Monday, July 3, 2006

TOMORROW AT U.VA.

Celebrate Independence Day by viewing one of only 25 surviving copies of the Declaration of Independence printed on the night of July 4, 1776, at the University of Virginia Library’s permanent exhibit, “Declaring Independence: Creating and Recreating America’s Document.” The exhibit will be open to the public on July 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with free admission and guided tours throughout the day.
The exhibit is located on the lower floor of the U.Va. Library’s newest facility, the Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture, and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
For more information: http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2006/20060613independence.html

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

UVA GETS GRANT FOR LEADERS
By Aaron Kessler of The Daily Progress
The University of Virginia has been awarded a $5 million grant from the New York-based Wallace Foundation to provide leadership training for education officials. The program, which will target state and district K-12 education leaders, will begin this summer and continue for up to five years. The Curry School of Education and the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration will jointly run the program through their Partnership for Leaders in Education program.

INTO THE WILDS OF AFRICA: UVA STUDENTS TAKE TRIP
By Aaron Kessler of The Daily Progress / July 2
Bob Swap likes to look for that "Sally Struthers moment," when his mostly well-off students at the University of Virginia meet people halfway across the globe in southern Africa. "It's the kind of thing you just can't do from a book," Swap said. "You have to be there, you have to start to trust your experiences outside of books, outside of a lab.

VIRGINIA COLLEGES STRESS ONLINE SAFETY TO INCOMING STUDENTS
By the Associated Press for the (Hampton Roads)
Daily Press / July 2
As an increasing number of people log onto Web sites like MySpace.com, some Virginia colleges are beginning to use freshmen orientations to talk about the potential dangers and benefits of them. Schools like James Madison, Virginia Tech, Radford University, the University of Virginia and George Mason University are addressing the subject of the online hangouts with incoming students.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

VISION ISN'T ALL BLACK AND WHITE, PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS / PERCEPTIONS SHIFT BASED ON HOW WE FEEL AND WHAT WE INTEND TO DO
By Jill Sakai of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
In Dennis Proffitt's eyes, seeing is not always believing. For almost three decades, Proffitt, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, has tackled questions of visual perception. For example, what do our eyes see, and how do our brains turn what our eyes see into meaningful information? His most recent findings may change the way scientists look at vision.

WALKING GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN / TWO NEW STUDIES SHOW REGULAR STROLLS CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA, BOOST COGNITION.
By Kathleen Doheny of HealthDayNews
Walking reduces the risk of dementia and boosts mental function, two new studies show. In one study, Robert D. Abbott, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and his team evaluated more than 2,000 men aged 71 to 93 who were part of the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. The researchers asked the men about their typical daily walking and then tested them for dementia.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ROBERT D. ABBOTT
Abbott, a professor of biostatistics at the School of Medicine, was quoted in a HealthDayNews article headlined:
WALKING GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN / TWO NEW STUDIES SHOW REGULAR STROLLS CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA, BOOST COGNITION.
By Kathleen Doheny of HealthDayNews

BARBARA M. BRODIE
Brodie, an emerita professor of nursing, is quoted in a New York Times article headlined:
VERN LEROY BULLOUGH, 77, NOTED MEDICAL HISTORIAN, DIES
By Jeremy Pearce of The New York Times / July 3

BERNIE CARLSON
Carlson, a professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, was quoted in an article in the Globe and Mail (Canada) headlined:
LIGHTING UP THE WORLD -- AGAIN / HE'S BEEN DEAD SINCE 1943, BUT THIS MIGHT BE NIKOLA TESLA'S BEST YEAR YET
By Kevin Chong for the Globe and Mail / July 1

PAUL FREEDMAN
Freedman, a politics professor specializing in public opinion, was cited in an Associated Press article headlined:
EXPERT EXPECTS OPINION POLLING TO BEGIN ON S.D. ABORTION BAN
By the Associated Press / July 2
    
SEEKING THE MIDDLE / WEB GROUP WANTS POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE
By Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress / July 2

DR. GLENN GAESSER
Gaesser, a Curry School of Education professor, was quoted in a Memphis Commercial Appeal article headlined:
THE FAST TRACK / NO TIME TO EXERCISE? SHORT, INTENSE WORKOUTS WON'T GET YOU INTO A MARATHON, BUT THEY CAN MAKE YOU FITTER, HEALTHIER
By Linda A. Moore of the Commercial Appeal

DR. CHRISTOPHER HOLSTEGE
Holstege, one of the nation's top toxicologists and the Health System's director of the division of medical toxicology, was quoted in a Nashville Tennessean article headlined:
CLINIC OFFERS STOP-SMOKING REGIMEN THAT SCARES DOCTORS / COUPLE SAY THEIR EXPERIENCE BACKS EXPERTS' WORRIES
By Claudia Pinto of the Tennessean / July 2

WILLIAM LUCY AND DAVID PHILLIPS
Lucy and Phillips, urban planning professors, were cited in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article headlined:
CITY INVITES PUBLIC TO HELP PLAN FUTURE / ATLANTANS TO SHARE TIPS ON TRANSIT, NEW STREETS, SIDEWALKS, HIGH-RISES
By David Pendered of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / July 2

SIDNEY MILKIS
Milkis, a politics professor who co-directs the American political development program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, was quoted in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progress article headlined:
SEEKING THE MIDDLE / WEB GROUP WANTS POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE
By Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress / July 2

JONATHAN D. MORENO
Moreno, a biomedical ethicist in the medical school, is quoted in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headlined:
IN-VITRO CLINICS IGNORING GUIDELINES ON MULTIPLE BIRTHS
By Elizabeth Simpson of the Daily Press / July 1

CHARLOTTE PATTERSON
Patterson, a psychology professor was quoted in a Baltimore Sun article headlined:
KIDS HAVE TO HEAR GAY PARENTS VILIFIED
By Susan Reimer of the Baltimore Sun / July 2

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article headlined:
CONGRESS LEAVES BIG JOBS UNDONE / ENERGY, IMMIGRATION STALL; VOTERS' PRIORITIES ARE UNMET
By Deborah Barfield Berry of the Gannett News Service
    
Sabato was quoted in a Daily Progress article headlined:
SEEKING THE MIDDLE / WEB GROUP WANTS POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE
By Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress / July 2

ELIZABETH OLMSTED TEISBERG
Teisberg, of the Darden School of Business, was quoted in a Benefit News.com article headlined:
AUTHOR: EMPLOYERS ARE FEEDING THE HEALTH CARE BEAST
By Robert L. Whiddon of Employee Benefit News / July 2006

ROBERT L. VAN DE CASTLE
Van de Castle, professor emeritus at the Health System, was quoted in an article in Prevention.com headlined:
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
By Therese Drost of Prevention.com

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

EVAN BAYH
Bayh, who graduated form the School of Law, was cited in an Indianapolis Star article headlined:
BAYH WATCH / OLD FRIEND ADVISING SENATOR
By Maureen Groppe for the Indianapolis Star

LUCIA CRUZ
Cruz, who graduated from U.Va. in 2004, was quoted in the Washington Post in a career column headined:
FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE? FIRST, ACCEPT HELP
By Amy Joyce of the Washington Post / July 2

THURGOOD MARSHALL JR.
Marshall, who graduated form the School of Law, was cited in an Indianapolis Star article headlined:
BAYH WATCH / OLD FRIEND ADVISING SENATOR
By Maureen Groppe for the Indianapolis Star

U.VA. TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

TJ STATUE TO BE UNVEILED IN PARIS ON FOURTH OF JULY


PUBLIC IS INVITED TO TOUR U.VA.'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE EXHIBIT

U.VA. LAW SCHOOL HAS BANNER YEAR FOR FACULTY RECRUITMENT

This week's featured publication is EXPLORATIONS.

HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

REGIONAL MEDICAL CLINIC SET FOR EXPANSION / A LOW-INTEREST FEDERAL LOAN OF $1.2 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE MUCH-NEEDED UPGRADE AT THE BLAND COUNTY FACILITY.
By Paul Dellinger of the Roanoke Times / July 1
Some patients at Bland County Medical Clinic walk in right off the Appalachian Trail. Foot problems, infections and even spider bites have all brought hikers in, said Susan Greever, the clinic's executive director....
Laboratory, X-ray and EKG facilities are already on the premises. There is an electronic link with the University of Virginia Hospital, with video capabilities so patients at the clinic can literally see, and be seen by, doctors in Charlottesville.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

FUN WITH GOOGLE AND DIVERSITY
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Google doesn't exactly lack for people doing searches, but it has been getting a boost from culture warriors in the last week. The National Association of Scholars announced that a search it had conducted of college and university Web sites indicated that academe is not only obsessed with diversity, but more obsessed with diversity than with arguably more important values, like freedom.

HOW TO EDUCATE YOUNG SCIENTISTS
New York Times Editorial / July 3
The United States could easily fall from its privileged perch in the global economy unless it does something about the horrendous state of science education at both the public school and university levels. That means finding ways to enliven a dry and dispiriting style of science instruction that leads as many as half of the country's aspiring scientists to quit the field before they leave college.

WITH GOOD REASON / NPR

“Oh Canada, eh? ” (July 1-7)
Tonight at 7:00 p.m.; WMRA-Harrisonburg (103.5 FM)
What does it mean to be a Canadian? Historian Tim Naftali (UVa) <http://millercenter.virginia.edu/about/scholars/naftali.html>  and Elliot Majerczyk (VFH), both transplanted Canadians, engage in an insightful and amusing discussion about the culture, politics, history and, of course, weather, of our frozen neighbor to the north.

Also: Washington D.C. has more statues than any other American city. Art historian Thomas Somma (UMW) <http://www.umw.edu/umw_galleries/visitors/default.php>  takes us on a docent’s tour of the best public art in our nation’s capital.

"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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