Monday, June 19, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

COUNTY RETAINING MORE TEACHERS / SALARIES, SUPPORT EASE RECRUITING NEEDS
By Sarah Barry of The Daily Progress / June 18
While children celebrate nearly three months without pencils, pens or protractors, the Albemarle County school system is spending the summer hiring teachers to fill the ranks come fall...To retain their less experienced teachers, Albemarle has also instituted the Teachers for a New Era program, a mentoring system supported by a grant from the University of Virginia that connects new teachers with tenured ones.

NEWSPAPERS CHALLENGE BAN ON ALCOHOL ADS
By Xiao-Bo Yuan in the Chronicle of Higher Education / June 23
Two student newspapers at Virginia universities filed a federal lawsuit this month asserting that a state regulation banning alcohol-related ads in college publications violates their constitutional right to freedom of the press.

CLOSED DOORS
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Degrees from elite private colleges are increasingly limited to those who enroll as freshmen, even though increasing numbers of undergraduates nationally start their higher educations at community colleges, according to a summary of a report being released today by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. ... While the issue of community college transfers is not a new one, there has been more focus of late about getting such students into top institutions. This spring, for example, the University of Virginia and the University of Wisconsin at Madison both announced programs to ease the transfer of students from their states' community colleges into their flagship universities.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

HEALTH AND HOOKAHS / AS THE USE OF WATER PIPES GROWS IN COLLEGE TOWNS ACROSS U.S., SOME QUESTION THEIR SAFETY
By Jill Sakai of The Times-Dispatch
Smoking tobacco with a hookah is catching on in the U.S. despite a lack of information about potential health effects...Researchers at VCU and University of Virginia are working to assess hookah use among their students.

$1 MILLION 'LEARNING BARGE' WOULD STUDY ELIZABETH RIVER / U.VA. PLANS TO STUDY POLLUTION AND CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE BARGE
By Carlos Santos of the Times-Dispatch / June 18
U.Va. has big plans to build a big barge. The school wants to launch the barge on the Elizabeth River, one of the state's most polluted waterways, to educate the public about environmental pollution and to do research.

FACULTY ARTICLES AND OP-EDS

SARAH E. TURNER
Turner, associate professor of education and economics, wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in the June 16 Chronicle of Higher Education, headlined:
WELCOMING NEEDY STUDENTS TO THE CAMPUS
By Sarah E. Turner for the Chronicle of Higher Education

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

CAROLYN CALLAHAN
Callahan, a professor at the Curry School of Education, was quoted in a Palm Springs Desert Sun article headlined:
PARENTS: PROGRAMS GROW WEAKER WITH AGE / GATE STRONG AT ELEMENTARY LEVELS, THEN FADES, THEY SAY
By Jennifer Larson of The Desert Sun / June 18

PHOEBE CRISMAN
Crisman, an assistant professor of architecture, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
$1 MILLION 'LEARNING BARGE' WOULD STUDY ELIZABETH RIVER / U.VA. PLANS TO STUDY POLLUTION AND CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE BARGE
By Carlos Santos of the Times-Dispatch / June 18

DONAL DAY
Day, a physics professor, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
AROUND THE STATE / DEAL MIGHT LET STATE WORKERS BREATHE EASIER MANY HAVE WONDERED ABOUT INTERRUPTIONS IN SERVICES, OR EVEN PAY
From Times-Dispatch Staff Reports / June 18

EDUARD DE LANGE
De Lange, a professor of radiology who specializes in lung MRI, was quoted in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article headlined:
NEW TEST CAN DETECT DAMAGE TO SMOKERS' LUNGS EARLIER
By Dani McClain of the Journal Sentinel/ June 18

MICHAEL DOOLEY
Dooley, professor of corporate law, was quoted in an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette article headlined:
AN UNORTHODOX ARRANGEMENT
By Paul Barton of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette / June 18

DAVID MARTIN
Martin, a professor of law, was quoted today in a Potomac News article headlined:
IMMIGRATION APPEALS PILE UP
By Daniel Gilbert of the Potomac News

TIMOTHY NAFTALI
Naftali, associate professor of history and director of the
Presidential Recordings Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, who
also has written on American counterterrorism, was quoted in an article in
today's New York Times headlined:.
SEEKING AN EXIT STRATEGY FOR GUANTÁNAMO
By Scott Shane of the New York Times / Sunday

STEVEN RHOADS
Rhoads, a professor in the department of politics, was featured in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progess article headlined:
AUTHOR SAYS SEX DIFFERENCES THE KEY TO IMPROVING SOCIETY
By Bryan McKenzie of The Daily Progress / June 17

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in a Bergen County (NJ) Record article headlined:
YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SENATE RACE THIS YEAR
By Steven Thomma of the Knight Ridder Newspapers / June 18
  
THEY'RE HOPING THE COUNTRY'S IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
By David Saltonstall of the Daily News / June 18
    
VA.'S LOW PRIMARY TURNOUT IS A RECENT PHENOMENON
By Michael D. Shear of the Washington Post / June 18

DR. JAMES C. TURNER
Turner, director of student health, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
VACCINE FOR HPV AVAILABLE SOON / EXPERTS WILL DISCUSS CERVICAL-CANCER SHOT, RECOMMEND GUIDELINES
By Tammie Smith of the Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 17

W. BRADFORD WILCOX
Wilcox, a sociology professor, was cited in a Salt Lake City Tribune commentary headlined:
LOWRY: THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A FATHER IN THE HOUSE
By Rich Lowry for the Salt Lake Tribune / June 16

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

LEONA AGOURIDIS
Agouridis, who earned a master's degree in English in 1983, was featured today in a Washington Times article headlined:
TRIANGLE'S LEADER COMES FULL CIRCLE
By Marie Tyler of the Washington Times

HARRY D. BRUNS II
Bruns, who has two degrees from the University of Virginia, including a master's in economics, was featured in a Daily Progress article headlined:
MISSING TIMBER / THEFT A PROBLEM, THOUGH MISTAKEN HARVESTING PLAYS ROLE
By Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress / June 18

EMILY GIFFIN
Giffin, a law school graduate, was featured in a Charlotte Observer book review headlined:
AUTHOR EMILY GIFFIN IN CHARLOTTE FOR BOOK SIGNING
By Jeri Krentz of the Charlotte Observer / June 16

CLIFTON W. SINK
Sink, who majored in biology and anthropology at U.Va. and now serves as president and chief executive officer of SteelCloud, was featured in a news item in today's Washington Post headlined:
NEW AT THE TOP / CLIFTON W. SINK
By Judith Mbuya of the Washington Post

RYAN ZIMMERMAN
Zimmerman, a former Cavalier who now plays third base for the Washington Nationals, was featured in an article in today's Washington Post headlined:
ZIMMERMAN'S HOMER LIFTS NATIONALS OVER YANKEES / NATIONALS 3, YANKEES 2
By Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post Staff Writer

INSIDE UVA HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA.'S 'GRAND EXPERIMENT' BEGINS: NATION WATCHES AS THE RESTRUCTURING OF AMERICA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMS STARTS JULY 1 IN VIRGINIA

THINKING OF BECOMING A DOCTOR? U.VA. NOW OFFERS POST-BACCALAUREATE PRE-MEDICAL PROGRAM FOR 'CAREER CHANGERS'

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA.'S 'GRAND EXPERIMENT' BEGINS; RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLIC HIGHER ED
SYSTEM STARTS IN VIRGINIA ON JULY 1

WOMEN'S CENTER DIRECTOR SHARON DAVIE NAMED FULBRIGHT SENIOR SPECIALIST

U.VA. NURSING DEAN JEANETTE LANCASTER NAMED ONE OF THE 'MOST POWERFUL
PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE'

This week's featured publication is LINK.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

THE MISSING DOCTORATES
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
[...] It's true, according to a National Science Foundation report using data from the NSF's 2003 Survey of Earned Doctorates. Black faculty members with doctorates, for example, are more likely to have their appointments outside of science and engineering, in, perhaps, education, business, and management.

2 UNIVERSITIES APPROVE LOCAL REAL-ESTATE MEGA-DEALS
By staff reporter in the Chronicle of Higher Education
Two top universities last week approved big real-estate deals that have or will have a major impact on the neighborhoods in which they are located.

FAULKNER IS OF NO HELP IN DRIVE TO CUT COLLEGE PORK
By Jeffrey Brainard in the Chronicle of Higher Education / June 23
It isn't often that members of Congress invoke the writings of William Faulkner, but the renowned novelist figured in a debate full of sound and fury last week about earmarks, the noncompetitive grants that lawmakers secure annually for colleges and other favored constituents.

WITH GOOD REASON / NPR

Mind Your Manners (June 17-23)
Tonight at 7:00 p.m.; WMRA-Harrisonburg (103.5 FM)
Dining etiquette seems to be a lost art, particularly among college students who tend to eat fast-food while studying or watching TV. But June graduates are in for a rude awakening when potential employers judge their table manners at dinner-time interviews. Don Rieley and Amy McPherson (VT) teach students how to handle themselves with grace when a job interview takes place over a meal.

Also: Suzanne de Janasz (UMW) says fewer employees are willing to sacrifice their family life for career advancement and smart companies are taking note to institute more family-friendly policies.

"With Good Reason," produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is broadcast on 10 public radio stations in Virginia and Washington, D.C.  For complete listings of shows and times visit the program's website at http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org

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