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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

U.VA. DOCTOR TESTING MEDICATION THAT BLOCKS HIGH FROM COCAINE
By Sarah Barry of The Daily Progress
Cocaine is less addictive than nicotine or some other drugs, says Dr. Bankole Johnson. But because of the extreme high it provides, Johnson said, it's often harder to give up. Cocaine, explained the University of Virginia chairman of psychiatric medicine, causes an incredible surge of the "pleasure molecule," dopamine, in the brain....But with the help of the prescription drug ondansetron, Johnson hopes to make kicking the dangerous habit much easier.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

GREGORY B. FAIRCHILD
Fairchild, professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, was quoted today in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
BUSINESS OWNER FINDS NICHE / WOMEN STILL FIGHT AGAINST STEREOTYPES AND WAGE GAP; YOUTH HELPS FUEL GROWTH
By Jeffrey Kelley of the Times-Dispatch

HOLLY HATCHER
Hatcher, assistant coordinator of programs at the Center for Politics, was cited in a Waynesboro News Virginian article headlined:
TAMING THE GRAND OLD PACHYDERM: IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR WOMEN TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS
By Alicia Petska of the News Virginian / May 30

DR. BANKOLE JOHNSON
Johnson, chairman of psychiatric medicine, was featured today in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article headlined:
UVA DOCTOR TESTING MEDICATION THAT BLOCKS HIGH FROM COCAINE
By Sarah Barry of The Daily Progress

MARGARET MILLER
Miller, a professor of higher education, was quoted May 28 in a Virginian-Pilot article headlined:
MOST 4-YEAR COLLEGES SEE GRADUATION RATES INCREASE
By Philip Walzer of The Virginian-Pilot / May 28

JONATHAN MORENO
Moreno, the director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics, was quoted in a Roanoke Times commentary headlined:
HOUSE POISED TO HALT STEM-CELL RESEARCH
By Brian J. Moran of the Roanoke Times / May 30

JOHN MUGLER
Mugler, professor of radiology and biomedical engineering, was cited in a United Press International article headlined:
MRI TECHNIQUE DETECTS EARLY EMPHYSEMA
By Christine Dell'amore of the United Press International / May 30

ROBERT M. O'NEIL
O'Neil, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of the First Amendment and a professor of law, was quoted in an Inside Higher Ed article headlined:
JUSTICES PUNT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
IN FINAL TERM, MINN. SENATOR CUTS LOOSE
By Frederic J. Frommer of the Associated Press / May 29
   
REPUBLICANS SEEK FAVOR WITH HOT ISSUES
By Judy Holland of the Hearst Newspapers / May 28

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

ALECKO ESKANDARIAN
Eskandarian, an outstanding forward for Cavalier soccer for three years who was selected in 2003 as the No. 1 pick in the MLS Superdraft by DC United, was featured in an article in today's Washington Post headlined:
FIERY PLAYER, SIMMERING CONSCIENCE / ESKANDARIAN'S PASSION EXTENDS TO HIS HERITAGE
By Mike Wise of the Washington Post

MONICA EILEEN MCTIGHE
McTighe, who completed her master's and Ph.D. at U.Va., was cited in a Boulder (CO) Daily Camera article headlined:
GOOD NEWS
By Jennifer Platte of the Daily Camera / May 28

NORA PAT SMALL
Small, who received her master's in architectural history from U.Va., was featured today in Mattoon (IL) Journal Gazette & Times-Courier article headlined:
PROFESSOR CITED FOR WORK WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS
By Kyle Mayhug of the Journal Gazette & Times-Courier

JOHN SNOW
Snow, the U.S. Treasury Secretary who earned a PhD from U.Va. and returned to Charlottesville for a short time as a visiting professor in economics, was featured today in a Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial headlined:
SNOW RESIGNS
By the Richmond Times-Dispatch

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

FEST REWARDS JUNIOR FACULTY FOR PIONEERING RESEARCH

U.VA. DOCTORS IDENTIFY NEW TARGET IN BATTLE AGAINST CROHN'S

U.VA. ALUM WARNER'S DOCUMENTARY REVIVES 'GOLDEN ERA OF NASCAR'

UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

ACC UNVEILS KICKOFF TIMES
Staff report in the Roanoke Times
The ACC announced starting times Tuesday for some of the Virginia Tech and Virginia football games this fall, and Thursday is a popular night.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

WITH SUCCESS OF COLLEGE GRANT PROGRAM COMES DEBATE OVER ITS RISING BUDGET
By John Files of The New York Times
A program that has helped thousands of students from the District of Columbia afford a college education could become a victim of its own success.

JUSTICES PUNT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
A divided U.S. Supreme Court severely narrowed the free speech rights of government employees in a ruling Tuesday in a whistle blower case. In doing so, the court touched on but largely sidestepped the question of whether the restrictive standard applies to employees of public colleges, in a way that concerned some proponents of academic freedom but heartened others.

WHAT REALLY COUNTS IN GETTING IN
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Study finds surprising correlations between certain extracurricular activities and college admissions - and Bourdieu may have provided explanations.

INTEREST RATES FOR VARIABLE FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS SET TO INCREASE TO 7.14% ON JULY 1
By Anne K. Walters of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Borrowers paying back their student loans will see a significant increase in the interest rates for federal student loans beginning on July 1. The interest rate for the loans is set to climb 1.84 percentage points this summer, to 7.14 percent, following the results of a Treasury Department auction held on Tuesday.

FUSS OVER A FINANCIAL AID 'FIX'
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
College aid directors clash over plan to correct Congressional drafting error by increasing loan interest rate for some parents.

SHOW US THE MONEY
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
Colleges and universities frequently tout the money they spend on new scholarships and buildings, but when it comes to investing the endowment, the waters are much murkier. A new report from the Sustainable Endowments Institute found that only trustees and senior administrators know how the endowment is invested at two-thirds of the 143 colleges and universities that responded to the question in a survey.

FINANCING GRADUATE SCHOOL
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
Just under three-quarters of graduate and first-professional students received some form of financial aid and more than half attended exclusively part-time in 2003-4, according to a study released Tuesday by the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics. The study examines how graduate and professional students paid for their educations.

INTERNATIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR RANKINGS
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed    
Higher education officials from more than a dozen countries have crafted a set of principles designed to standardize what they call "the global phenomenon of college and university rankings." The "Berlin Principles," as the series of good practices are called, touch on the purposes and goals of such rankings, the design and weighting of the measures used, collection and processing of data, and presentation. The principles were drafted at a meeting in Berlin this month convened by the UNESCO-European Center for Higher Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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