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Wednesday, June 7, 2006

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

NEW TEST CREATED FOR LEG ARTERY DISEASE
By United Press International / June 6
University of Virginia doctors are creating a diagnostic technique for peripheral arterial disease, a condition affecting up to 12 million Americans. Researchers say peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, occurs when arteries taking blood to one's legs are blocked by atherosclerotic plaque. The incidence of PAD is expected to rise in coming decades as the population ages.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

NICOLE EICKHOFF
Eickhoff, a student in the College, was mentioned in an article in today's Daily Progress headlined:
CLUB TO ADDRESS DELINQUENCY / PROGRAM TO HELP TEENS AVOID GANGS
By The Daily Progress
(Not available online.)

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ROB LOCKRIDGE
Lockridge, the Richmond-based executive assistant to U.Va.'s president, was quoted in an article in today's Washington Post headlined:
LACK OF VA. BUDGET RATTLES CASH-STRAPPED AGENCIES / KAINE MAKES PLANS TO KEEP STATE RUNNING
By Michael D. Shear and Rosalind S. Helderman of The Washington Post

WILLIAM LUCY
Lucy, professor of planning in the School of Architecture, was quoted in a story on NPR's "Morning Edition" headlined:
CUL-DE-SACS: SUBURBAN DREAM OR DEAD END?
By John Nielsen of National Public Radio

TIMOTHY NAFTALI
Naftali, associate professor of history and director of the Presidential Recordings Program at U.Va.'s Miller Center of Public Affairs, was quoted in an article in today's Washington Post headlined:
CIA TIES WITH EX-NAZIS SHOWN / ANTI-COMMUNIST EFFORT IS DETAILED IN AGENCY RECORDS
By Christopher Lee of The Washington Post

C.I.A. KNEW WHERE EICHMANN WAS HIDING, DOCUMENTS SHOW
By Scott Shane of The New York Times

ABDULAZIZ SACHEDINA
Sachedina, professor of religious studies, was quoted in an article in Science and Theology News headlined:
GOD, STEM CELLS AND PUBLIC POLICY
By Cynthia B. Cohen for Science and Theology News / June 6

DAVID SMITH and FRANCIS WARNOCK
Smith, a professor at the McIntire School of Commerce, and Warnock, a professor at the Darden School of Business, were cited in an article in the Financial Times headlined:
GLOBAL GROWING PAINS
By Arturo Bis for FT.com

RICHARD GUY WILSON
Wilson, professor of art history, was quoted in an article in the Orlando Sentinel headlined:
RESTORING TIFFANY'S GLORY
By  Michael McLeod of the Orlando Sentinel / June 4

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

CLAUDIO REYNA
Reyna, a U.Va. graduate and former standout on the men's soccer team, is featured in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
HEALTH MAY PLAY A BIG ROLE
By Connor Ennis of the Times-Dispatch

BRIAN WEINBERG
Weinberg, who holds an MFA in creative writing and is on the faculty of the Eastern Kentucky University Summer Creative Writing Conference, was cited in a news release headlined:
CREATIVE WRITING FACULTY TO GIVE PUBLIC READINGS

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

UNIVERSITY'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL JOINS STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP FOR
NANOTECHNOLOGY, WINS NSF GRANT

U.VA. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND NBC 29 RAISE OVER $1.8M DURING TELETHON

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UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

SOME U.VA. FOOTBALL TIMES SET
From wire reports for the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Starting times for half of the University of Virginia football team's 2006 regular-season games have been set. Virginia will open the season Sept. 2 with a 7 p.m. game at Pittsburgh.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- VIRGINIA

PANEL LAUDS STATE'S EFFORT FOR COLLEGES
By Andrew Petrofsky of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
It's still too soon to tell whether last year's restructuring of Virginia's higher-education system is a success or a failure, says a report released yesterday. But the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education report also says that Virginia's move to change the relationship between its public colleges and state government is a model worth national attention and study.

OTHER VIRGINIA GOVERNMENT NEWS OF INTEREST

LACK OF VA. BUDGET RATTLES CASH-STRAPPED AGENCIES / KAINE MAKES PLANS TO KEEP STATE RUNNING
By Michael D. Shear and Rosalind S. Helderman of the Washington Post
Virginia agencies have begun to run out of money as the end of the fiscal year approaches without a new state budget in place, prompting promises by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) and the legislature to pay workers, keep services operating and avoid a government shutdown July 1. ..."Everyone's been going along thinking this is not going to happen," said Rob Lockridge, the Richmond-based executive assistant to the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S president. "Now, a lot of things are coming together. This is really a 'how could this be happening?' moment." At their monthly meeting Monday, Virginia Tech officials might ask the Board of Visitors to empower the university's president and the board's executive committee to decide how to continue school operations should money run out, university spokesman Larry Hincker said.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

CAN TOUGH GRADES BE FAIR GRADES?
By Samuel G. Freedman of The New York Times
At Boston University, some students suspect the school is forcing grades to conform to a curve, which may not be a bad thing in the end.

PAYING FOR COLLEGE: PAPER OR PLASTIC?
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
To cut costs, some colleges are turning to a third-party vendor for transactions involving credit card tuition payments.

HARD CHOICES AS LOAN INTEREST RATES RISE
By John O'Neil of The New York Times
Thousands of students, graduates and parents are facing the same financial problem this month: how to deal with the big rise in interest rates that will soon hit their federal student loans. On May 30, the United States Education Department announced its annual adjustment of the interest rates on existing federal student loans; on July 1, those rates will increase. The only way students, and graduates repaying their debt, can avoid the increase is to consolidate - or refinance - their loans at a fixed rate. The deadline for consolidation is June 30.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL MASS
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
Some selective institutions go to great lengths to recruit talented minority students and to make sure they graduate, but less attention is paid to how well they do en route to crossing the stage. According to a report published by the Institute for the Study of Social Change, at the University of California at Berkeley, black, Hispanic, and Native American students are even more underrepresented among high-achieving students in college than they are among the college population generally.

AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES

HARVARD TO START HUMAN-CLONING EXPERIMENTS
By Richard Monastersky of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Two groups at Harvard University announced on Tuesday that they have received approval to start human-cloning research aimed at creating lines of embryonic stem cells to study and treat diseases. "We are convinced that work in embryonic stem cells holds enormous promise for developing treatments for a host of presently intractable adult and childhood diseases, including but not limited to diabetes, blood disorders, immune disorders, Parkinson's disease, cancers, and heart disease," Steven E. Hyman, Harvard's provost, said during a teleconference.

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