Monday, June 26, 2006

IN MEMORIAM

SCOTT SIMMONS KEENEY
Keeney, the director of University Printing and Copying Services, died at his home Monday, June 19 at the age of 58. A 1970 graduate and 32-year employee of the University, Keeney will be remembered for his sharp wit, attention to detail, and close relationship with his staff and colleagues at U.Va. A memorial service for fellowship and celebration of Keeney's life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 6, at the University of Virginia Chapel followed by a reception at The Colonnade Club. His obituary appeared in the Daily Progress on Sunday, June 25.

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

STUDENTS MAKE PROPOSALS FOR UVA SORENSEN INSTITUTE / VA. RAIL SYSTEM, LAND PRESERVATION PLANS QUESTIONED
By Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress / June 24
Six suggestions for improving lives of Virginians were advanced Friday by college students who developed proposals ranging from extending the Virginia Railway Express commuter line to expanding statewide use of land preservation through the purchase of development rights....To help pay for the new track and railroad equipment, the students finishing a college leaders program at the University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership would toll the high occupancy vehicle lanes along I-95.

U.VA. ALUMNI, JOURNALIST EXPLAINS NEW BOOK / SUSKIND ANALYZES GOVERNMENTAL CONTROLS
By Aaron Kessler of The Daily Progress / June 24
Ron Suskind paced the stage Friday morning like a preacher in a revival tent. … Suskind, a University of Virginia graduate and former senior national affairs writer for the Wall Street Journal, was on hand at UVa's Miller Center of Public Affairs to discuss his latest book, "The One Percent Doctrine."

PICKING UP THE PACE / U.VA. RESEARCH PARK SHOWS STEADY, RELIABLE GROWTH
By David Hendrick of The Daily Progress
In 1985 a panel of experts commissioned by the University of Virginia, suggested that the development of an "office research park" would be essential in furthering the school's mission.
(Not available online.)

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

PACIFIERS CAN EASE PARENTS' MINDS, TOO / THEY HELP WARD OFF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME, STUDIES FIND
By Meryl Hyman Harris of HealthDay / June 25
[...] A recent study showed that pacifiers at sleep time reduced [Sudden Infant Death Syndrome] deaths by 61 percent. Those findings led the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to recommend the use of pacifiers in their updated guidelines on preventing SIDS. "The evidence has been very consistent," said study author Dr. Fern Hauck, an associate professor of family medicine and public health sciences at the University of Virginia Health System, in Charlottesville, Va.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

SOMDEV DEVVARMAN
Devvarman, a second-year on the men’s tennis team who placed second in
the nation last month at the NCAA singles tournament and last week was named
Virginia’s player of the year by the Virginia  sports information directors,
was the subject of a Roanoke Times article headlined:
ALL-AMERICAN PUTS ON SHOW/ UVA STAR SOMDEV DEVVARMAN WINS TWICE IN STRAIGHT
SETS TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMIS.
By John Fridley of the Roanoke Times/ June 25

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

GLEN BULL
Bull, the co-director of the Center for Technology and Teacher Education, was quoted in a Virginian-Pilot article headlined:
HISTORY GETS MODERN TWIST
By The Virginian-Pilot / June 23

PAUL A. CANTOR
Cantor, the Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article headlined:
ONE LAST THING | LET'S RALLY AROUND THE FLAG AMENDMENT
By Jonathan Last of the Inquirer / June 25

MAURICE COX
Cox, an associate professor at the School of Architecture, was cited in an Aspen (CO) Times article headlined:
DESIGN SUMMIT FOCUSES ON SOUTH BRONX, NEW ORLEANS
By John Colson of the Aspen Times / June 24

GARY GALLAGHER
Gallagher, John L. Nau III professor in the history of the American Civil War, was quoted in the Baltimore Examiner article headlined:
EXPERTS DISAGREE ON BATTLE'S HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
By Luke Broadwater of The Examiner
  
HISTORIAN JOINS ESTEEMED RANKS
By Rich Kerstetter of the Centre Daily Times

MICHAEL GARSTANG
Garstang, an atmospheric scientist involved in a 2003 report on weather modification for the National Academy of Sciences, was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article headlined:
HE THINKS HE CAN STOP A HURRICANE / SKEPTICS ABOUND, BUT ONE ENTREPRENEUR IS BRAINSTORMING BIG ON WEATHER MODIFICATION, A FIELD WHOSE MEANS ARE SCIENTIFICALLY UNPROVEN
By James Janega of the Chicago Tribune  / June 25

PAUL GASTON
Gaston, an emeritus professor of history, was cited in a Charleston (SC) Post & Courier article headlined:
DISCOVERING SOUTHERN HISTORY CHANGED WRITER'S LIFE
By Bill Thompson of the The Post and Courier / June 24

JONATHAN HAIDT
Haidt, associate professor of psychology and author of the book
" The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom," was
featured in an article in the Washington Post headlined:
HAPPY? THE SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE FACTORS THAT ADD UP TO FEELING GOOD
By Bridget Bentz Sizer for the Washington Post / June 25
  
JONATHAN HAIDT AND 'THE HAPPINESS HYPOTHESIS'
By Pete Ronayne of WNRN's "Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call" / June 25

DR. FERN HAUCK
Hauck, an associate professor of family medicine and public health sciences at the Health System, was quoted in a HealthDay article headlined:
PACIFIERS CAN EASE PARENTS' MINDS, TOO / THEY HELP WARD OFF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME, STUDIES FIND
By Meryl Hyman Harris of HealthDay / June 25
Reporter

BILL LUCY
Lucy, an architecture professor and member of the city planning commission, was quoted in a Daily Progress article headlined:
DOWNTOWN MALL: CHARLOTTESVILLE'S PUBLIC SQUARE
By John Yellig of The Daily Progress / June 25

DAVID MARTIN
Martin, who has taught immigration law for 25 years and served in the State Department and as a lawyer with the former Immigration and Naturalization Services, was quoted in an Associated press article headlined:
ATTEMPT TO SEND MINNESOTAN BACK TO SOMALIA COST ALMOST $200,000
By The Associated Press / June 25

TIMOTHY NAFTALI
Naftali, a historian who has written on American counterterrorism policy, was quoted in a Boston Globe article headlined:
THE ROAD FROM GUANTANAMO
By Drake Bennett of the Boston Globe / June 25

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, a politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
THIRD DISTRICT OPPONENTS AMONG WEALTHIEST CANDIDATES IN KENTUCKY
By The Associated Press / June 25
SARAS SARASVATHY
Sarasvathy, professor at the Darden School of Business, was quoted in a Boston Globe article headlined:
SWING AWAY, BUT WITH LESS RISK / YOU NEEDN'T GO FOR BROKE TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR
By Penelope Trunk of the Boston Globe / June 25

FRANCIS H. SHEN
Shen, an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article headlined:
THE SCOOP ON ELIMINATING YOUR DROOP / GOOD POSTURE IS A HEALTHY HABIT, AND HERE'S HOW TO GET IT
By Julie Deardorff of the Chicago Tribune / June 25

DR. CYNTHIA M. YOSHIDA
Yoshida, a gastroenterologist and director of the Womens GI Clinic at the Digestive Health Center of Excellence, was featured in a  PR News Network article headlined:
IBS RELIEF NEW HYPNOSIS PROGRAM REDUCES SYMPTOMS
By PR News Network

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

DR. CATHERINE DANIEL
Daniel, a U.Va. graduate, was featured in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
BACK ON HOME TURF
By Joe Kennedy of the Roanoke Times

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
Kennedy, a Law School alumnus and environmental lawyers and advocate, was featured in a New York Times article headlined:
ANOTHER KENNEDY LIVING DANGEROUSLY
By Mark Leibovich of The New York Times / June 25

DR. JOSEPH MESSINA
Messina, who graduated from the School of Medicine, was featured in a Science Daily article headlined:
FLUID RESEARCH TO HELP WARFIGHTERS, CIVILIANS
By Science Daily / June 25

ROBERT N. ROSEN
Rosen, who graduated in 1969, was featured in a Charleston (SC) Post & Courier article headlined:
DISCOVERING SOUTHERN HISTORY CHANGED WRITER'S LIFE
By Bill Thompson of the The Post and Courier / June 24

CHUCK ROSENBERG
Rosenberg, who received his law degree from U.Va. and recently was
named chief federal prosecutor for all of Northern Virginia, Richmond and
the Norfolk area, was featured in an article in the Washington Post
headlined:
A NEW NO. 1 BATTER AGAINST TERRORISM
By Jerry Markon of the Washington Post

ANDREW SMITH
Smith, an engineering graduate, was cited in a Miami Herald article headlined:
THAT OLD GROVE FEELING / THE SMITHS EXPAND AND SPRUCE UP A 1940S COTTAGE TO GIVE IT THE GENTEEL, WELCOMING FEEL OF HOME, SWEET HOME.
By Ana Veciana-Suarez of the Miami Herald / June 25

RON SUSKIND
Suskind, a U.Va. graduate, was featured in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article headlined:
U.VAALUMNI, JOURNALIST EXPLAINS NEW BOOK / SUSKIND ANALYZES GOVERNMENTAL CONTROLS
By Aaron Kessler of The Daily Progress / June 24

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

'TOP 50 UNDER 50:' FOUR U.VA. DARDEN ALUMNI AMONG EXECUTIVES NAMED TO
PRESTIGIOUS BLACK MBA LIST

GOV. TIM KAINE GRANTS U.VA. EMPLOYEES ADDED LEAVE TIME FOR UPCOMING HOLIDAY

THE MASTER BUILDER: JPJ ARENA CAPS DICK LAURANCE'S CAREER

This week's featured publication is ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

REPORT QUESTIONS WORRIES ON MALE ENROLLMENTS
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed / June 26
Aside from a few subgroups, males are doing just fine when it comes to enrollment and educational performance, according to a report being released today by Education Sector, a nonpartisan research organization. According to the report, which covers all levels of education, it's not that males are doing worse, but that females have made more substantial educational gains in recent years.

SHOE LEATHER RECRUITING: A SPECIAL REPORT
By The Inside Higher Ed Staff / June 26
A weeklong series highlights California State University's aggressive efforts to recruit minority students.

FEDERAL PANEL'S FAULT LINES
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed / June 26
Tensions are running high among members of the federal commission on higher education, inflamed by a preliminary draft report that some college officials on the panel described as "nasty" and by continuing conflict over whether the commission's staff is playing too central a role.

WITH GOOD REASON / NPR

Jamestown and the African Experience (June 24-30)
Tonight at 7:00 p.m.; WMRA-Harrisonburg (103.5 FM)When Jamestown was settled, Africa was neither an Eden-like paradise, nor a
realm of savagery. Africans were highly sophisticated, with a huge range of
diversity in their cultures and societies. History professor Joseph Miller
(UVA) is joined by professors Jennifer Morgan (NYU/Rutgers) and Stephanie
Smallwood (UC-San Diego) to explore the transatlantic slave trade, the
trauma of being torn away from one's homeland and brought to Jamestown, and
the surprising demographics of the enslaved population, many of whom were
women and children.

This is the third of five WGR programs--produced with special support from
the Rosenstiel Foundation--devoted to "New Perspectives on Jamestown " and
leading up to 2007 and the 400th anniversary of the founding of the
settlement.

"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
www.withgoodreasonradio.org

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