Headlines @ U.Va.

Thursday, June 8, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

PRE-MED COURSE PACKAGES SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS
By Susan Kinzie of The Washington Post
The University of Virginia is launching a year-long premedical program that will allow career changers to complete all science prerequisites needed for medical school, officials said.

A-SCHOOL SET FOR NEW ADDITIONS
By Meg Mcevoy of C'VIlle Weekly
The UVA Architecture School will begin construction this summer on two additions that will add 20,000 square feet of office, classroom and exhibition space to the school, while also preparing Campbell Hall to mesh with the incoming Arts Grounds.

FACULTY ARTICLES AND OP-EDS

PETER BROOKS
Brooks, University Professor in the department of English, published an article on Slate.com headlined:
HIDE AND SEEK WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Peter Brooks for Slate.com / June 1

ROSA BROOKS
Brooks, associate professor of law, wrote an op-ed for The Los Angeles Times headlined:
CRYING OUT FOR A BABY SLEEP SOLUTION
By Rosa Brooks for The Los Angeles Times / June 1

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

RICHARD BONNIE
Bonnie, director of the University of Virginia's Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, was quoted in an article in The Washington Post headlined:
INMATE'S EXECUTION STILL SET FOR TONIGHT
By Candace Rondeaux of The Washington Post

JONATHAN HAIDT
Haidt, professor psychology, was featured in an article in C-Ville headlined:
GET HAPPY WITH ANCIENT WISDOM
By John Borgmeyer of C-Ville / June 6

ANDREW HORNIMAN
Horniman, professor at the Darden School of Business, was quoted in an article in Los Angeles Business Journal headlined:
BALANCING ACT: BIG BUCKS CAN RESULT FROM GOOD RESULTS OR BAD
By Joel Russell of Los Angeles Business Journal / June 4
(Text available on request.)

TIMOTHY NAFTALI
Naftali, associate professor and director of the Presidential Recordings Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, was quoted in an article in The Washington Post headlined:
THE AMATEUR SLEUTH WHO GAVE THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES A RED FACE
By Christopher Lee of The Washington Post

ALUMNI OBITUARIES IN THE NEWS

CARLENE R. LEWIS
Lewis, a 1983 graduate of the U.Va. Law School and a Houston lawyer who was on the forefront of litigation about the safety of the pain reliever Vioxx, died Monday. Her obituary in today's New York Times is headlined:
CARLENE LEWIS, 51, DIES; LAWYER WHO FOUGHT VIOXX
By Joseph B. Treaster of The New York Times

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. RANKED AMONG TOP UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE IN MAGAZINE'S SURVEY
OF NANOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS

U.VA. NURSES HONORED AS WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS

U.VA.'S 'STYLE OF POWER' EXHIBIT SHOWS HOW UPSTART AMERICANS
ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIALS

This week's featured publication is INSIDE UVA.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

MIXED BAG FOR HIGHER ED
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
Higher education lobbyists will take victories anywhere they can find them during these tight budget times, and they found some reason for optimism in the halls of a U.S. House of Representatives office building on Wednesday. The subcommittee that allocates funds for education, job training programs and the National Institutes of Health approved a 2007 spending bill that would increase the maximum Pell Grant award by $100 - to $4,150 - and sustain (at their 2006 funding levels) multiple programs that were slated for extinction in President Bush's proposed budget.

MAXIMUM PELL GRANT WOULD INCREASE IN 2007 UNDER BILL APPROVED BY HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE
By Kelly Field of The Chronicle of HIgher Education
An appropriations panel of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to raise the maximum Pell Grant next year by $100, to $4,150, but provide no increase for the National Institutes of Health. ... The Pell Grant increase would be the first in five years, and the proposal comes amid an intense lobbying campaign by a coalition of higher-education associations and Rep. Ric Keller, a Florida Republican who is chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees higher-education issues.

BIPARTISAN BACKING FOR SCIENCE
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) declared the House Science Committee a "political free zone" Wednesday before the committee overwhelmingly approved a package of legislation that aims to bolster America's science competitiveness and keep the National Science Foundation in the education game.

TRAINING PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Medical schools and teaching hospitals need to do more to recruit and train physician-scientists, according to a new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Among other things, the report calls for all medical school and residency programs to include some training on the "principles of translational and clinical science."

IPODS OVER BEER
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
College students rank iPods as more "in" than drinking beer, a rare instance in which alcohol-related activities do not come out on top of the rankings in a biannual market research survey, the Associated Press reported.

STUDENTS WANT NICE BUILDINGS / STUDY SHOWS STUDENTS REJECT COLLEGES WITH GRODY FACILITIES
By Cathy Harding of C-Ville Weekly
Looks aren't everything, but, according to a recent survey, a majority of college students think that looks count for a lot-at least when it comes to buildings. That could be good news for UVA, which has about 20 renovation and new construction projects planned, according to the Office of the Architect.

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