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Friday, April 28, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

THE BEST UNDERGRADUATE B-SCHOOLS
By Business Week / May 8
....At No. 2 University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, students said the two-year format left them two additional years to explore the school's numerous offerings but made for a tough course load in the junior year and a pressure-cooker atmosphere in which many thrived.
    
THE TOP 50 UNDERGRADUATE B-SCHOOLS (.pdf table)
By Business Week / May 8

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

STUDENTS FAVOR CONDOLEEZZA RICE, HILLARY CLINTON AMONG POTENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATES IN NATIONWIDE ONLINE POLL
By PRWeb / April 27
In a national poll conducted this spring by the University of Virginia Center for Politics' Youth Leadership Initiative, over 13,000 students representing schools in 45 states cast their ballot in the 8 for '08 Youth Poll. Designed in partnership with The White House Project and intended to promote the viability of female politicians as presidential candidates, the poll presented students with eight potential female candidates from which to choose.

CAR SEATS: SIZE AND AGE MATTER
By Victoria Clayton for the Los Angeles Times / April 24
...Researchers in Sweden and in the U.S. have found that children should be placed in rear-facing car seats for longer than the first year. A study at the University of Virginia Automobile Safety Laboratory last year found that children 2 and younger who were placed in forward-facing seats were more than four times as likely to be injured in side crashes than children in rear-facing seats. The study was presented in October at an American Academy of Pediatrics meeting.

VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES IN THE NEWS

SEXUAL PREDATORS BEWARE
By Allison Brophy Champion of the Culpeper Star-Exponent / April 26
... Sexual abuse survivor Joyce Allan will share her story of years of silence at Thursday’s forum with a presentation at 11:30 a.m. Author of “Because I Love You,” Allan was repeatedly molested by her father, who later molested her own children. “My father asked us children to remain silent because he loved us,” she writes in her 2002 book published by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Press.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

LAURA BISHOP
Bishop, a third-year student in the School of Nursing, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
STUDENTS BIKING, BUILDING THEIR WAY THROUGH SUMMER
By Bill Lohmann of the Richmond Times-Dispatch / April 27

CONNOR HUGHES
Hughes, the first-team All-ACC place-kicker this past season and the No. 1 scorer in UVa football history, was featured in an article in the Roanoke Times headlined:
HUGHES SHOWING OFF ALL HIS KICKS
By Doug Doughty of the Roanoke Times

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

DR. TED BURNS
Burns, a neurologist at the Medical Center, was cited in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TELLS OF MALADY
By Mark Berman of the Roanoke Times / April 27

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

DAVID BODAMER
Bodamer, who holds a B.A. degree in architecture from U.Va., was featured in a Business Wire press release headlined:
PRISM BUSINESS MEDIA PROMOTES DAVID BODAMER TO EDITOR IN CHIEF OF RETAIL TRAFFIC MAGAZINE
By Business Wire / April 27

D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON
Ferguson, offensive tackle for the Cavaliers, was mentioned in an
article about the National Football League draft of college players, which
takes place tomorrow and Sunday. The article in today’s Washington Post is
headlined:
TIME TO GET CHOOSY
By Fred Bowen of The Washington Post

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

LOOKING AHEAD: MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT AND FORMER HONOR COMMITTEE DISCUSS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR...

CONTENDER FOR U.S. SENATE JIM WEBB VISITS THE UNIVERSITY

BOV MEMBERS ANALYZE SUCCESS OF DIVERSITY INITIATIVES

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

BLOCK SCHEDULING NOT HELPING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER IN COLLEGE SCIENCE, U.VA. PROFESSOR SAYS

BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS LOWER WHEN PATIENTS SLOW DOWN, U.VA. STUDY FINDS

THE COST OF EARLY MOTHERHOOD: U.VA. ECONOMIST FINDS THAT GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

IN POLICY STATEMENT, AAUP SUPPORTS CONTROVERSIAL SPEAKERS ON CAMPUSES
By John Gravois of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The American Association of University Professors has published a policy statement that defends the right of campus groups to invite provocative speakers to their universities.

NCAA HOMES IN ON HIGH SCHOOLS
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's governance bodies approved changes Thursday that will give association officials more authority to examine the academic credentials of prospective athletes who've attended high schools of questionable quality and rigor, and to look into the schools themselves. The new rules are designed to help the NCAA crack down on an apparent boom in the number of high school "diploma mills" that seem to help athletes who've struggled academically for years almost magically get their acts in gear and earn NCAA eligibility.

AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES

DUKE'S EVER-EVOLVING IPOD INITIATIVE
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
Given some of its recent publicity, this might not have been the best time for Duke University to announce that it was altering a highly popular student benefit. But Duke's plan to stop giving students free iPods through its path-setting Duke Digital Initiative and to instead lend them or sell them the devices for a highly subsidized $99 has even struck most students as a logical next step in the maturation of the educational technology program.

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