Friday, July 14, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

SAVING THE SOUL OF PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
By Joseph C. Burke for Inside Higher Ed
Competition among research universities for national ranking increasingly fuels a conflict between peer prestige and public purpose. Governors and legislators rail about public purpose, while professors and administrators rave about peer prestige. Can public research universities pursue both public purpose and peer prestige? (Can the University of Virginia meet the dual directive of its Board of Visitors to raise its proportion of economically disadvantaged students and its U.S. News & World Report ranking among national universities? )

U.VA. HOSPITAL TO HOST HEALTH FAIR
By Daily Progress staff reports
The University of Virginia's Children's Hospital is sponsoring a free health and fitness fair for children and teens Saturday.
(Not available online.)

REPORT CLEARS WILLIAMSBURG'S VOTER REGISTRAR
By Carol Scott of the (Hampton Roads) Daily Press / July 13
[...] On-campus housing at William and Mary - where 76 percent of undergrads live - doesn't qualify as permanent housing, Williamsburg registrar Andrews said, because students don't live there 12 months out of the year. But in Charlottesville, University of Virginia dorms aren't considered temporary housing, deputy registrar Evan Smith said. "We do consider them permanent residences, if the student considers it a permanent residence," he said.

TOP LAWYER DEFENDS STATE LIMIT ON ALCOHOL ADS
By Greg Esposito of the Roanoke Times
The state attorney general's office denies that a Virginia law banning the advertising of specific alcohol products in college papers is a violation of the First Amendment. The statement, issued late last week, is a response to a lawsuit brought by student newspapers at Virginia Tech and the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA for the right to publish ads for alcohol.

VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES IN THE NEWS

PRESENT CONNECTS WITH PAST
By Susan Smigielski Acker / July 13
Elizabeth Heifets related so personally to "The Diary of Anne Frank," she wrote the late author a letter and earned first place for her division in Virginia's Letters About Literature essay competition.... The contest was sponsored by Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Virginia Festival of the Book, The Library of Congress and Target department stores.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

MAITHILI CHITNAVIS
Chitnavis, a student in the College and summer intern at the Roanoke Times, was featured in a Roanoke TimesCast available online at:

CHARLES J. GOETZ
Goetz, a law and economics scholar who, until his retirement a few weeks ago, held the Joseph. M. Hartfield Chair in Law, wrote a commentary for Pittsburgh, Pa., Tribune-Review headlined:
DISINGENUOUS, PARTISAN MUCKRAKING
By Charles Goetz for the Tribune-Review

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

KEN EADES
Eades, professor at the Darden School of Business, was quoted in an article in Virginia Business Magazine headlined:
CORPORATE AMERICA'S TOUGHEST JOB?
By Jack Milligan of Virginia Business Magazine / July 6

TOBY HEYTENS
Heytens, law professor, was cited in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
STANDOFF LEADS TO FEDERAL CHARGES / THE SUSPECT IN A SIEGE WEDNESDAY FACES HIGHER PENALTIES THAT WAY, SAID ROANOKE'S POLICE CHIEF.
By Lindsey Nair of the Roanoke Times

JOSEPH HUMPHREY
Humphrey, a professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, was cited in a ScienceNOW Daily News article headlined:
FLYING THE SILKY SKIES
By Briahna Gray of ScienceNOW Daily News / July 13

PENELOPE KAISERLIAN
Kaiserlian, director of the University of Virginia Press and president of the Association of American University Presses, was quoted in an Inside Higher Ed article headlined:
NEW MODEL FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
By Scott Jaschik of inside Higher Ed

PATRICK MICHAELS
Michaels, professor of environmental sciences, was cited in a Springfield (MO) News-Leader article headlined:
SKEPTICS: GLOBAL WARMING HYPE / WHILE CRITICS DON'T DENY THAT EARTH IS WARMING, THEY BELIEVE CLIMATE CYCLE WILL WORK ITSELF OUT.
By Erin Kelly of the Gannett News Service

PATRICIA MEYER SPACKS
Spacks, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a professor of English, is quoted this week in a Chronicle of Higher Education article headlined:
DÆDALUS EDITOR GETS HIS WALKING PAPERS
By Jennifer Howard of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 14

WILLIAM WYLIE
Wylie, an associate professor of art, was cited in a Rocky Mountain News column headlined:
BIENNIAL SHOWS IN SHRINK MODE
By Voelz Chandler of the Rocky Mountain News

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

J. PIETER NOORDZIJ
Noordzij, who received his medical degree from U.Va., was featured in a Hingham (Mass.) Journal article headlined:
HINGHAM DOCTOR TAKES NEW POSITIONS
By Hingham Journal staff reports / July 13

RICHARD (DICK) PAYNE
Payne, who earned a bachelor's degree from U.Va., was featured in Business Wire press release headlined:
U.S. BANCORP ELECTS PAYNE AND HOESLEY TO VICE CHAIRMAN POSITIONSTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
By Business Wire / July 13

MALIK SHAREEF
Shareef, who double-majored in economics and anthropology at U.Va., was featured in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
WITH A RECENT LAW GRADUATE
By Roanoke Times staff reports

JON UNGER
Unger, a U.Va. graduate, is cited in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
'NANNY 911' CREW SCOURS TOWN FOR OUR WORST BRATS
By Douglas Durden of the Times-Dispatch

GORDON S. VINCENT
Vincent, a graduate of the School of law, was featured in an Eastern Shore News article headlined:
VINCENT TAKES OATH AS SHORE'S NEW GENERAL DIST. JUDGE / ON NEW APPOINTMENT: 'I DO START TO SEE HOW THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT'
By Carol Vaughn of the Eastern Shore News / July 12

TIMOTHY G. WHITTEN
Whitten, who earned his MBA from the Darden School of Business, was featured in a Science Letter press release headlined:
TIMOTHY G. WHITTEN NAMED PRESIDENT, CEO OF BIOPHARM COMPANY TRANSAVE INC.
By Science Letter Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge / July 13

ROB ZAPPLE
Zapple, who graduated with a degree in theater, was featured in a Cape Cod Chronicle article headlined:
ARRRR...THE PIRATES ARE COMING TO HARWICH JUNIOR THEATRE! / 'TREASURE ISLAND' AN ADVENTUROUS COMING OF AGE STORY
By Jennifer Sexton of the Cape Cod Chronicle / July 13

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. ENGINEERING SCHOOL HOSTS NSF SUMMER PROGRAM; STUDETNS CREATE
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS

U.VA.'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO HOST HEALTH AND FITNESS FAIR FOR KIDS
ON SATURDAY

TWO REMAINING ACTS BRING HERITAGE'S SEASON TO A CLOSE

This week's featured publication is VIRGINIA ENGINEERING.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

COLLEGE COSTS AND SALLIE MAE, RISING HAND IN HAND
By Jennifer A. Kingson of The New York Times/ July 14
The escalating costs of higher education may be a burden to young adults and their parents, but they are an opportunity for student loan companies, both specialty finance companies and the big banks. More young people are going to college, but federal grants are not rising commensurately. The maximum that students can borrow in federally guaranteed loans has remained relatively flat for years. And on July 1, the government raised interest rates on these loans for the second consecutive year. While the student loan market has become more competitive, the biggest lender, the SLM Corporation, better known as Sallie Mae, has been widening its reach and depth in ways that make some traditional banks squirm.

NEW MODEL FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed / July 14
It's hard to attend scholarly meetings these days without someone talking about the "crisis of scholarly publishing," which goes something like this: Libraries can't afford to buy new scholarly books; in turn, university presses can't afford to publish books no one can buy and so cut back on their sales of monographs; in turn, junior professors can't get their first books published and have a tough time getting tenure. Rice University on Thursday announced a plan to shake up those interconnected problems. Rice University Press, which was killed in 1996, will be revived. But unlike every other university press, it will publish all of its books online only. People will be able to read the books for no charge and to download them for a modest fee.

WORKABLE INTERNET SECURITY RULES
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed / July 14
In October, colleges feared the new regulations to make it easier for the government to monitor computer networks could have ended up costing institutions billions of dollars. But after a court ruling, lobbying and lots of lawyering, higher education lobbyists now believe most colleges will not end up being covered by the regulations.

NSF SPENDING INCREASE ADVANCES
By Scott Jaschik and David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed / July 14
On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Appropriations approved  the spending bill a subcommittee had crafted for science, and the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce. The bill would provide the 8 percent increase to the National Science Foundation requested by President Bush as part of his American Competitiveness Initiative. While the National Institute of Standards and Technology's total budget would be down, the research budget would rise. Legislators marked some of the money for NSF's education programs, which was not part of the president's request.
   
SENATE APPROPRIATORS APPROVE $1-BILLION EXTRA FOR NASA, ALONG WITH 8% BUDGET INCREASE FOR NSF
By Sam Kean of The Chronicle of Higher Ed / July 14

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