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Tuesday, May 22, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

UVA TOASTS A TOP CLASS
    Editorial: The Daily Progress / May 21
The University of Virginia celebrates another year of academic achievement today as thousands of students and their proud families create a pageant of gratitude and flowing robes from the Rotunda to Old Cabell Hall. About 5,000 students will receive diplomas as today's celebrations mark a change in the rhythm of the Charlottesville area's largest economic and cultural engine. A summertime pace and a few more parking places transform the university on Monday from today's full roar to a pleasant hum of activity befitting an institution that functions as a city creating human capital.

'LIVING WAGE' PROTESTERS ACQUITTED
    By Liesel Nowak of The Daily Progress
A Charlottesville judge Monday acquitted 17 University of Virginia students charged with trespassing during a four-day April sit-in, finding that school officials and police sent mixed messages during the arrest. The student protesters, family and friends celebrated outside Charlottesville General District Court after the ruling, vowing to keep campaigning for what they call a living wage for all UVa employees.

A SEARCH FOR MEANING IN THE MEANS / SCORE VARIATIONS ON THE SAT WORRY SOME ADMISSIONS DEANS, BUT OTHERS URGE PATIENCE
    By Eric Hoover of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Why SAT scores dropped this spring at some colleges, but not others, is an enigma. As some admissions deans fret, however, others insist there is no cause for alarm - at least not yet. But everyone is curious. ...At the University of Virginia, SAT scores jumped by at least nine points on both sections for applicants, as well as for accepted students, though that did not prompt any great celebration in UVa's admissions office. "Scores go up and down - the difference this year is so small that it's not significant," says John A. Blackburn, Virginia's dean of undergraduate admissions. "If it were a pattern year after year after year, then I would worry about the trend."

A PREGNANT CAUSE / STUDENT MOTHERS SAY SOME SMALL COLLEGES MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO STAY IN SCHOOL
    By Elizabeth F. Farrell of The Chronicle of Higher Education
[...] The services available to students with children vary greatly depending on an institution's resources... At Berkeley, students on both sides of the abortion debate raised enough money to install diaper-changing stations in many of the campus bathrooms. Students at the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA started a free baby-sitting service for student parents. And at Maryland, advocacy organizations helped form a support group for pregnant students and those with children.

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW IN THE NEWS

ALL JAZZED UP: GENOWAYS KEEPS VQR SHINING
    By Dave McNair of The Hook / May 18
Back in 2004, the Hook had already picked up on Virginia Quarterly Review editor Ted Genoways magic touch. "Ted doesn't just have ideas," UVA professor Stephen Cushman told the Hook in a Facetime feature. "He makes them happen, and he does so fast."

FULL MARKS FOR A SMALL QUARTERLY
    By Sarah T. Williams of the Minneapolis Star Tribune / May 19
When Ted Genoways, a Minnesota Historical Society Press alum, took the reins three years ago at Virginia Quarterly Review in Charlottesville, he had more than the usual new-job challenges.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

OP-ED: VIRGINIA CANNOT TURN ITS BACK ON STEM-CELL RESEARCH
    By Brian J. Moran, House of Delegates, for the (Hampton Roads) Daily Press / May 20
Statewide media have reported that House Republicans are blocking a responsible budget that invests in transportation. However, little attention has been paid to what the House Republicans are doing in advancing a number of objectionable socially conservative initiatives in that budget. Possibly the most egregious is a provision in their budget that ... could cut off funding for the cancer center at Virginia Commonwealth University and research into juvenile diabetes at the University of Virginia.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

TOM HAGAN
  Hagan, the first baseman for the Cavaliers baseball team, was named to the All-ACC baseball team. The senior first baseman leads the Cavaliers (45-11) with a .468 on-base percentage and is second with a .363 average.
HAGAN NAMED TO ALL-ACC TEAM
By The Roanoke Times staff reports

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

JOHN A. BLACKBURN
   Blackburn, dean of undergraduate admissions, is quoted in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education in an article headlined:
A SEARCH FOR MEANING IN THE MEANS / SCORE VARIATIONS ON THE SAT WORRY SOME ADMISSIONS DEANS, BUT OTHERS URGE PATIENCE
By Eric Hoover of The Chronicle of Higher Education

TED GENOWAYS
     Genoways, editor of Virginia Quarterly Review, was interviewed for an article in The Hook headlined:
ALL JAZZED UP: GENOWAYS KEEPS VQR SHINING
By Dave McNair of The Hook / May 18

JONATHAN HAIDT
    Haidt, psychologist and author of "The Happiness Hypothesis," was featured in a Scientific American book review headlined:
FAVORED BY THE GODS / HAPPINESS, ACCORDING TO CURRENT SCIENTIFIC THINKING, DEPENDS LESS ON OUR CIRCUMSTANCES THAN ON OUR GENETIC ENDOWMENT
By George Johnson for the Scientific American / June 2006

WENDY HUBER
    Huber, associate director of admissions for the Darden Graduate School of Business, was interviewed for an article in About.com headlined:
BUSINESS SCHOOL ADMISSIONS: DARDEN ADMISSIONS
By Karen Schweitzer of About.com / May 9

PAUL LOMBARDO
    Lombardo, director of a program in law and medicine at the Center for Biomedical Ethics, was quoted in a Raleigh News & Observer article headlined:
A SHAMEFUL PAST   
By Janell Ross of The News & Observer / May 22

LARRY J. SABATO
    Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article headlined:
LAWMAKER, DEMOCRATS FEEL THE CHILL / A PROBE NOTABLE FOR ITS FREEZER SEARCH MAKES IT TOUGHER FOR THE PARTY TO USE THE CORRUPTION ISSUE.
By Faye Fiore of the Los Angeles Times
    MILBERG WEISS GAVE TOP DEMOCRATS FUNDING
By Jeremy Pelofsky of Reuters News Service / May 22

PETER SHERAS
    Sheras, associate professor of psychology and a clinical psychologist, was quoted in an article in today's Washington Post headlined:
HUMOR, RHYMES WITH TUMOR / IN THIS CARTOONIST'S VIEW OF HER CANCER, NOTHING IS IMMUNE FROM LAUGHTER
By Jennifer Huget for the Washington Post / May 23

MICHAEL WEBER
    Weber, director of the U.Va. Cancer Center, had a letter to the editor published in the New York Times headlined:
DON'T GIVE UP THE DIABETES FIGHT
By Michael Weber in The New York Times / May 21

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS / http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/
'ADVENTURE, DISCOVERY, SURPRISE' MARK FINAL EXERCISES

GUIDING THE WAY: RECENT GRADS SHOW HIGH-SCHOOLERS PATH TO COLLEGE

PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION EARNS DEQ CERTIFICATION FOR 'ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE'

UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

"VOICE OF THE CAVALIERS' LEAVES WINA / WILL CAVALIER SPORTS MARKETING RENEW THEIR SWEET DEAL WITH U.VA.?
    By Will Goldsmith of C-Ville Weekly
Mac McDonald, the "Voice of the Cavaliers," announced last Wednesday morning that, as of June 1, he will no longer be a regular on WINA 1070 AM's morning show. Program Director Jay James says McDonald is leaving to focus on his duties at UVA sports, which will be expanding to include more personal appearances and Web duties. Sports Director Jed Williams will fill in at WINA for the interim.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

NEW SOURCE OF 'TOUGH LOVE' FOR COLLEGES
    By Doug LEderman of Inside Higher Ed
Vedder, Ohio U. professor and member of U.S. higher ed panel, plans a new research center on colleges' efficiency and productivity.

EXPORT PANEL PRAISED BY HIGHER ED GROUPS
    By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
To the relief of university officials, the Commerce Department on Monday formally announced that it would create a panel to advise it on the potential impact of changes in the "deemed export" policy. Earlier versions of proposals under the policy were seen as likely to discourage foreign scholars from studying or working in the United States.

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