HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVES

Thursday, April 27, 2006

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

KIDS AND SYMBOLS
By Joyce Gramza of Science Central / April 25
When kids try to do impossible things, like attempting to get into a tiny toy car, sit on a dollhouse chair, or slide down a miniature model of a playground slide, Judy DeLoache not only chuckles, she also investigates why. The psychology professor at the University of Virginia says toddlers treating scale models like full-sized objects is one of the most comical behaviors she and her colleagues observe at their Child Study Center.

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS FIND LACKLUSTER LOYALTY AT HOME
By Susan Milligan of the Boston Globe / April 24
...Allen, another potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is not expected to face a strong challenge for reelection in Virginia this year. But he would lose in the Republican state if he were in a hypothetical battle for president against Mark Warner, the state's former governor and a Democrat, according to a January poll by the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

ARTS CIRCUS TO CELEBRATE FUTURE RUFFIN HALL
By (Charlottesville) Daily Progress staff reports
" The Revolution Art Circus," an all-arts celebration of the new University of Virginia arts facilities, will be 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the future site of Ruffin Hall, the new home of the studio arts. The Revolution Art Circus will feature bronze casting of the Ruffin Hall "Groundbreaking Sculpture," created during the ceremonial groundbreaking in late January. There also will be a launch of a hot-air balloon created from student prints; the trial run of all-terrain, amphibious, human powered kinetic sculpture racer; a tower of fire, film, music, dance and poetry; and more.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

JULIAN BOND
Bond, who teaches history, was featured in an Associated Press article headlined:
NAACP'S BOND TO TEACH AT VIRGINIA ONE MORE YEAR
By the Associated Press

RITA DOVE
Dove, Commonwealth Professor and former U.S. Poet Laureate who was recently selected to be a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was featured in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progress article headlined:
DOVE CHOSEN FOR FELLOWSHIP
By The Daily Progress
(Not available online.)

JOSÉ D. FUENTES
Fuentes, environmental science professor, was cited today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
HISPANIC GALA STRESSES SCIENCE / CHAMBER LEADER PROMOTES IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR FASTEST-GROWING MINORITY
By Juan Antonio Lizama of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

A.E. DICK HOWARD
Howard, professor of law, was quoted in an article in today’s
Washington Post headlined:
GEARING UP TO WAGE WAR OVER MARRIAGE / VOTERS TO DECIDE FATE OF SAME-SEX
UNIONS
By Chris L. Jenkins of The Washington Post

JOHN KATTWINKEL
Kattwinkel, a pediatrics professor and chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' task force on SIDS, was quoted in a Harford Courant article headlined:
SHARING BED WITH BABY / PEDIATRICS PANEL MAY NOT APPROVE, BUT MANY PARENTS FOLLOW THEIR INSTINCTS
By Kathleen Megan of the Hartford Courant / April 26, 2006

WILLIAM LUCY
Lucy, the Lawrence Lewis Jr. Professor of Architecture and Planning and co-author with Associate Professor David L. Phillips of the recent book, "Tomorrow's Cities, Tomorrow's Suburbs," was quoted in a Style Weekly, Richmond, Va., article headlined:
LAUNCHING ROCKETTS / WITH THE LATEST BIG DEVELOPMENT ON THE RIVER, SOME WONDER IF THE CITY'S CONDO BOOM WILL SOON REACH ITS PEAK. DON'T BET ON IT.
By Melissa Scott Sinclair of Style Weekly, Richmond, Va. / April 19

SEAN O'BRIEN
O'Brien, Executive Director of the Sorensen Institute for Political  
Leadership, was interviewed on the HearSay program with host Cathy Lewis in a segment titled:
FROM THE HEADLINES: OFF AND RUNNING
By HearSay, WHRV 89.FM in Hampton Roads / April 24

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted today in an Associated Press article headlined:
NEW GOVERNOR FACES HIS FIRST DEATH PENALTY DECISION
By Kristen Gelineau of The Associated Press

BRIAN E. ARGRETT
Argrett, who has a bachelor's degree from the University, was featured  in a Business Wire press release headlined:
FIRSTFED FINANCIAL CORP. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF BRIAN E. ARGRETT AS DIRECTOR
By Business Wire / April 26

BILL GARRAHAN
Garrahan, who holds a bachelor's in engineering and an M.B.A. from U.Va., was featured in a PRNewswire press release headlined:
XO NAMES CFO
By PRNewswire

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION STUDENT WINS TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

STUDENTS WEAR T-SHIRTS FOR FIRST-EVER DE-STEREOTYPE DAY

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. PROFESSOR FARZANEH MILANI ONE OF 20 NAMED TO THE 2006 CLASS OF CARNEGIE CORPORATION SCHOLARS

RENAISSANCE ART HISTORIAN TO GIVE LECTURE TODAY AT U.VA. ON LEONARDO DA VINCI

DON'T STEREOTYPE: WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

PRIVACY PRACTICES GET A FAILING GRADE
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
Colleges and universities are a gold mine of data - personal information about students and employees, the fruits of research efforts, information about the reading habits of library patrons, even patient data for institutions with medical schools. That store of information - and the fact that the institutions often don't have sufficient security procedures or clearcut privacy policies - make them targets both for identity thieves and for government officials seeking sensitive data, appropriately or not.

CALLING MICHAEL MOORE AND ANN COULTER
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
AAUP issues draft policy questioning colleges that discourage visits from controversial political speakers.

COLLEGES URGED TO PREPARE FOR IMMIGRANT-RIGHTS BOYCOTT PLANNED FOR MAY 1
By Erin Strout of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Some colleges are making plans for how they will deal with a national call for immigrants and their supporters to walk off their jobs and boycott businesses on Monday, in protest of legislation in Congress that would deport or criminalize illegal immigrants. The protest, dubbed "A Day Without an Immigrant," is designed to show the importance of such immigrants in the country's economy.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

THE ACC WAS LUCKY TO HAVE TOM MICKLE
By Doug Doughty
From the time of Tom Mickle's passing last week, I've been haunted by a conversation that took place in early March. In an interview with Gene Corrigan before the final game at Virginia's University Hall, the conversation turned to Corrigan's selection as this year's winner of the Skeeter Francis Award.

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