Thursday, June 15, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

NEW COLLEGE INSTITUTE BECOMES REALITY; CLASSES PLANNED / GOV. TIM KAINE SIGNED THE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE THE SCHOOL, WHICH WILL OFFER ITS FIRST CLASSES THROUGH A VARIETY OF VIRGINIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
By Mason Adams of the Roanoke Times
Years of work by advocates for a new public college in Southside culminated
Wednesday, as Gov. Tim Kaine signed legislation to create the New College
Institute, and officials announced its first classes will begin this fall.
... The classes -- offered through Longwood University, Radford University,
Averett University, Ferrum College and the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA -- will
help provide Southside students with master's and bachelor's degrees in
criminal justice, business administration, health and education programs.
    
KAINE CEREMONIALLY SIGNS BILL CREATING SOUTHSIDE COLLEGE
By the Associated Press for the (Hampton Roads) Daily Press / June 14
   
GOVERNOR SIGNS OFF ON COLLEGE
By Jonnelle Davis of the (Danville) Register & Bee

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

CAR CRASH DEATH RATE FOR SENIORS, ALREADY HIGH, EXPECTED TO RISE
By the Insurance Journal
A study co-authored by a University of Virginia professor suggests that seniors citizens will die in car accidents at a higher rate in the years ahead as America's 75 million baby boomers age, grow more frail and continue to drive. ... "In general, older people are more susceptible to injury than younger people," said Richard Kent, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at U.Va.s' School of Engineering and Applied Science. "As the population ages, the ratio of women to men also changes, going from 1-to-1 for young people to 100 women for every 35 men by age 85. And women tend to be more frail than men, making them more susceptible to injury."

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ALISON BEAVER
Beaver, director of health promotion at the Elson Student Health Center, was quoted today in an Inside Higher ed asrticle headlined:
SLEEPY HOLLOW
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed

ROBERT BRUNER
Bruner, dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration,
was quoted in an article in yesterday's TheStreet.com headlined:
BOUTIQUE BANKS PINCHED
By Lauren Rae Silva of TheStreet.com Wall Street Reporter / Wednesday

JAMES CHILDRESS
Childress, professor of ethics, was quoted in an article in yesterday's
edition of Red Orbit headlined:
SHOULD KIDNEYS BE FOR SALE?
By Elizabeth Newell of Red Orbit / Wednesday

A.E. DICK HOWARD
Howard, a constitutional law professor, was quoted June 14 in a Bloomberg News Service article headlined:
SCALIA SPARKS DEBATE OVER ROLE OF JUDGES BOTH ON BENCH AND OFF
By Greg Stohr of the Bloomberg News Service / June 14

RICHARD KENT and BASEM HENARY
Kent, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Basem Henary, research associate in mechanical and aerospace engineering, saw their research featured in an article in today's Insurance Journal headlined:
CAR CRASH DEATH RATE FOR SENIORS, ALREADY HIGH, EXPECTED TO RISE
By the Insurance Journal

PETER RODRIGUEZ
Rodriguez, professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, was quoted in an article in today's Women's Wear Daily in an article headlined:
RETAIL PRICES RISE 0.4% IN MAY
By Evan Clark of Women's Wear Daily

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, professor of politics and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics, was quoted today in an Associated Press article headlined:
EXPERTS: THOMPSON CONVICTION HURTS DOYLE
By Ryan J. Foley of the Associated Press
   
CNN: THE SITUATION ROOM
By Wolf Blitzer and others of CNN / Wednesday
Not online
   
VIRGINIA'S ALLEN TO FACE EX-REPUBLICAN WITH IRAQ, BUSH AS ISSUES
By Bob Lewis of the Associated Press / Wednesday
  
BUSH TRIES TO BOOST DOMESTIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ
By Jim Malone of the Voice of America / June 14

FACULTY ARTICLES AND OP-EDS

ROSA BROOKS
Brooks, associate professor of law, wrote a commentary for the Los Angeles Times headlined:
WHY GOOD PEOPLE KILL: IRAQ MURDERS REVEAL THE WARPING POWER OF CONFORMITY AND DEHUMANIZATION
By Rosa Brooks for the Los Angeles Times / June 13

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

DAVID L. MARTIN
Martin, who received a law degree from U.Va. in 1973, has been
reappointed to a new eight-year term as magistrate in the U.S. District
Court in Providence, R.I. His appointment was featured in today's Providence
Journal in an article headlined:
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT REAPPOINTS MAGISTRATE
By the Providence Journal

JOHN PHELPS
Phelps, who earned a master of laws from U.Va., has just been named
chief of staff for the U.S. Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental
Affairs. His appointment was featured in an article in yesterday's US Fed
News headlined:
GSA NAMES KEY LEADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW CHIEF OF STAFF,
ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS
By US Fed News / Wednesday

HARRY H. ROBERTSHAW
Robertshaw, who received his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, was featured June 14 in a New River Valley Today article headlined:
HARRY ROBERTSHAW HONORED WITH EMERITUS STATUS         
By New River Valley staff reports /June 14

TAHESHA L. WAY
Way, who holds a degree from U.Va.'s School of Law, was featured in an
article in yesterday's Bergen County (N.J.) Record headlined:
PASSAIC DEMS TAP OUTSIDER FOR TWO ROLES
By Paul Brubaker for The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record / Wednesday

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

CAVALIER DAILY, COLLEGIATE TIMES SUE FOR ABILITY TO PRINT ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENTS

Editorial:  WHY WE FILED SUIT

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

$2 MILLION IN HOUSE TRANSPORTATION BILL DESIGNATED FOR U.VA.’S SOUTH LAWN PROJECT

PROFESSOR ROBERT KELLY’S RUST RESEARCH PROVES VALUABLE TO PENTAGON 9/11 MEMORIAL

COMMUNITY BRIEFING FOCUSES  ON UNIVERSITY BUILDING PROJECTS, PLANS

HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

HOSPITALS CUT MISTAKES
By the Associated Press and The Charlottesville Daily Progress
ATLANTA - U.S. hospitals have saved an estimated 122,300 lives in the last 18 months through a massive campaign to reduce lethal errors, the leader of the national effort said Wednesday. ... About 3,100 hospitals, including the University of Virginia Medical Center and Martha Jefferson Hospital, participated in the project, sharing mortality data and carrying out study-tested procedures that prevent infections and mistakes.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- VIRGINIA

Editorial: VIRGINIA SHOULD NOT RESTRICT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
By the Collegiate Times (Virginia Tech Student Newspaper) / Wednesday
Virginia Tech’s Collegiate Times and The University of Virginia’s Cavalier Daily filed a joint lawsuit last Thursday against the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The lawsuit came in response to state-regulated restrictions on alcohol-related advertisements in student-run newspapers. Currently, any advertisements of beer, wine or mixed beverages are forbidden from appearing in these publications, unless said items are in reference to a particular dining establishment. The two Virginia schools felt that this ban was a violation of their freedom of speech as defined by the First Amendment of the constitution.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

THE MANY FACES OF FACEBOOK
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
Social networking, event announcements, roommate vetting, law enforcement, and recently a bit of job browsing … Facebook.com has an impressive array of uses. The reach of the peer networking site - over 7 million users from over 2,600 colleges - is undeniable, and student affairs professionals are often left wondering whether they should keep Facebook out of sight and out of mind, or whether they should dive in face first.

AMA CALLS FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Members of the American Medical Association voted Tuesday to call on colleges to improve the access students have to mental health treatment - both by expanding resources and by making sure that relevant health insurance is in place.

SLEEPY HOLLOW
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed
A push for 24/7 libraries and tech centers leaves some health professionals with wide eyes and worries.

IN WHOSE INTEREST?
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
At first glance, it seems that the research world is united against the Federal Research Public Access Act. Scholarly associations are lining up to express their anger over the bill, which would have federal agencies require grant recipients to publish their research papers - online and free - within six months of their publication elsewhere.

COMPETITIVENESS INITIATIVE ADVANCES
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
A House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday approved a 2007 spending bill that would fully finance President Bush's budget requests for basic research programs at the National Science Foundation and the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. That action, if it holds through the rest of the Congressional budget setting process, puts the House on track to pay for the entire first year of the administration's American Competitiveness Initiative, which drew praise from academic researchers.
   
HOUSE PANEL ENDORSES BUSH'S PLANNED 8% BUDGET INCREASE FOR NSF
By Sam Kean of The Chronicle of Higher Education

CRITICS WORRY ABOUT A PROLIFERATION OF NANOSCIENCE JOURNALS;
'NATURE' TRIES A NEW FORM OF PEER REVIEW
By Richard Monastersky and Lila Guterman
SMALL IS BIG: Scientific publishers see green when they look into the future of nanotechnology. Governments and businesses around the world are pouring some $10-billion into the field each year, and the number of papers in nanoscience is growing exponentially - from just a handful in 1990 to more than 25,000 in 2005. So it's no surprise that there is a baby boom of nanoscience journals. This year publishers will give birth to at least four titles, including one from the industry heavyweight Nature Publishing Group. That news has prompted some science librarians to cry for population control.

INTERNET2 CHOOSES COMPANY TO BUILD ITS NEW NATIONAL FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK
By Vincent Kiernan of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Internet2 high-speed-networking consortium is set to announce today that its new nationwide fiber-optic network will be built by Level 3 Communications Inc. and will be operational in about a year. ... The new network, which has the working name of NewNet, would be a competitor to National LambdaRail, a national fiber-optic network operated by a consortium of research-oriented institutions. Merger talks between the two groups collapsed this spring (The Chronicle, April 19).

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