Thursday, July 20, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

ATTORNEYS TAKE SUPREME COURT ADVOCACY BACK TO SCHOOL
By Tony Mauro of the Legal Times / July 20
The allure of Supreme Court advocacy, Washington, D.C.-style, is spreading among top law schools. Lawyers from two D.C. firms are working with law schools that are launching Supreme Court litigation clinics this fall and others, we hear, are not far behind.

Andrew Pincus and Charles Rothfeld, D.C. partners at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, will be sharing their high court skills at Yale Law School. And Mark Stancil, who is moving this week from Baker Botts to the smaller appellate shop of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, will be working on Supreme Court cases with 3Ls at University of Virginia School of Law.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

CORD BLOOD AMERICA ANNOUNCES IT IS NEARING COLLECTION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE STEM CELLS FOR FUTURE MEDICAL USE
By PRNewswire - FirstCall /July 20
Cord Blood America, Inc. (CBAI), the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company which is focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide, said that while Congress is busy debating the future of stem cell research, the Company is moving forward in developing one of the nation's first private storage companies to collect adult stem cells from adipose tissue for future medical use. … University of Virginia research suggests that these adipose-derived stem cells can be used to repair or regenerate new blood vessels, cardiac muscle, nerves and bones, potentially helping heart attack victims, patients with brain and spinal cord injuries and people with osteoporosis.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ANNE COUGHLIN
Coughlin, a gender law specialist at the School of Law, was cited in a Richmond Style Weekly article headlined:
GENDER-BENDER / AS COURTS GRAPPLE WITH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS, A NEW TWIST EMERGES: HOW DO YOU DEFINE MAN AND WOMAN?
By Style Weekly staff reports / July 19

JONATHAN MORENO
Moreno, a National Academy of Sciences embryonic stem cell committee member who directs the Center for Medical Bioethics at U.Va., was quoted in a Baltimore Sun article headlined:
LEAVING STEM CELL POLITICS BEHIND / RESEARCHERS FOCUS ON HUMAN TESTING
By Jonathan D. Rockoff of the Baltimore Sun / July 20

DENNIS PROFFITT and JESSICA WITT
Proffitt, the Commonwealth Professor of Psychology, and Witt, a graduate student, were cited in a Salt Lake City Deseret News article headlined:
STRANGE BUT TRUE / WILL LOVE ALWAYS FADE?
By Bill Sones and Rich Sones Ph.D for the Salt Lake City Deseret News / July 20

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, a politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
PERDUE-TAYLOR CONTEST EXPECTED TO GET DIRTY
By Shannon Mccaffrey of the Associated Press / July 19

RICHARD WARNER
Warner, a drama professor, was cited in a Burlington (VT) Free Press article headlined:
'STEEL MAGNOLIAS' PERFORMANCE CAPTURES THE TITLE'S STRENGTH AND SOFTNESS
By Brent Hallenbeck of the Burlington Free Press / July 19

BRAD WILCOX
Wilcox, a sociologist, was cited in a Christianity Today review headlined:
DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN / OPPOSING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS ACTUALLY THE ENLIGHTENED POLICY.
By Glenn T. Stanton for Christianity Today / July 19

U.VA. COLLEGE AT WISE FACULTY IN THE NEWS

AMY CLARK
Clark, an assistant professor of rhetoric and communications at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
EXPLORING APPALACHIAN LANGUAGE: RIGHT SMART DIALECT
By Rex Bowman of the Richmond Times-Dispatch / July 20

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

NORRINDA BROWN
Brown, who graduated from the School of Law, was featured in a Philadelphia Daily News article headlined:
BATTER UP / BROWN BETTY MAKES CUPCAKES LIKE MOM USED TO MAKE...IN YOUR DREAMS
By Robert Digiacomo of the Philadelphia Daily News / July 20

ANNE KLEINDIENST
Kleindienst, who received her law degree in 1979, was featured in a (Phoenix) Arizona Republic article headlined:
INPUT SOUGHT ON 25 COURT APPLICANTS
By John McLean of the Arizona Republic / July 20

MARIE LEWIS
Lewis, who earned a doctor of education degree in 1981 and was head volleyball coach and basketball coach at Lynchburg (Va.) College for more than 30 years, was profiled in a Wilson (N.C.) Daily Times article headlined:
RETIREMENT CAN WAIT FOR NEW FIKE COACH
By Jamie Hodges Daily Times / July 19

MARK STANCIL
Stancil, who graduated from the College in 1996. the Law School in 1999 and formerly clerked for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, was mentioned in a LegalTimes.com article headlined:
YALE, UVA LAUNCH SUPREME COURT CLINICS
By Tony Mauro of Legal Times / July 17

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HIGHER EDUCATION EWS -- U.S.

DEMOCRATS UNVEIL AFFORDABILITY PLAN
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed / July 20
A pair of U.S. senators and several Democratic governors pledged support for a federal funding plan introduced Wednesday by the Democratic Leadership Council that would give $150 billion in block grants to states over a 10-year period in an effort to help them keep college costs down.

DEMOCRATS PROPOSE HIGHER-EDUCATION AGENDA, INCLUDING NEW TUITION-TAX PLAN
By Xiao-Bo Yuan of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 20

ETS WANTS MORE TESTING
By Scott Jaschik and David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed / July 20
The Educational Testing Service today is releasing a report calling for more assessment of what students learn in college. The call comes amid growing interest by a federal panel in using various tests for such assessment. Much of that interest is focused on the Collegiate Learning Assessment, which is managed by the Council for Aid to Education, not ETS.

AMID DEBATE OVER SPELLINGS COMMISSION REPORT, TESTING GROUP PROPOSES NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
By Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 20

'A FALSE SAFETY NET' / COLLEGES FACE PRESSURE TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, BUT MANY PLANS LACK BASIC BENEFITS
By Elizabeth F. Farrell of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 20
Many students take the gamble every day. Jennifer Bradshaw did it when she enrolled at Methodist Theological School in Ohio. For a year she went without health insurance. She did not get sick. Then, in February 2005, six months after she had signed up for a health-insurance plan newly offered by the college, her doctor found a large tumor on one of her ovaries. Laboratory tests confirmed that it was cancerous. The news was frightening, but she considered herself lucky to have health insurance. ... Without coverage, Ms. Bradshaw would have been eligible for more state assistance to pay her medical bills. But her plan, which has an annual coverage maximum of $25,000, automatically disqualified her for most of those assistance programs. ...Ms. Bradshaw's hospital will pay the remaining portion of her $86,000 hospital bill, but lab-test fees, follow-up doctor's appointments, and medications will cost her $9,500. Ms. Bradshaw says she has not yet determined how she will cover her medical expenses.

HOMELAND SECURITY MONITORED STUDENTS
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed / July 20
As part of continuing litigation by the American Civil Liberties Union involving Pentagon surveillance of campuses across the nation, the organization's northern California chapter has obtained new information that highlights a previously unknown role by the Department of Homeland Security.

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