HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVES

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

U.VA. MEDICAL CENTER PERFORMS 33 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS OVER LAST FOUR WEEKS
By The Associated Press
The University of Virginia Medical Center has performed 33 organ transplants in the last four weeks -- almost twice the average number performed per month last year. Dr. Kenneth Brayman, surgery professor in the transplant division, says the center performed 18 transplants between the night of April 10th and the morning of April 13th, which made for a busy week.

HOSPITALS TURN TO DATA EXPERTS / GRADING QUALITY CAN REQUIRE NEW STATISTICAL APPROACH
By Rick Romell of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Trying to grade health care quality and basing payment on the score is a good idea but very difficult to carry out, a statistics expert who wrestles with the problem for the University of Virginia Health System said Monday. "Report cards and pay-for-performance is the right thing to do," Wendy M. Novicoff told delegates attending the American Society for Quality world conference. "It's the execution of it that's driving me nuts." Long resisted by doctors and hospitals, the movement toward quality "report cards" is gaining enough momentum that health care organizations are hiring sophisticated data analysts such as Novicoff, who holds a doctorate in research methods and statistics.

U.VA. WORKERS HAVE IT RELATIVELY GOOD / WANNA HELP THE POOR? PUSH THE STATE FOR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE
By Amy Kniss of C-Ville Weekly
Maria sighs, leans against the wall and smiles wearily: "I'm tired," she says. "I already worked today, at the dry cleaners." It's nearly 5pm and Maria is about to start her shift as a UVA housekeeper, cleaning Bryan Hall. "It's a lot of hours," says Maria, but she depends on both part-time jobs to pay the bills. Neither provides benefits.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

RECOMMENDATIONS: THE 5-MINUTE GUIDE FOR LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE
By Eric Nagourney of The New York Times
Want lower blood pressure? Ask your doctor to let you sit quietly for five minutes before it's taken - on a regular chair, not on an examining table, with your feet on the floor. The result can be a systolic blood pressure reading about 14 points lower, potentially a big enough difference to avoid a diagnosis of hypertension, a new study reports. The study, by a team of nurses from the University of Virginia Health System, was presented at a conference of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

JOSH CINCINNATI & MOSTAFA ABDELKARIM
Cincinnati and Abdelkarim, students in the College and hosts of the Internet broadcast "Hoos News," were featured in a C-Ville Weekly article headlined:
HOOS NEWS GETS SERIOUS / "LIVING WAGE" IS NO JOKING FOR FAKE REPORTERS
By Steven Schiff of C-Ville Weekly

FACULTY ARTICLES AND OP-EDS

GERARD ALEXANDER
Alexander, a professor of politics at U.Va. and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote a commentary for National Review Online headlined:
FAIRLY HATED / LESSONS IN DELUSION FROM LIBERAL HISTORIANS.
By Gerard Alexander for National Review Online / May 1

WILLIAM J. KEHOE
Kehoe, professor in the McIntire School of Commerce, had his recommended reading list published in BusinessWeek in an article headlined:
UNDERGRADUATE READING LIST: WILLIAM J. KEHOE'S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
By William J. Kehoe for BusinessWeek / April 25

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

JENNIFER L. GEDDES
Geddes, an associate professor of religious studies and co-program director at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, was interviewed for a C-Ville Weekly article headlined:
EXPLORING THE NATURE OF EVIL / PROF. UNPACKS THE POLITICS OF DEMONIZATON
By Jay Neelley of C-Ville Weekly

KAREN HUNGER PARSHALL & CHARLES WRIGHT
Parshall, professor of mathematics, and Wright, professor of creative writing were featured in a C-Ville Weekly article headlined:
NEW FACULTY TOMES HIT THE SHELF / MATH AND POETRY FOR YOUR SUMMERTIME READING
By Esther Brown of C-Ville Weekly

TIMOTHY  A. SALTHOUSE
Salthouse, the Brown-Forman Professor of Psychology and a veteran of studies on aging and cognition, was quoted today in a Wall Street Journal article headlined:
RESEARCHERS SAY MENTAL ACTIVITIES WON'T SAVE YOUR BRAIN, SLOW DECLINE
Sharon Begley of the The Wall Street Journal

MELLY TURNER
Turner, a registered nurse in the interventional cardiology clinic who helped lead the study on recommendations for lowering blood pressure, was quoted in a New York times article headlined:
RECOMMENDATIONS: THE 5-MINUTE GUIDE FOR LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE
By Eric Nagourney of The New York Times

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATOR OBITUARIES IN THE NEWS

EDWARD LEE "BUCK" HENSON JR.
Henson, a long-time history professor at the University of Virginia at Wise, was featured in a Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News obituary headlined:
UVA-WISE MOURNS DEATH OF HISTORY PROFESSOR BUCK HENSON
By Times-News Staff reports

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

STEVEN HILLENIUS
Hillenius, who earned his Ph.D. in physics from U.Va. in 1979, was featured in a LocalTechWire.com press release headlined:
SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH CORP. NAMES VICE PRESIDENT
By the Semiconductor Research Corporation

WILLIAM HENRY LEWIS
Lewis, who received his MFA in creative writing in 1994 and currently teaches at Colgate University, was featured in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
'STAUNTON' MAKES FINE SELECTION
By Ray McAllister of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

STUDENTS FOUND GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS IN OPEN UJC TRIAL

INSIDE UVA HIGHLIGHTS

LIVING WAGE DEBATE: STUDENT PROTEST SPARKS PASSION, DISAGREEMENT AND A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS

STATE OF U: CASTEEN CITES PROTESTS, TOUTS PROGRESS IN ADDRESS

TUITION TO INCREASE

ALL ABOARD! THE NATIONAL LAMBDA RAIL

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S MCINTIRE SCHOOL RANKED NO. 2 IN THE NATION BY BUSINESSWEEK MAGAZINE

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW TO HOST ACCLAIMED POET ADRIENNE RICH ON THURSDAY

VISION STATEMENT, SALARY ISSUES AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ROUND OUT FACULTY SENATE MEETING

This weeks' featured publication is PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH FELL FOR A 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR IN 2004
By Anne K. Walters of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Industry support for academic research in science and engineering fell for the third straight year in the 2004 fiscal year, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. The apparent trend marks the first time a sector of academic research support has shown a multiyear decline since the foundation began surveying colleges about their research-and-development expenditures, in 1953.

LOCKING DOWN DEPARTMENTAL DATA
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
Colleges crack down as latest round of cyberattacks show vulnerability of information stored outside central campus networks.

PHILANTHROPY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

UPDATES ON BILLION-DOLLAR CAMPAIGNS AT 22 UNIVERSITIES
Compiled by Jason M. Breslow of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 22 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $367-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available. The campaign with the largest gain in the month since its previous report was the University of Michigan, with $45-million. The University of Wisconsin at Madison raised $74.6-million, over the course of seven weeks. The 22 universities -- each with its most recent total, last month's increase,* the original goal, and the planned completion date -- are as follows:
* Brown University, $636-million as of March 31 (increase of $10-million in the last month); the goal is $1.4-billion by 2010.
* The California Institute of Technology, $1.11-billion as of March 31 (increase of $815,000 in the last month); the goal is $1.4-billion by 2007.
* Dartmouth College, $687.5-million as of March 31 (increase of $15.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1.3-billion by 2009.
* The Johns Hopkins University, $2.151-billion as of March 31 (increase of $18.1-million in the last month); the goal was $2-billion by 2007.
* Michigan State University, $1.11-billion as of April 1 (increase of $5-million in the last month); the goal is $1.2-billion by 2007.
* New York University, $1.583-billion as of March 31 (increase of $12-million in the last month); the goal is $2.5-billion by 2008.
* North Carolina State University, $922-million as of March 31 (increase of $1-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2008.
* Purdue University, $1.326-billion as of March 31 (increase of $16.4-million in the last month); the goal is $1.5-billion by 2007.
* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, $668.9-million as of March 31 (increase of $2.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2008.
* Texas A&M University at College Station, $1.164-billion as of March 31 (increase of $19.7-million in the last month); the goal was $1-billion by 2006.
* The University of California at San Diego, $874-million as of March 31 (increase of $7.5-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2007.
* The University of Chicago, $1.503-billion as of March 31 (increase of $20.5-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2008.
* The University of Kentucky, $876-million as of March 31 (increase of $5.2-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2007.
* The University of Miami, $1.053-billion as of March 31 (increase of $12.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1.25-billion by 2007.
* The University of Michigan, $2.103-billion as of March 31 (increase of $45-million in the last month); the goal is $2.5-billion by 2008.
* The University of Missouri at Columbia, $637-million as of March 31 (increase of $4-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2008.
* The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.695-billion as of March 31 (increase of $15.6-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2007.
* The University of Pittsburgh, $925-million as of March 31 (increase of $15-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2007.
* THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, $859.3-million as of March 31 (increase of $22.7-million in the last month); the goal is $3-billion by 2011.
* The University of Washington, $1.706-billion as of March 31 (increase of $38.5-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2008.
* The University of Wisconsin at Madison, $1.73-billion as of April 20 (increase of $74.6-million since March 3); the goal was $1.5-billion by 2007.
* Vanderbilt University, $1.193-billion as of March 31 (increase of $4.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1.25-billion by 2008.
Over the past 12 months, universities that were seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of 5.046-billion in gifts and pledges.

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