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Friday, June 2, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

EXPLORING CHARLOTTESVILLE
By the Richmond Times Dispatch
Today's Richmond Times-Dispatch features a special section, "Exploring Charlottesville," which prominently features the University in the articles listed below.

EDUCATION AT THE CITY'S CORE: U.VA., A CENTER OF INTELLECT / JEFFERSON'S ACADEMIC VILLAGE, WHICH OPENED IN 1825, NOW SERVES NEARLY 20,000 STUDENTS
By Rex Bowman of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Everyone in Charlottesville knows when classes have resumed at the University of Virginia. The city's population swells from 40,000 to 60,000, the stores and streets are suddenly crowded with young people, and blue and orange are the most common colors....Thomas Jefferson's beloved academic village first opened its doors to students in March 1825, and since then, the institution has defined the city as a vibrant center of intellectual life.

JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA: A NEW BASKETBALL COURT AND MORE
By Carlos Santos of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
The massive $130 million John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia, expected to be an economic boon to Charlottesville, is set to open by early July. "We're right on target," said Dick Laurance, project director. "It's really starting to look good."

THE PLACE FOR WEDDINGS: GOING TO THE CHAPEL - REPEATEDLY / EACH YEAR, FROM 125 TO 175 COUPLES TIE THE KNOT JUST OFF U.VA.'S LAWN
By Tina Eshleman of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Late-afternoon sun illuminates the tan stone face of the University of Virginia Chapel as wedding guests linger outside. The bride and groom pose for pictures near a garden wall off the historic Lawn. The grass is a rich green, the sky blue and the temperature just right on this Saturday in May. It's a beautiful day for a wedding. Or three.

TIME CAPSULES: GOODBYE, FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT WE CAN'T RAISE A GLASS
By Larry Hall of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
The 1930 Thanksgiving Day football game at the University of Virginia made history on and off the field. For weeks, U.Va. football fans eagerly awaited the milestone contest. It was the final game of the last full football season at Lambeth Field, site of U.Va. home games since 1902. Football would leave the venerable old playing field for greener pastures with the 1931 dedication of the $300,000 Scott Stadium.

ARTS AND EDUCATION: A CITY THAT THRIVES ON 2 IDENTITIES / AN ECLECTIC MIX OF UNIVERSITY, CHIC SHOPS DRIVES A VIBRANT AREA
By Carlos Santos of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
[...] The first heart of Charlottesville is the downtown pedestrian mall -- one of only two in the state -- home to shops, art galleries, restaurants, outdoor cafés, street vendors, street musicians and the new but already famous First Amendment monument. The second heart of the city is over at the sprawling but architecturally beautiful University of Virginia, a short mile or so from downtown, at the Rotunda and the Lawn. The Lawn, flanked by pavilions that once served as classrooms, is the centerpiece of founder Thomas Jefferson's academic village.

OPENING UP THE ELITES
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
In recent years, driven in part by the publication of books like William G. Bowen's Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education and Jerome Karabel's The Chosen, a small but steadily growing number of elite private and public colleges have embraced the idea that they must do a much better job of opening their doors to students from low-income families. Private institutions such as Princeton University and Amherst College and selective public institutions like the Universities of Virginia and North Carolina at Chapel Hill have altered their financial aid programs and, to a lesser extent, their admissions policies with the goal of expanding the number of underprivileged students they enroll.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

OBESITY IN PUBERTY LINKED TO HORMONE DISORDER
By Will Boggs, MD for Reuters / June 1
Girls who are obese during the early stages of puberty have an increased risk of developing abnormally high levels of androgens, a type of steroid hormone, according to a report in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. ... "I would be pleased if these findings contribute to an increased awareness that hyperandrogenemia may be more common in obese children and adolescents, and that relative hyperandrogenemia may be present very early on (i.e., even before clinical puberty is evident)," Dr. Christopher R. McCartney from the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, told Reuters Health.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

SAADIQ EL-AMIN
Saadiq El-Amin, a medical resident at U.Va., was cited in a New Carrollton (MD) Gazette article headlined:
FLOWERS GRADUATES CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENTS
By Jennifer Donatelli of The Gazette / June 1

MATT WARD
Ward, who led the Cavalier men's lacrosse team to the NCAA national championship, was featured in an article in the Daily Progress headlined:
U.VA.'S WARD WINS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
By Daily Progress staff reports

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

VANESSA OCHS
Ochs, director of Jewish studies at U.Va., was quoted today in a New York Forward article headlined:
COUPLE'S WEDDING PROJECT BECOMES A SIDE BUSINESS
By Eli Kintisch for the New York Forward

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted today in an Associated Press article headlined:
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DECLINES TO RESIGN DESPITE GOVERNOR'S REQUEST
By the Associated Press
    
BLUE SPOT IN A RED STATE: POLITICS? WELL, IT'S NO CONTEST HERE / REPUBLICANS, BEWARE! CITY CONTINUES TO BE A DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD
By Tina Eshleman of the Times-Dispatch
   
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL GROUPS ADDING TO HARD-EDGE PARTISANSHIP IN ELECTION
By Scott Shepard of the Cox News Service / June 1

ELIZABETH TEISBERG
Teisberg, professor at the Darden School and co-author of "Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results" was interviewed in a Managed Care Magazine article headlined:
THEY WROTE THE BOOK ON FIXING THE SYSTEM
By Patrick Mullen of Managed Care Magazine / May 2006

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

JAMES NACHMAN
Nachman, a U.Va. graduate, is featured today in a Richmond Times dispatch article headlined:
DEMOCRATS PICK ATTORNEY TO OPPOSE CANTOR / LONGTIME ACTIVIST NACHMAN BLASTS CONGRESSMAN ON WAR AND 'FAILED' BUSH POLITICS
By Tyler Whitley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

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UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

U.VA.'S WARD WINS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
By Daily Progress staff reports
The accolades just keep on coming for Virginia’s Matt Ward. Three days after leading UVa to an NCAA Championship and being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, the Oakton native was named the winner of the 2006 Tewaaraton Trophy, given annually to the top lacrosse player in the nation.

HAGAN MAKES THE MOST OF HIS FINAL UVA AT-BATS
By Doug Doughty of the Roanoke Times
[...] There was talk of [Tom] Hagan having grounds for a hardship appeal that would have made him eligible for a fifth year, but he will conclude his career in the NCAA tournament, which begins today in Charlottesville, where Virginia (46-13) entertains Lehigh (28-26) at 3 p.m.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

ENROLLMENTS KEEP RISING, AND MOST ARE WOMEN, SAYS ANNUAL REPORT ON 'CONDITION OF EDUCATION'
By The Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Education Department issued its annual compendium of education statistics on Thursday, and the higher-education data in the 379-page report largely confirm or extend trends depicted in previous editions of the report, particularly in its description of the rising number of female students. According to the report, "The Condition of Education 2006," more students than ever before are enrolling in college, total enrollment will set new records each year through 2015, and most of those new students are and will be female. At the graduate and professional level, as among undergraduates, women are outpacing men, in raw numbers and in particular fields, and according to projections in the report, women will widen the gap over the next decade.

COLLEGE STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BIBLE, ENGLISH PROFESSORS SAY IN SURVEY
By Thomas Bartlett of The Chronicle of Higher Education
College students need to be more familiar with the Bible, according to a report based on a survey of 39 English professors from different types of institutions across the country.

MARKETING WILL BE KEY TO GROWTH AS ENROLLMENT PATTERNS SHIFT, CONFERENCE SPEAKERS SAY
By Elyse Ashburn of The Chronicle of Higher Education
College branding and marketing will grow in importance as institutions have to rely more heavily on adult students and online education to increase enrollments, industry experts said at a conference here this week.

ENDOWMENTS CAN BECOME TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
By Mark B. Schneider / Commentary for The Chronicle of Higher Education
Dozens of academic institutions, even small colleges, have endowments of at least $1-billion, despite losses following the burst of the dot-com bubble. Because colleges and universities see a generous endowment as a top priority, endowments have grown faster than budgets. That prompts two questions: When is an endowment big enough? And can an endowment be too big? There must be at least some rough ideal value for an endowment. Certainly endowments can't outpace institutional budgets forever.

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