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Friday, May 5, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

DESIGN, BUILD AND REPEAT
By Sarah Cox for Architectural Record / May 4
While other architecture students were sleeping off the stress and caffeine-induced stupor of their final charrettes early last spring, the ecoMOD studio at the University of Virginia was just gearing up for construction of a prefabricated, ecological, and affordable home of their own design. The ambitious students' design, the OUTin House-named for its mix of indoor and outdoor spaces-required a multidisciplinary approach to deal with budget constraints, client needs, and the demands of real-life construction.

MEDICAL WORKER WINS STAR AWARD
By Charlottesville Daily Progress staff reports
University of Virginia Medical Center employee Maggie Short was recently honored as a winner of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's Agency Star Award. Short is the administrator of Continuum Home Health Care, the home health agency at the U.Va. Medical Center.
(Not available online.)

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

JOHN G. DOUGLASS
Douglass, professor at the School of Law, was cited today in an Associated Press article headlined:
JURY CONSIDERS FALSE CONFESSION LAWSUIT
By Larry O'Dell of the Associated Press

A.E. DICK HOWARD
Howard, a constitutional expert at the School of Law, was cited today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
ASSEMBLY SETS RECORD FOR FUTILITY
By Michael Hardy and Jeff E. Schapiro of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

DR. FREDERICK G. HAYDEN
Hayden, a virus expert, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
'THIS IS THE WORST FLU VIRUS THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN,' BIRD FLU EXPERT SAYS
By Margie Mason of the Associated Press / May 4

SURVEILLANCE FUNDS NEEDED TO PREVENT FLU PANDEMIC
By Andrew Jack of the Financial Times / May 4

DAVID MARTIN
Martin, professor of international law, was interviewed on WMRA's "Insight" program for a segment titled:
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
By Tom Graham of WMRA's "Insight" / May 3
(Audio available.)

TIMOTHY NAFTALI
Naftali, associate professor and director of the Presidential
Recordings Program and Kremlin Decision-Making Project at the Miller Center who was recently named director of the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, was featured in an article in The Hook headlined:
HOTSEAT: NAFTALI'S NIXON: NONPARTISAN WITH A CAUSE
By Lisa Provence of The Hook / May 4

JOHN QUALE
Quale, assistant professor of architecture, was cited in an article in Architectural Record headlined:
DESIGN, BUILD AND REPEAT
By Sarah Cox for Architectural Record / May 4

PETER RODRIGUEZ
Rodriguez, associate professor of business administration at the Darden School, was quoted today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
THE TRUTH ABOUT CINCO DE MAYO / COMMEMORATION OF KEY BATTLE ISN'T JUST A PARTY; FOR MANY MEXICANS, IT'S ABOUT CULTURE
By Robin Farmer of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

UNIVERSITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO SOME OF ITS GREATEST TEACHERS

U.VA. RESEARCHERS WORK TO HELP ASTHMA SUFFERERS BREATHE A LITTLE EASIER

HIGH GAS PRICES, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, PARKING HEADACHES: IT MAKES GOOD CENTS TO COMMUTE

This weeks' featured publication is PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

COACH'S ADVICE PAYS OFF FOR FERGUSON
By Doug Doughty of the Roanoke Times
Some people might have spotted Virginia football coach Al Groh on the stage Saturday at Radio City Music Hall and thought nothing of it. "I was the only college coach who was there," said Groh, who joined the family of first-round NFL Draft pick D'Brickashaw Ferguson.

TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

BLACKSBURG FIRM TO PUT RARE LIBRARIES FROM OXFORD ONLINE
By Angela Manese-Lee of the Roanoke Times
Let's say you're a scholar in desperate need of a rare manuscript stowed somewhere deep within Oxford University's noted Bodleian Library. ... But what if that manuscript -- old, obscure, yet key to your thesis -- could be located online within seconds?

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