Tuesday, May 30, 2006
U.VA. LACROSSE IN THE NEWS
VIRGINIA'S TITLE RUN IS PICTURE PERFECT
By Christian Swezey of the Washington Post
Only after Virginia's 15-7 victory over Massachusetts in the NCAA men's lacrosse title game before 47,062 at Lincoln Financial Field [in Philadelphia] did the team begin to consider what it had accomplished. It was the first undefeated season and fourth NCAA title for Virginia (17-0).
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED / CAVS CAP PERFECT SEASON WITH TITLE
By Whitelaw Reid of The Daily Progress / May 29
UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS
ONE MAN'S GARBAGE...
By Sarah Barry of The Daily Progress / May 29
[...] For the last three years, UVa's Community Relations Office has partnered with either the Salvation Army or Good Will Industries to annually pick up student's unwanted items. This year, the pick-up day was Thursday. "The goods are unbelievable - they are virtually brand new," said Ida Lee Wootten, director of the community relations office. She added that students are often recycling anything from sofas to rugs to computers.
UVA WAGE PROTESTORS APPEAL PENALTY
By John Yellig of The Daily Progress / May 28
Seventeen University of Virginia students convicted of violating the school's behavior code during a four-day sit-in calling for a "living wage" are appealing their punishments, saying writing letters of "apology and thanks" to police and school administrators would cause
them to violate the school's honor code by forcing them to lie.
COX'S ARMY: U.VA. TEAM HAS WINNING COAST DESIGN
By Dave McNair of The Hook
It's been a big year for UVA architecture professor and ex-Charlottesville mayor Maurice Cox. Last November, Cox was invited to serve on the Mayors Institute on City Design for the Gulf Cities resource team, coaching dozens of Gulf Coast mayors on ways to rebuild their cities. In February, he and colleague Robin Dripps took their graduate students down to New Orleans to see the devastation close up and speak with other architects and government officials, collecting information in preparation for an upcoming design competition.
PAST OVERDUE / LIBRARY TO RAISE FINES FOR SOME LOST BOOKS
By Brent D. Wistrom of The Wichita Eagle / May 28
If the book you have borrowed from the Wichita Public Library is worth more than $40, the staff has a simple request for you. Please return it. … In one case, someone checked out a genealogy book that Wichita librarians borrowed from the University of Virginia library. Two hours after it was checked out, it was reported missing. But it was quickly found when the reader learned she would have to pay $100. In this case, the fee was higher because the library knew the book's purchase price. Because of the near loss, the University of Virginia now allows its materials to be used only inside of Wichita's libraries, Berner Harris said.
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS
FAMILY FOCUS / ARE YOU BIASED?
By Greg Brooks of the Faith & Purpose Network for KAIT-TV 8
I realized the other day that I had taught my son to be biased...Researchers from Harvard University, the University of Washington and the University of Virginia have teamed up to form a group called Project Implicit. Among other goals, they seek to study the roots of "implicit bias"-those thoughts, feelings, and judgments that run so deep as to be beyond conscious awareness. They have developed a series of tests, available online at https://implicit.harvard.edu that screen for the presence of implicit bias in several areas: gender, race, age, sexual orientation, weight, disability, and religion.
STUDENTS IN THE NEWS
MARK C. HARDMAN
Hardman, a U.Va. law student who won the USA National Collegiate Championships, is quoted in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headlined:
COMMUNITY NOTES: NEWSPORT NEWS CYCLIST WINS NATIONAL EVENT
By Ed Richards of the Daily Press
FACULTY ARTICLES AND OP-EDS
ROSA BROOKS
Brooks, a law professor, wrote a commentary for The Los Angeles Times headlined:
BUSH'S $15-A-BARREL BLUNDER
By Rosa Brooks for The Los Angeles Times / May 26
VANESSA L. OCHS
Ochs, the Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies, wrote a commentary for the New Jersey Jewish News headlined:
WHERE'S THE LOVE? / JEWS 'DO' JUSTICE, HOLINESS, FORGIVENESS. SO HOW ABOUT THE MOST BASIC OF HUMAN EMOTIONS?
By Vanessa L. Ochs for the New Jersey Jewish News / May 26
ROBERT F. TURNER
Turner, associate director of the Center for National Security Law, wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal headlined:
CONGRESS ISN'T ABOVE THE LAW
By Robert F. Turner for The Wall Street Journal / May 27
FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS
DR. ROBERT S. BROWN SR.
Brown, clinical professor of psychiatric medicine, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
'YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO THINK,' VETERAN SAYS / HE AND OTHERS RECALL WHAT'S IT LIKE TO TRY TO STAY ALIVE DURING WAR
By Alberta Lindsey of the Times-Dispatch / May 29
MAURICE COX
Cox, professor in the School of Architecture, was featured in an article in The Hook headlined:
COX'S ARMY: U.VA. TEAM HAS WINNING COAST DESIGN
By Dave McNair of The Hook
PAT MICHAELS
Michaels, research professor and state climatologist and author of
"Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists,
Politicians and the Media," was mentioned in an article in Sunday's
Washington Post headlined:
THE TEMPEST: AS EVIDENCE MOUNTS THAT HUMANS ARE CAUSING DANGEROUS CHANGES IN
EARTH'S CLIMATE, A HANDFUL OF SKEPTICS ARE PROVIDING SOME SERIOUS BLOWBACK
By Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post / May 28
EDGAR OLSEN
Olsen, an economics professor, was quoted in a Pueblo (CO) Chieftain article headlined:
KATRINA COTTAGES: A FIX FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
By Knight-Ridder Newspapers
DR. JOANN PINKERTON
Pinkerton, director of the Midlife Health Center, was quoted May 26 in a Newhouse News Service article headlined:
WOMEN'S MENOPAUSE CHOICES CAN BE DAUNTING
By Sarah Crump of the Newhouse News Service / May 26
MITCH ROSEN
Rosen, the chief technology officer at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, was quoted in an article in Computer World headlined:
IBM TOUTS HARDWARE, SOFTWARE TO CUT DATA CENTER ENERGY COSTS
By Linda Rosencrance of Computer World / May 23
LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, professor of politics, was quoted in an article in Monday's
Washington Post headlined:
IN FINAL TERM, MINN. SENATOR CUTS LOOSE
By Frederic J. Frommer of the Associated Press / Monday
JOSHUA SCOTT
Scott, the program director for the Center for Politics, was quoted May 27 in a Potomac News article headlined:
DEMOCRATS EYE 50TH DISTRICT
By Kafia Hosh of the Potomac News / May 27
ROBERT F. TURNER
Turner, a law professor, was cited May 27 in a National Review online item headlined:
"Congressmen Aren't Above the Law ... and bribery isn't 'Speech or Debate'"
By Andrew McCarthy for National Review Online / May 27
IDA LEE WOOTEN
Wooten, director of U.Va.'s community relations office, was quoted in an article in the Daily Progress headlined:
ONE MAN'S GARBAGE...
By Sarah Barry of The Daily Progress / May 29
FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS
OBITUARIES IN THE NEWS
ORGANIST, MUSIC TEACHER YVAINE DUISIT, 75, DIES
By Sarah Barry of The Daily Progress / May 28
Yvaine Duisit spent her life bringing music into the hearts of others. Playing the organ and piano, she performed at various concerts in Charlottesville and played at St. Paul's Memorial Church for almost 30 years. On Thursday, Duisit passed away at home after a long and difficult battle with cancer. She was 75. "Music was kind of the ruling religion at our house," said Duisit's daughter Vivian Duisit Heeden. "We thought it was normal. We thought everyone spoke French and played an instrument."
ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
DR. FRANCIS COLLINS
Collins, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, was featured May 28 in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
SCIENTIST SPEAKS, SINGS TO R-MC GRADS
By Juan Antonio Lizama of the Times-Dispatch / May 28
KATIC COURIC
Couric, a U.Va. grad who has hosted NBC's morning "Today" show for 15 years, will change networks tomorrow to anchor the "CBS Evening News." A feature on Couric ran in today's Washington Post headlined:
KATIE COURIC, THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW AFTER 15 YEARS AT 'TODAY,' CBS-BOUND HOST IS READY TO BEGIN HER NEXT CHAPTER
By Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post
KIMBERLY DOZIER
Dozier, 39, a CBS correspondent who had reported on the deteriorating situation in Iraq for nearly three years, was critically injured in a car bombing in Iraq that wounded six American soldiers and killed four, including two CBS newsmen. Dozier earned a master's degree in foreign affairs, specializing in the Middle East, from U.Va. She was featured in an article in The New York Times headlined:
2 AT CBS NEWS DIE IN BAGHDAD ON BLOODY DAY
By John F. Burns of the New York Times / Monday
CBS CORRESPONDENT SAID TO BE RESPONSIVE
By Christoph Noelting of The Associated Press
TINA FEY
Fey, a U.Va. graduate, was featured May 26 in a Hartford (Conn.) Courant article headlined:
GA BIDS ADIEU TO CLASS OF '06
By Keach Hagey of the Hartford Courant / May 26
COLLEEN GIBBONS
Gibbons, an alumna of U.Va., was quoted May 27 in a Daily Progress article headlined:
THE 'EVAN ALMIGHTY' EFFECT / SEQUEL BRINGS IN FLOOD OF MONEY TO CHARLOTTESVILLE REGION
By Jessica Kitchin of The Daily Progress / May 27
TOM SHADYAK
Shadyak, an alumnus of U.Va., was quoted May 27 in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article headlined:
THE 'EVAN ALMIGHTY' EFFECT / SEQUEL BRINGS IN FLOOD OF MONEY TO CHARLOTTESVILLE REGION
By Jessica Kitchin of The Daily Progress / May 27
AL WEED
Weed, a general surgeon in the U.S. Army who attended medical school and completed his residency at U.Va., is featured in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headined:
AN ER GOES TO WAR
By Stephanie Heinatz of the Daily Press / May 28
UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS / http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/
'QUEEN OF SLAG': LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT JULIE BARGMANN TRANSFORMS INDUSTRIAL WASTELANDS
SRIP AIMS FOR LONG-TERM DIVERSITY IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE: TAKE PART IN DISCOVERIES THAT DEFINE CENTURY
UVA ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS
CAVS WILL HOST BASEBALL REGIONAL
Staff report for the Roanoke Times
Virginia will host an NCAA baseball regional this weekend on Davenport Field at the UVa Baseball Stadium.
HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
STATE SPENDING ON STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PICKED UP IN 2004-5, SURVEY FINDS
By Karin Fischer of The Chronicle of Higher Education
State spending on student financial aid rose by more than 8 percent in the 2004-5 academic year, amid signs that efforts by states to expand financial assistance may be catching up with the growth in public-college tuition.
FACILITIES CAN PLAY KEY ROLE IN STUDENTS' ENROLLMENT DECISIONS, STUDY FINDS
By Audrey Williams June of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Do dormitories, libraries, academic buildings, and student unions really help colleges land -- and keep -- students? A new study sponsored by the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers says the answer is a clear-cut yes. However, the buildings that matter most to students may not be the ones college administrators and others would expect.
THE LONG (AND SOMETIMES EXPENSIVE) ROAD TO THE SAT
By Julie Bick of The New York Times / Saturday
Tutors, books and podcasts all have the same goal: to raise a test score.
ANOTHER ROUND (OR FIVE)
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed
New study shows many students greatly exceed traditional criteria for binge drinking, and urges focus on those most at risk.
A TEXAS MILLIONAIRE PLOTS THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION / AS CHAIRMAN OF A FEDERAL COMMISSION, CHARLES MILLER CHALLENGES THE 'CHANGE RESISTANT' CULTURE OF COLLEGES
By Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Charles Miller, a self-made millionaire, relishes his role as both insider and provocateur at the head of the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
THE FUTURE OF A DINOSAUR
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
The calculus book of the future might be a lithe guidebook peppered with Web links. It might just be downloaded to a Pocket PC. Or maybe it will be a wiki, compiled at the editorial discretion of the calculus professors, and, perhaps, students. Those were just a few of the ideas trotted out at the National Science Foundation-sponsored "Reconsidering the Textbook" workshop in Washington last week.
THE VALUE OF INTERVENTION
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Enrolling students in college really doesn't do anyone much good if they fail and drop out. When those students are low-income and/or minority students, the loss is particularly distressing to educators at community colleges that reach out to such students. Those are the ideas behind a growing movement in community colleges to find ways to help students - even those with very poor high school preparation - succeed.
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