Friday, June 30, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA / $5 MILLION GRANT TO TRAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS
By Susan Kinzie of the Washington Post / June 30
The University of Virginia was given a $5 million gift from the Wallace Foundation to train leaders for public schools. Faculty from the university's Darden School of Business and the Curry School of Education will work with mid-career school officials on making changes to improve student learning. Another $5 million grant will go to Harvard University, and the two universities will work with school officials from Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

SOLAR HOME TEACHES NEW TRICKS
By Vivian Austin of the (Biloxi and Gulfport) Sun Herald / June 30
Paul Kaplan said building the solar-powered home now under construction in Cambridge Square is different from the construction work he regularly does with Habitat for Humanity."It's been a challenge for us and a lot of fun," he said. "This home is quite different than anything we've done. We've had to learn all sorts of new techniques and methods. It's been a learning experience for us all." The home has wood, foam and 144 square feet of solar panels....Architecture students at the University of Virginia designed the house, said county Habitat President Latan Griffin.

OFFICIALS WARN OF ONLINE RISKS FOR TEENS ON NETWORKING SITES
By Rob Seal of The Daily Progress
One in 33 children has been aggressively solicited by an online sexual predator, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children....On Thursday afternoon, similar cautions were given to a slightly different audience during student orientation at the University of Virginia. Incoming students are warned to safeguard personal information and to be cautious about what they post on the Web, said Sandra German, communications manager with UVa's Information Technology and Communication department.

DINNER CELEBRATES VIETNAMESE YOUTH VISIT TO D.C.
By Khalil Abdullah for New America Media / June 29
Enthusiasm permeated the Fortune Restaurant as the joyous participants of the Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference (VAYLC) 2006 were feted in Arlington, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C. on June 23....The President's Award was shared by the George Washington University's Student Association and the Vietnamese Students Association of the University of Virginia, which also provided the cultural entertainment toward the end of the evening.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ROBERT F. BRUNER
Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business, was quoted in a Business Week article headlined:
THE FINE ART OF TECH MERGERS / HOW EMC TRANSFORMED ITSELF INTO AN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT POWERHOUSE.
By Business Week / June 28

ANNE M. COUGHLIN
Coughlin, professor of law, was cited in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
SIGNS SUGGEST CLAUDE ALLEN PLEA DEAL / FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE'S TRIAL ON THEFT CHARGES POSTPONED
By Peter Hardin of the Times-Dispatch / June 30

ROB CROSS
Cross is an assistant professor of commerce at the McIntire School of Commerce, co-authored an article in MIT Sloan Management Review headlined:
STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING A KNOWLEDGE-LOSS CRISIS
By Salvatore Parise, Rob Cross and Thomas H. Davenport for MIT Sloan Management Review / Summer 2006

SANDRA GERMAN
German, communications manager with UVa's Information Technology and Communication department, was quoted in a Daily Progress article headlined:
OFFICIALS WARN OF ONLINE RISKS FOR TEENS ON NETWORKING SITES
By Rob Seal of The Daily Progress / June 30

PENELOPE KAISERLIAN
Kaiserlian, director of the University of Virginia Press, is quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article headlined:
NAVIGATING THE BIG UNEASY / DIGITAL ANGST AND OPPORTUNITIES DOMINATE THE ANNUAL MEETING OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES IN NEW ORLEANS
By Jennifer Howard of The Chronicle of Higher Education / June 30

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was cited in a Houston Chronicle article headlined:
REPUBLICANS BLAST MEDIA FOR LEAKING ANTI-TERRORIST PROGRAMS / IN PASSING RESOLUTION, HOUSE ACCUSES NEWS GROUPS OF HINDERING WAR ON TERROR
By Bennett Roth of the Houston Chronicle / June 29

MARK H. SAUNDERS
Saunders, assistant director for marketing and sales at the University of Virginia Press, is quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article headlined:
NAVIGATING THE BIG UNEASY / DIGITAL ANGST AND OPPORTUNITIES DOMINATE THE ANNUAL MEETING OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES IN NEW ORLEANS
By Jennifer Howard of The Chronicle of Higher Education / June 30

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

RAJ RAPAKA
Rapaka, a 2006 graduate of the Darden School of Business, wrote an article for the Economic Times (India) headlined:
A GRIP ON CASE LOGIC
By Raj Rapka for the Economic Times / June 26

DON ROSENBERG
Rosenberg, who graduated in 1979, was featured in a Charlotte  Observer article headlined:
27-YEAR RETAILER DRIVEN OUT BY DISCOUNTERS AND DOWNLOADERS / THE MUSIC STOPS AT INDIE SHOP/ MUSIC LOVERS PREPARE FOR FINAL SPIN AT THE RECORD EXCHANGE
By Sarah Rabil of the Charlotte Observer

INSIDE UVA HIGHLIGHTS

$6M FOR STUDENT AID / GIFT TARGETS LOCAL STUDENTS, NURSING

WHAT TEENAGERS WANT / ALLEN, PIANTA TEAM UP TO HELP TEACHERS CONNECT WITH STUDENTS

HOUSE BILL SUPPORTS SOUTH LAWN

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. PROFESSORS HELP TEACHERS CONNECT WITH STUDENTS

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

TOP OFF THE FOURTH WITH A TOUR OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY'S
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE EXHIBIT

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

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

ENROLLMENT PATTERNS
By Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed / June 30
National demand for higher education will remain strong in the next few years, but institutions will thrive or struggle based on how demographic changes play out for their regions and higher education sector, Moody's Investors Service said in a report released this week.

ONE HOUSE DOWN ...
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed / June 30
In his State of the Union Address, President Bush implored the country to recognize the importance of basic research and science education, and introduced his American Competitiveness Initiative, which seeks to double research funding for three agencies over the next ten years. On Thursday, the House of Representatives backed up the president's promises with the nation's money. The House passed the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2007, which would provide the money requested by the president for the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, in the 2007 fiscal year.

HOUSE PANEL SETS FLAT FUNDS FOR HUMANITIES
By Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed / June 30
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 2007 spending bill Thursday that would keep funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts at their 2006 levels. The legislation, which sets spending for the Interior Department and a slew of other agencies, would provide $141 million for the NEH and $124.4 million for the NEA, which meet the Bush administration's requests.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES TELLS EDITOR OF ITS FLAGSHIP JOURNAL HIS TIME IS UP
By Jennifer Howard of The Chronicle of Higher Education / June 30
James Miller, editor of Dædalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has been informed by the academy's executive officers that he will lose that job in August 2008. Mr. Miller, a professor of political science and chair of liberal studies at the New School, was appointed editor in 2000, with no fixed time limit attached to the position. Academy leaders said the organization's governing council recently decided that the editorship of the quarterly journal should be limited to an eight-year term.

MOST STATES SEEK TO DEFINE 'RIGOROUS CURRICULUM' OPTIONS FOR NEW FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM
By Anne K. Walters of The Chronicle of Higher Education / June 30
Nearly three-quarters of the states have sought to create their own definition of a rigorous high-school curriculum on top of guidelines issued by the federal government, a step that would provide an additional means to make their students eligible for a new federal grant program, officials at the U.S. Education Department said on Thursday. ... The grants are part of a new program for high-school graduates who completed a rigorous high-school curriculum and are eligible to receive Pell Grants. Under the program, freshmen could each receive an additional $750 grant and sophomores could each receive an additional $1,300 if they meet the requirements.
    
NEW PATHWAYS TO GRANT PROGRAM
By Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed / June 30

SENATE PANEL APPROVES MEASURES TO CURB ABUSES BY CHARITABLE DONORS AND NONPROFIT GROUPS
By Harvy Lipman of The Chronicle of Higher Education / June 30
The Senate Finance Committee approved this week a series of measures designed to encourage greater accountability among donors and nonprofit organizations, including colleges and universities.

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