Friday, July 7, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

FLOAT THEIR BOAT: 'LEARNING BARGE' TEACHES LESSONS
By Dave McNair of The Hook / July 6
They've designed solar houses, affordable green modular housing, projects to help rebuild the Gulf Coast, and are redesigning Campbell Hall, but the UVA School of Architecture's most recent design-build project may be its most unusual. Recently, Assistant Professor of Architecture Phoebe Crisman and her students scored a $100,000 grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment to build and launch an experimental barge on the Elizabeth River, which, according to Crisman, is the most polluted river feeding the Chesapeake Bay.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

PHOEBE CRISMAN
Crisman, assistant professor of architecture, was featured in an article in the (Charlottesville) Hook headlined:
FLOAT THEIR BOAT: 'LEARNING BARGE' TEACHES LESSONS
By Dave McNair of The Hook / July 6

DOAK FINCH
Finch, who was an All-American swimmer for the Cavaliers and recently completed his sixth season as an assistant swimming coach at U.Va., was mentioned in an article in the Southern Pines (N.C.) Pilot headlined:
VOGT LEADS OPEN WATER SWIM TEAM
By Charlie Bergmann of the Southern Pines Pilot

JAMES GROVES
Groves , assistant dean for research at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, was cited in a (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot article headlined:
ODU PROFESSOR A BIG FISH IN A TEENSY POND
By Philip Walzer of The Virginian-Pilot

DEAN W. KREHMEYER
Krehmeyer, executive director of the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, was quoted in a Baltimore Sun article headlined:
PEPSI DID RIGHT THING; SOME DON'T, EXPERTS SAY
By Meredith Cohn of the Baltimore Sun

JEANETTE LANCASTER
Lancaster, dean of the School of Nursing, was featured in an article in the (Charlottesville) Hook headlined:
HOTSEAT: POWER NURSING: LANCASTER'S CAP AND CLOUT
By Lisa Provence of The Hook

CRAIG LITTLEPAGE
Littlepage, director of athletics at U.Va. and chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, was quoted in an article on the GoDucks.com website headlined:
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, CITY OF PORTLAND SELECTED TO HOST 2009 NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES AT THE ROSE GARDEN
By Staff of GoDucks.com

ROBERT F. TURNER
Turner, associate director of U.Va.'s Center for National Security Law who teaches national security and military law, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
EX-SOLDIER TO BE TRIED IN FEDERAL COURT IN IRAQ RAPE, KILLINGS
By Lolita C. Baldor of the Associated Press / July 5

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

GEOFF ALMS
Alms, who completed his doctoral and postdoctoral studies in pharmacology at U.Va., was featured in a Thomson Dialog NewsEdge press release headlined:
NEXTGEN NAMES GEOFF ALMS NORTH AMERICA SALES DIRECTOR, GARETH THOMSON HEAD OF MARKETING
By Thomson Dialog NewsEdge / July 6

RICHARD ANTHONY
Anthony, who received his master's degree from U.Va., was featured in a WRBL-TV CBS 3 Columbus (Ga.) article headlined:
RICHARD ANTHONY NAMED TO STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
By Staff of WRBL / July 6

MARY MCNAUGHT
McNaught, who graduated with a degree in history, was featured in a Noblesville (Ind.) Topics Newspapers article headlined:
CARMEL WOMAN SELECTED AS GOVERNOR'S FELLOW
By Staff of the Noblesville Topics / July 6

TAHESHA L. WAY
Way, who holds a juris doctorate from the School of Law, was featured in a North Jersey Herald & News article headlined:
NEW AND YOUNGEST FREEHOLDER
By Paul Brubaker of the Herald News / July 6

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST FRENCH JEFFERSON STATUE UNVEILED IN PARIS / UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, DIGNITARIES ATTEND CEREMONY IN PARIS ALONG SEINE RIVER

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT NOW IN EFFECT / UNIVERSITY GAINS HIGHEST LEVEL OF AUTONOMY UNDER HIGHER EDUCATION RESTRUCTURING ACT

DOOLITTLE COMES THROUGH FOR TEAM USA / SEAN DOOLITTLE MAKES TEAM USA FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, NOTCHES GAME-WINNER OVER TAIWAN

PETTINELLA TAKES ROAD LESS TRAVELED TO U.VA. / TRANSFER ARRIVES AT VIRGINIA AFTER CIRCUITOUS ROUTE THROUGH UPENN,CINCINNATI, MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA.'S E. FRANKLIN DUKES NAMED TO BOARD OF POLICY CONSENSUS INITIATIVE

KENNY CHESNEY, COUNTRY MUSIC STAR, TO PERFORM AT JPJ ARENA NEXT MONTH

JEFFERSON IN PARIS: STATUE OF ONE OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS
UNVEILED ON FOURTH OF JULY

This week's featured publication is EXPLORATIONS.

HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE NEWS

HOTSEAT: POWER NURSING: LANCASTER'S CAP AND CLOUT
By Lisa Provence of The Hook
Nursing students at UVA are taught to be aware of cultural differences and to pick up on patient cues. Those lessons also apply in life, as Jeanette Lancaster discovered in 1989 when she accepted appointment as UVA's nursing school dean — without one vital piece of cultural information. That except for its longtime admission of female nurses, UVA was pretty late on gender and racial integration.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

WRANGLING OVER UNIT RECORDS
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
A proposed federal database of students' academic records, supported by the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education, isn't a hit with the public, a survey finds.
   
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS REJECT IDEA OF NATIONAL DATABASE FOR STUDENT RECORDS, POLL FINDS
By Anne K. Walters of The Chronicle of Higher Education

DRAFT REPORT FROM FEDERAL PANEL TAKES AIM AT ACADEME / GROUP IS SPLIT OVER SUBSTANCE AND TONE OF PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS
By Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education
A draft report released last week by the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education called for overhauling the federal student-aid and accreditation systems, easing the process of transferring credits between institutions and using testing to measure the "value added" by a college education.

SCIENTISTS SPEND NEARLY HALF THEIR TIME ON ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, SURVEY FINDS
By Sam Kean of The Chronicle of Higher Education
[...] The study, known as the Faculty Burden Survey, analyzed the responses of 6,083 university researchers, in fields as diverse as agriculture and astrophysics, making it the most comprehensive study ever done on the subject. The survey found that scientists spend 42 percent of research time filling out forms and in meetings. With those hard numbers to back his case, Mr. Decker hopes to persuade the federal government to amend its grant-making system.

IT TOOK AWHILE, BUT SOME PRESIDENTS ARE NOW LISTENING TO PLEAS FOR ADMISSIONS REFORMS
By Elizabeth F. Farrell of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Lloyd Thacker, founder of the Education Conservancy, has higher education's attention. Mr. Thacker is raising public awareness about problems in admissions.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

ACC OBSERVES TV CHANGES
By Rob Daniels of Landmark News Service for the Roanoke Times
With several years remaining on its current TV deals, the ACC isn't in a position to follow the Big Ten Conference's lead and create a league-owned and operated channel any time soon, Commissioner John Swofford said last week.

UPS AND DOWNS IN NCAA DRUG TESTS
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
Steroid use appears to be on the decline in college sports - or at least the National Collegiate Athletic Association is catching fewer athletes using the performance enhancing drugs.

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