Wednesday, July 19, 2006

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

ANTIBODY TREATMENT SHOWS PROGRESS IN TREATING ALZHEIMER'S
By Ronald Kotulak of the Chicago Tribune
Treatment with antibodies naturally produced in the body appears to halt the memory-robbing progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to promising early research that scientists plan to expand over the next year. … When Actos was compared with a placebo in 25 Alzheimer's patients, the drug seemed to slow the disease's progression, researchers from the University of Virginia Health System and Case Western Reserve University reported Sunday in Madrid. But the study was too small to assess the drugs' true clinical benefit, they said.

UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN THE NEWS

The University of Virginia Press just published "My Life Among the Deathworks," a book by Philip Rieff, a University of Pennsylvania professor of sociology who died July 1, that was mentioned in an Inside Higher Ed article headlined:
A MORALIST OF THE MIND
By Scott McLemee of Inside Higher Ed

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

BANKOLE JOHNSON
Dr. Johnson, chairman of the department of psychiatric medicine, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article headlined:
AFTER WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, SOME FIND NEW ADDICTIONS
By Jane Spencer of The Wall Street Journal / July 18

ADAM KATZ
Dr. Katz, a U.Va. plastic surgeon who is investigating adult stem cells taken from body fat, was cited in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
BUSH VETO IS EXPECTED / VA. SENATORS DIVIDED AS EMBRYO RESEARCH BILL PASSES
By A.J. Hostetler of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

ROBERT S. LOCKRIDGE JR.
Dr. Lockridge, who serves as a clinical associate professor of internal medicine at the Health System, was cited in an article in Renal Business Today headlined:
RENAL SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
By Staff of Renal Business Today / July 18

WILLIAM MORRISH
Morrish, professor of architecture, was cited in a construction.com article headlined:
ENVIRONMENT / ONLINE VOTING FOR NEW ORLEANS COMPETITION OPEN
By David Sokol of construction.com / July 17

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, professor of politics and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics, was quoted in a Fox News article headlined:
INCUMBENTS TRY TO SHAKE DO-NOTHING IMAGE
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos of Fox News / July 18

ROBERT TURNER
Turner, director of the Center for National Security Law, was cited in a Fresno (Calif.) Bee article headlined:
FRESNO SOLDIER TO FACE UNIQUE MILITARY JUSTICE
By Michael Doyle of the Fresno Bee / July 18

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

KARIN AGNESS
Agness, who founded the Network of Enlightened Women, a conservative political group, in September 2004 while a student at U.Va., was mentioned in an article in HumanEventsOnline.com headlined:
NEW GROUP GIVES CONSERVATIVE WOMEN HOPE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
By Laura Evans of HumanEventsOnline.com / July 18

EARL M. "DUKE" COLLIER, JR.
Collier, who earned his J.D. at the School of Law and currently serves as executive vice president of Genzyme Corp., was named to the board of directors of deCode genetics of Reykjavik, Iceland. His appointment was featured in a PR Newswire press release headlined:
DECODE APPOINTS EARL COLLIER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
By Staff of PR Newswire / July 18

JIM TYBUR
Tybur, who holds a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, was featured in a PRNewswire press release headlined:
TRINITY VENTURES PROMOTES JIM TYBUR TO PRINCIPAL
By Staff of PRNewswire / July 18

RICHIE WILLIAMS
Williams, who played soccer for Bruce Arena at U.Va., will stay on as assistant coach of the New York Red Bulls as Arena takes over as head coach. The news of Arena's appointment and Williams' retention was extensively covered in the sports pages nationwide, including in the New York Times in an article headlined:
SOCCER / RED BULLS GIVE ARENA HIS TOUGHEST JOB YET
By Jack Bell of The New York Times

GAYLE SMITH WILSON
Wilson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management while playing soccer for the Cavaliers, has just been named head coach of the women’s soccer team at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. Her appointment was mentioned in a news item in the Washington Post headlined:
THE DOTTED LINE / COLLEGE SOCCER
By Staff of The Washington Post

STEVE ZACHARIAS
Zacharias holds a bachelor of science degree in commerce from U.Va. with concentrations in accounting and finance, was featured in a News Blaze press release headlined:
ONLINE MEDIA AND FINANCE SENIOR EXECUTIVES JOIN STOCKGROUP BOARD
By Staff of News Blaze / July 18

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U.VA.'S IVERSON, PITT STRIVE TO ENHANCE MATH FLUENCY

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UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

VIRGINIA'S ROBINSON GETS ACADEMIC HONOR
By Staff of the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch
University of Virginia golfers Lindsay Robinson of Huntington and Leah Wigger of Louisville have been named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. To be selected to the team, golfers need a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 and the student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of the college's regularly-scheduled competitive rounds during the year.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- VIRGINIA

RADFORD'S STATE FUNDING JUMPS BY 20.5 PERCENT
By Amy L. Kovac of The Roanoke Times
Radford University is walking away from one of the most contentious state budget cycles as a clear winner. The 9,600-student college will see a bump of 20.5 percent to $47.5 million in operating funds from the state for the 2006-07 school year. Only four other state institutions saw higher percentage increases: the University of Mary Washington, Old Dominion University, the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE and Richard Bland College.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

ENFORCING THE DISABILITIES LAW
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Among college officials, it's widely known that many campus facilities do not comply with standards for accessibility required by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Most colleges focus on the issue when they are adding new facilities or when they receive complaints from students or employees. The U.S. Justice Department has become interested in the issue, however, and some colleges may be experiencing more scrutiny than they are used to about the ADA.

STATUS QUO ON EDUCATION SPENDING
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
Without its chairman and a handful of other members present, the Senate subcommittee that determines funding for education programs and the National Institutes of Health passed a 2007 spending bill Tuesday that largely resembles legislation passed last month by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations.

SENATE APPROPRIATORS PROPOSE A FLAT PELL AWARD AND A TINY BUMP FOR THE NIH IN ‘07
By Stephen Burdof The Chronicle of Higher Education

COLLEGES MAKE WAY FOR INTERNSHIPS
By Jennifer Lee of The New York Times
College administrators nationwide have become concerned about access to internships at all socioeconomic levels. The solution, they say, is to provide financial assistance.

EDUCATION GROUPS CRITICIZE PROPOSED CHANGES IN UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM
By Xiao-Bo Yuanof The Chronicle of Higher Education
The American Council on Education said in a letter on Tuesday that the U.S. Education Department's recently announced plan to change priorities in the Upward Bound program would exclude many financially needy high-school students from receiving the services they need to prepare for college.

THE STUBBORN GEOGRAPHIC GAP IN RESEARCH / A FEDERAL PROGRAM TO STEER MORE MONEY TO NEEDY REGIONS HAS PRODUCED MIXED RESULTS
By Jeffrey Brainard of The Chronicle of Higher Education
A National Science Foundation program of special grants to states that get relatively little of its money has yielded some successes, but has not ended the geographic inequality of federal awards. Sherry O. Farwell, head of the program, has suggested that participating states should work on at least one well-defined field of research that meshes with the state's economic strengths.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

PREP SCHOOLS CONCERN NCAA / THE NCAA'S RED-FLAG LIST HITS HOME WITH TWO VIRGINIA INSTITUTIONS: FORK UNION AND OAK HILL ACADEMY. THE NCAA WILL VISIT THEM THIS WEEK
By Darryl Slater of the Newport News Daily Press
Fork Union Military Academy and Oak Hill Academy - whose athletic programs are known nationally - recently were included on a list of 22 schools whose academic standards are being investigated by the NCAA…. The UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA and VIRGINIA TECH sometimes direct football recruits to Fork Union when they don't meet school or NCAA academic standards after graduating high school. Former U.Va. football players who attended Fork Union and played for the school's post-graduate football team include Hampton High's Marques Hagans and Heritage High's Darryl Blackstock.

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