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Wednesday, May 3, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

PROTESTORS VIOLATED UVA CONDUCT CODE, PANEL FINDS
    By Melanie Mayhew of The Daily Progress / May 2
Seventeen University of Virginia students were found guilty late Monday of violating a UVa code of behavior when they participated in a sit-in to force the university to raise its minimum hiring rate to $10.72 an hour. The protesters were tried by five students representing the University Judiciary Committee, which investigates and reviews alleged violations of the 12 Standards of Conduct--the rules that govern student behavior. Around 1 a.m. Tuesday, all sit-in participants were ordered to write letters of apology to police, administrators and Madison Hall employees. Outcomes in judiciary trials can range from no sanction to expulsion.

NEXT-GENERATION TEXTBOOKS: BOOK SMARTS / WITH TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER FORMS OF SCHOLARSHIP MOVING TO ELECTRONIC FORMATS, SCHOOLS ARE TURNING TO A SURPRISING ARRAY OF INNOVATIVE TOOLS.
    By Matt Villano of Campus Technology
[...] And it may be true that every day, devices with names such as iPod and eBook threaten to replace the age-old "technology" of the traditional book with a newer, faster, and equally (if not more) portable approach. In many cases, at colleges and universities across the nation, students and teachers alike are embracing these new technologies. At the University of Virginia, for instance, technologists have created an entire library of e-texts designed to eliminate the process of taking out books.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

JAMES CHILDRESS
    Childress, professor of ethics and chairman of an Institute of Medicine committee on organ donation, was quoted in an article in yesterday's
Washington Post headlined:
EFFORTS URGED TO BOOST ORGAN DONATIONS
By the Associated Press / Tuesday

GLENN A. GAESSER
    Gaesser, director of the Kinesiology Program, was quoted in a Shape magazine article headlined:
WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST HEALTH FEAR?
By Kim Acosta for Shape / May 1

A.E. DICK HOWARD
    Howard, a law professor and chief architect of the modern Virginia Constitution, was quoted in an Associated Press report headlined:
BUDGET STALEMATE MAY NOT SHUT STATE
By Larry O'Dell of the Associated Press

JONATHAN D. MORENO
    Moreno, director for the Center for Biomedical Ethics, was featured today in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article headlined:
UVA ETHICIST NAMED TO POST ON STEM CELLS
From Daily Progress staff reports
(Not available online.)

BRIAN PUSSER
   Pusser, assistant professor in the Curry School of Education, is quoted this week in a Chronicle of Higher Education article headlined:
A MODEL OF FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION: 5 OTHER VIEWS
By Goldie Blumenstyk of The Chronicle of Higher Education

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

BEN OLSEN
    Olsen, soccer star at U.Va. who now plays for D.C. United, was named to the U.S. World Cup team yesterday as expected. He was mentioned in an article on the selection of team members in today's Washington Post headlined:
ARENA LIKES 'BALANCE' ON TEAM
By Steven Goff of The Washington Post

GREG OLSEN
    Olsen, who received his doctorate at U.Va. and was the third "space tourist," was featured today in a Newark Star-Ledger article headlined:
ENTREPRENEUR'S GIFT GOES TO ALMA MATER FDU AND HIS MENTORS
By Kelly Heyboer of the Newark Star-Ledger

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS / http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GRADUATE STUDENTS AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS

U.VA.'S CATO LAURENCIN HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATERIALS SCIENCE

U.VA. JOINS VIRGINIA-NEBRASKA ALLIANCE

This weeks' featured publication is PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

NEWS FROM U.VA.'S COLLEGE AT WISE

BOLLING, STUDENTS DISCUSS JOB PROSPECTS
    By Kevin Castle Of The Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News
It was a comment that Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling was not expecting Tuesday at Gate City High School. On a trip designed to gather feedback from area residents and students, Bolling got exactly that from an unidentified Twin Springs High School student who joined the conference via satellite hookup from the Nickelsville school... He noted that a day earlier he spoke with officials at the University of Virginia's College at Wise about starting a relationship with the Northern Virginia Technology Council.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- VIRGINIA

VA. TECH STEADY IN RESEARCH RANKINGS / TECH STAYED AT NO. 55 AMONG NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, ENDING A TWO-YEAR DECLINE.
  By Greg Esposito of the Roanoke Times
Virginia Tech held steady at No. 55 in the latest rankings of spending at national research universities, ending a two-year decline that saw them fall from the ranks of the top 50. Research and development expenditures at Virginia Tech increased to $268.8 million in fiscal year 2004 from $247.8 million in 2003, according to a study completed Friday by the National Science Foundation and made available to The Roanoke Times on Tuesday.

WITH GOOD REASON / NPR

Romans in Iraq: Is History Repeating Itself? (Apr. 29 - May 5)
Tonight at 7:30 p.m.; WVTF-Roanoke (88.5 FM)
In 114 AD, the Roman Empire invaded the land of Parthia , the area where Iraq is now situated. After an easy victory, the Roman were soon immersed in fighting an insurgency they had not prepared for. Historian Rose Mary Sheldon (VMI) says there are lessons we can learn.

Also: The study of theArabic language is one of the fastest growing disciplines in higher education today. Arabic studies Professor Khadija Bentouhami (VMI) and Cadet Brian Kerrebrock, who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq , talk about the cultural meanings of words in Arabic that may not be easily translatable into English.

"With Good Reason," produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is broadcast on 10 public radio stations in Virginia and Washington, D.C.  For complete listings of shows and times visit the program's website at http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org

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