Friday,
May 11,
2006
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA INVENTOR IS HONORED
By United Press International / May 11
The University of Virginia Patent Foundation has named a research professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering as the school's inventor of the year. George Gillies will receive the 2006 Edlich-Henderson Inventor of
the Year Award for two decades of work in developing innovative catheters for use in brain surgery. He is a co-inventor on nine issued patents that have been licensed for commercial development or are in the final stages of licensing. Gillies is also named as the inventor or co-inventor on another 30 related patent disclosures, provisional patent filings or patent applications.
STUDY: HURRICANE SEVERITY NOT DETERMINED BY WATER TEMPERATURE
By Fred Carroll of the (Hampton Roads) Daily Press
Higher sea surface temperatures power tropical storms, but researchers
at the University of Virginia dispute how much those temperatures influence
a hurricane's severity, and downplay the relevance of global warming on 10 years of busy storm seasons.
UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS
A NATIVE SON GIVES BACK
By the Charlottesville Daily Progress
Many residents, anonymous and celebrated alike contribute to this community. Every gift works for good. Every giver is appreciated. But one name that
has stood out recently deserves special recognition. Boyd Tinsley received
that this week when the University of Virginia, the Virginia Athletics Foundation and the Boar's Head Inn announced they were naming recently built, state
of the art indoor tennis courts in his honor.
(Not available online.)
STUDENTS IN THE NEWS
TIFFANY MARSHALL
Marshall, who is graduating from the School of Law, was featured today in a Winchester Star article headlined:
TIFFANY MARSHALL HAS A PLAN: /'I WANT TO HELP KIDS WORK THROUGH WHAT IS
GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES.'
By F.C. Lowe of The Winchester Star
FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS
TIMOTHY BEATLEY
Beatley, a land-use professor, was featured in a Madison (WI) Isthmus article headlined:
GREEN URBANISM AT THE NOLEN CONFERENCE
By Marc Eisen for the Madison Isthmus / May 10
GLENN GAESSER
Gaesser, a kinesiologist with the Curry School of Education, was cited in a Richmond.com article headlined:
STRANGE BUT TRUE / ANSWERS TO STRANGE QUESTIONS
By Bill and Rich Sones for Richmond.com / May 11
LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was
quoted today in a Cox News Service article headlined:
POLITICAL TROUBLE BREWING / PHONE RECORDS CONTROVERSY COULD COMPLICATE
HAYDEN'S CONFIRMATION
By Scott Shepard of the Cox News Service
ROBERT TURNER
Turner, associate director of the Center for National Security Law, was
quoted in a USA Today headline article headlined:
NSA SECRET DATABASE REPORT TRIGGERS FIERCE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON
By Susan Page of USA Today / May 11
UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS
U.VA. ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS COMPETE TO REBUILD NEW ORLEANS
'CHUCK IT FOR CHARITY:' U.VA. STUDENT CAST-OFFS BENEFIT LOCAL CHARITIES
U.VA.'S ROUSS HALL RENOVATION PROJECT FINALLY HITS 'ROCK BOTTOM'
This weeks' featured publication is IMPACT.
UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS
CAVS TO BE HEARD LOCALLY ON FM DIAL
By Doug Doughty of the Roanoke Times
In keeping with a growing trend in the coverage of college athletic
programs, Virginia has ended its nine-year association with WFIR-AM in
Roanoke and jumped to the FM dial. Starting in the fall, Bob-FM will serve as the Roanoke and Lynchburg home for Uva football games, men's basketball games and coaches'radio shows.
HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.
IF THERE'S A WILL
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
If departments want black science, math and engineering students to become faculty members, they should have mentors who want close relationships
with them, according to a recent study from the University of California at Berkeley.
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