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism.

RESEARCH WITH HAND-HELD DEVICE BRINGS SPEECH TO IMPAIRED AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS
By Science Daily / April 24
A middle-aged woman makes plans over the telephone to get together with a friend, even though she cannot talk after suffering a stroke. She is able to communicate using a hand-held device that speaks for her. University of Virginia neurolinguist Filip Loncke has the only research site in the United States using the apparatus - a barcode reader called the B.A. Bar that was developed in Switzerland by the Federation Suisse des Teletheses and made available in that country in 2001.

A NEW RING AROUND TOWN
By the Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal / April 24
Alarm bells have been ringing in Memphis and Shelby County, as they should, over the loss of people and economic resources to neighborhoods far from the city's core....That conclusion is born out by a study by University of Virginia planning professors that revealed that between 2000 and 2004 per-capita income and housing values grew more in 22 central cities than they did in their suburbs.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

RITA DOVE
Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English and former U.S. Poet Laureate, was elected fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The announcement is included in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education headlined:
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES 195 NEW MEMBERS
By The Chronicle of Higher Education staff reports

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
LAWMAKERS STEER $29 MILLION IN TAX DOLLARS TO NONPROFIT GROUPS
The Associated Press / April 24

TIMOTHY SALTHOUSE
Salthouse, a veteran of studies on aging and cognition, was quoted in a GameDailyBiz article headlined:
REPORT: BRAIN TRAINING MAY NOT HELP COGNITIVE DECLINE
By James Brightman for GameDailyBiz / April 24

NINE-LETTER WORD MAY HELP KEEP MINDS IN SHAPE
By NBC News / April 24

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

HEATH MILLER
Miller, currently the Pittsburgh Steelers’ tight end who was drafted
in the first round last year out of U.Va., was mentioned in an article in
The Washington Post headlined:
THE DRAFT GAME / FOR ALL THEY SPEND ON ANALYSIS, TEAMS AREN'T SURE WHAT
THEY'LL COME UP WITH
By Mark Maske of The Washington Post / April 24

NAJWA NABTI
Nabti, a 2002 School of Law graduate, was featured in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progress story headlined:
HAGUE COURT SELECTS UVA LAW GRADUATE
By The Daily Progress staff reports
(Not available online.)

BEN OLSEN
Olsen, who joined D.C.-United in 1998 from the U.Va. soccer term, was
mentioned in an article in The Washington Post headlined:
UNITED REPORT
By The Washington Post / April 23

TED UHLER
Uhler, who vaulted 15 feet for U.Va., was mentioned in an article
about his son John Uhler, a leading high school pole vaulter in Fauquier, in
a Washington Post article headlined;
FATHER-SON TEAM AIMS FOR THE HEIGHTS / FAUQUIER'S UHLER LOOKS TO TOP DAD IN THE POLE VAULT
By Sean P. Flynn for The Washington Post / April 23

RYAN ZIMMERMAN
Zimmerman, who played baseball at U.Va. and is one of the two third
baseman in the National league to have started at least 15 games and not
committed an error, was mentioned in an article in The Washington
Post headlined:
BY THE NUMBERS
By The Washington Post / April 23

ALUMNI OBITUARIES IN THE NEWS

JOHN F. TARPEY
Tarpey, 81, a retired Navy captain whose career included commands at
sea and academic posts, died April 13. He graduated from U.Va. in 1946. His
obituary appeared in yesterday’s Washington Post in an article headlined:
OBITUARIES / JOHN F. TARPEY / NAVY CAPTAIN
By The Washington Post / Sunday

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

PROTESTERS TO FACE UJC CHARGES, OPT FOR OPEN TRIAL

STUDENTS HOST 24-HOUR HOLOCAUST OBSERVANCE

OLYMPIC MEDALIST ADDRESSES DARFUR CRISIS

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

UNIVERSITY'S BOARD OF VISITORS APPROVES TUITION INCREASE OF $665 FOR THE 2006-2007 ACADEMIC YEAR

LAW SCHOOL ALUMNA WINS FIRST ORRICK FELLOWSHIP, WILL CLERK AT WORLD COURT

FORMER STUDENT ACTIVIST JOHN STOKES TO GIVE PUBLIC TALK TOMORROW AT U.VA.

U.VA.'S GARDENS OPEN FOR VIEWING TODAY TO CELEBRATE HISTORIC GARDEN WEEK

This weeks' featured publication is LINK.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

ASK AND YOU MIGHT RECEIVE
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
Few discussions of gender inequality in higher education take place without mention of a glass ceiling or a systemic failure in the tenure process to account for a woman's maternal obligation.

FORD FOUNDATION TO ANNOUNCE $75-MILLION EXTENSION TO INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM
By Eugene Mccormack of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Ford Foundation will put $75-million more into a program designed to educate leaders for the developing world, the foundation is expected to announce today. The International Fellowships Program, which was founded in 2000 with a $280-million grant, is the foundation's largest program ever. It was previously set to expire in 2010, but will now run through 2014. The program pays for up to three years in graduate school for students from Russia, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

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