Friday, June 23, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

VIRGINIA BRIEFING/EDUCATION/GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
By Maria Glod of the Washington Post
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation yesterday announced that it will award $8 million in grants to create programs to help low-income students navigate the college admissions process. Eight grants, of $1 million each, will be awarded to colleges or universities nationwide. Each college would create a" college advising corps, " a group of recent graduates trained to help high school students apply to college and secure financial aid. The mentors also would work with community college students. The foundation has awarded about $1.1 million to the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA to fund a similar program. In the school year that recently ended, 14 U-Va. graduates worked as college guides
in schools across the state.

THEY WERE AMONG 14 UNDERPERFORMERS TARGETED. A "TURNAROUND" PROGRAM IN VA. WILL TRAIN LEADERS TO STEP IN
By Susan Snyder of the Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia School District is giving some veteran principals the boot and sending a cadre of replacements to the University of Virginia next month for special training in how to turn around academically low-performing schools.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

OLD TECHNOLOGY HELPS FIND NEW TEST FOR LEG ARTERY DISEASE
By Science Letter Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge / June 22
Between 8 and 12 million Americans are affected by peripheral arterial
disease (PAD), in which the arteries that bring blood to the legs are
blocked by atherosclerotic plaque. By examining the physiology of patients who exercised under a magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI), doctors at the University of Virginia Health System have devised a new test to diagnose and follow PAD.

DAMAGE FROM OXYGEN
By Advance News Magazine
Research by neuroscientists at the University of Virginia Health System
shows that oxygen free radicals are damaging proteins in mitochondria, the tiny cellular 'batteries' of brain cells. This damage may be one main cause of Parkinson's disease, the chronic movement disorder that affects at least one million Americans (Journal of Neuroscience, May 2006).

FRANKLIN CO. LOSES OFFICIAL TO BATH/ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR BONNIE JOHNSON WILL BECOME BATH COUNTY'S ADMINISTRATOR IN AUGUST
By Jay Conley of the Roanoke Times
Bonnie Johnson, Franklin County's assistant county administrator, will be leaving Southwest Virginia's fastest growing locality to work in one of the state's smallest and most rural counties….According to new population estimates produced by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, Franklin County's population, an estimated 50,100 people, was the fastest-growing community in the Roanoke region, increasing 5.9 percent in the past five years….

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ROBERT CHAPEL
Chapel, professor of drama, was featured in an article in The Hook
headlined:
DR. THEATER: CHAPEL PRESCRIBES SOUTH PACIFIC
By Lisa Provence of The Hook / June 22

ROBIN M. CLARK
Clark, an emergency medicine specialist and critical care paramedic at
the Medical Center, who counsels patients at several hospitals and has used a wheelchair since 1972, was quoted in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
RU GRAD FINDS NEW DIRECTION/ QUADRIPLEGIC RADFORD GRADUATE HOPES HIS STORY
WILL LEAD OTHERS TO MAKE SMARTER DECISIONS
By Albert Raboteau of the Roanoke Times

DEWEY G. CORNELL
Cornell, a professor at the Curry School of Education, was cited in a
Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
PSYCHOLOGISTS TO EXAMINE LINDENFELD
By Mark Bowes of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

WILLIAM LUCY
Lucy, professor of urban and environmental planning at the School of
Architecture, was featured in an article in The Hook headlined:
MYTH BUSTER: BILL LUCY ASKS THE HARD QUESTIONS
By Dave McNair of The Hook / June 22

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was
quoted in a Fox News article headlined:
SCANDALIZED POLITICIANS FIND THEMSELVES IN REDEEMING SPOTLIGHT
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos for Fox News / June 22

POLL SHOWS TIGHT RACE FOR SENATE/ A NEW POLL SHOWS JAMES WEBB CLOSING IN ON SEN. GEORGE ALLEN, WHOSE CAMPAIGN CALLS THE SURVEY "A JOKE"
By John M.R. Bull of the Hampton Roads Daily Press

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

JAMES ALOUF
Alouf, who earned a doctorate in social studies education from U.Va. and is now chair of the education department at Sweet Briar College, was featured in a Roanoke Times community brief headlined:
ROANOKE NATIVE
By the Roanoke Times

RICHARD MORGAN
Morgan, a 1989 graduate and three-year starter for the Cavalier men's
basketball team, was named an assistant coach at Appalachian State
University. His appointment was announced in a press release from ASU headlined:
RICHARD MORGAN JOINS APPALACHIAN MEN'S BASKETBALL STAFF
By Appalachian Sports Information / June 22

RYAN ZIMMERMAN
Zimmerman, who played for the Cavaliers and now plays third base for
the Washington Nationals, was featured in an article in the Washington Post headlined:
YOUNG NATIONAL HITS ALL THE BASES
By the Washington Post

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

RELIGION IN RESIDENCE
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed
This week, an excited group of Protestant clergy members and nonprofit officials broke ground on a new and unusual dormitory project that will serve the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Once constructed, the building will allow just under 300 students to live in an environment that is supportive of spirituality and religion, say organizers.

TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
The City Colleges of Chicago system — like many two-year institutions
nationally — is in the midst of a massive period of turnover for faculty
members. Of roughly 600 full-time faculty members, half have started in the last eight years. Another 150 full-time faculty members are expected to be hired in the next few years, largely to replace long-time professors who are retiring.

SUPREME COURT PUNTS ON PATENT CASE SAID TO IMPINGE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
By Andrew Mytelka of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that it had made a mistake in agreeing to hear an appeal of a case that some academics have said
represents a broad threat to academic freedom.

SUDAN DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT GAINS ON CAMPUSES, SPURRED BY STUDENT ACTIVISM
By Erin Strout of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The list of colleges that have decided to use their investments to protest the genocide taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan got longer this week, and experts predict that the tally will continue to grow.

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