Friday, July 21, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

SHOW AND TELL FOR STUDENT TEACHERS: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA $10 MILLION EDUCATION CENTER FOCUSES ON HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING USING VIDEO AND LATEST TECHNOLOGY
By Ascribe Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge / July 20 The University of Virginia Curry School of Education has been awarded $10 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to determine if a new method for training preschool teachers results in their students, especially disadvantaged children, learning language and literacy skills better.

WRIGHT'S STUFF: THE MAN WITH THE SCHOLARSHIPS
By VIJITH ASSAR of the Hook / July 20
A free ride to UVA. With such a potent recruiting tool, it's surprising how far below the radar Jimmy Wright flies. The 56-year-old president of UVA's Jefferson Scholars Foundation manages the the lavish scholarships that rope in some of the nation's best and brightest young students-- and let many get away.

DOME DUDE: LAURANCE MAKES SURE THE SHOW GOES ON
By Vijith Assar of The Hook / July 20
As July drags on, Richard Laurance is starting to sweat, but it's not due to the dog days of summer or. Since 2002, he has been supervising construction of the John Paul Jones Arena, UVA's new exercise in basketball and entertainment. With the grand opening just weeks away, it's crunch time.

SYLVIA TERRY TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY IN OFFICE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
University of Virginia Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Lampkin today appointed Sylvia V. Terry, long-time associate dean of the Office of African-American Affairs and director of the nationally recognized Peer Advisor Program, acting dean...

U.VA. APPOINTS INTERIM DEAN
By Carlos Santos of the Times-Dispatch / July 20

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

MARRIED WOMEN DEMAND TOO MUCH FROM THEIR MEN
By Betsy Hart for the Scripps Howard News Service / July 20
A recent study from University of Virginia researchers found that whatever our political views, women who are in long-term committed marriages with husbands who are emotionally involved, make most of the money, and help with the household chores in a way that's "fair" report the "highest levels of marital happiness."

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

RICHARD LAURANCE
Laurance is featured in a (Charlottesville) Hook article headlined:
DOME DUDE: LAURANCE MAKES SURE THE SHOW GOES ON
By Vijith Assar of The Hook

DAVID MARTIN
Martin, a law professor, was quoted in a Potomac News article headlined:
CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR SALVADORANS
By Daniel Gilbert of the Potomac News / July 21

DAVID NEWKIRK
Newkirk , the Darden School's CEO of executive education, authored an article that appears in Directorship Magazine. The article is headlined:
USING RETREATS TO BUILD TEAMWORK
By David Newkirk for Directorship Magazine / July 2006
(Not online)

STEVEN NOCK and W. BRADFORD WILCOX
Nock, a sociology professor and director of the Marriage Matters Project, and Wilcox, an assistant sociology professor, were cited in a Scripps Howard News Service commentary headlined;
MARRIED WOMEN DEMAND TOO MUCH FROM THEIR MEN
By Betsy Hart for the Scripps Howard News Service / July 20

DR. DAVID A. PEURA
Peura, professor of medicine and chairman of the National Heartburn Alliance, was cited in a PRNewswire press release headlined:
SURVEY REVEALS HEARTBURN SUFFERERS ARE CONFUSED BY TREATMENT OPTIONS
By PRNewswire / July 20

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, a politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
BUSH'S G-8 BACK RUB IS HIT IN CYBERSPACE
By Jake Coyle of the Associated Press / July 21

ABDULAZIZ SACHEDINA
Sachedina, Frances Myers Ball professor of Religious and Islamic Studies, was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article headlined:
NEW ORLEANS ARRESTS SPARK 'MERCY KILLING' DEBATE
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald for The Christian Science Monitor / July 21

PETER L. SHERAS and PHYLLIS KOCH-SHERAS
Sheras and Koch-Sheras, psychologists, were featured in a Jewish Exponent article headlined:
POWER TO THE COUPLE!
By Jewish Exponent staff reports / July 20

ROBERT TURNER
Turner, a former Army officer who's the associate director of the Center for National Security Law, was quoted in a Scripps Howard News Service article headlined:
AIRBORNE SOLDIERS TO FACE MILITARY TRIAL
By Michael Doyle of the Scripps Howard News Service / July 19

DAVID WALDNER
Waldner, a religion professor, will be interviewed about religious conflicts in the middle east by Jennifer Zajac during Saturday's The Morning Show starting at 8 a.m. on WINA.

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

PETER ALLEN
Allen, a graduate of U.Va., was cited in a Charlotte Observer article headlined:
DAPPER BUSINESS DUDES ORGANIZE DO-GOOD EVENT / CONCERT STARS 3 BANDS, BENEFITS DISABLED KIDS
By Olivia Fortson of the Charlotte Observer / July 21

DANIEL JORDAN
Jordan, who received a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1993, was featured in an Associated Press article headlined:
LOTT: SENATE CONFIRMS DAN JORDAN AS U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
By the Associated Press / July 21

LELAND MELVIN
Melvin, who earned a master's degree from U.Va.and who will be part of the crew on a Space Shuttle
mission slated for September 2007, is quoted in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headlined:
EX-LANGLEY ENGINEER JOINS SPACE SHUTTLE CREW
By Jim Hodges of the Daily Press

EX-LANGLEY RESEARCHER TO RIDE THE SHUTTLE
BY Jim Hodges of the Daily Press / July 20

HERITAGE HIGH GRAD TO JOURNEY INTO SPACE
By Erin France and A.J. Hostetler of the Media General News Service / July 20

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA.'S IRINA MITREA BRINGING MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS TOGETHER TO SHOW THEM THAT MATH ISN'T FOR GUYS ONLY

SYLVIA TERRY TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY IN U.VA.'S OFFICE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

U.VA. CURRY STUDENTS GO GLOBAL FOR HIGHER ED CONFERENCE

This week's featured publication is INSIDE UVA.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

MYRICHUNCLE, INYOURFACE
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed / July 21
In the highly competitive student loan market, a new lender trying to get a bite at the apple has a couple of options. The safe but slow route is to try to persuade college financial aid directors - who are often gatekeepers to the lenders' potential customers, the students - to recommend them, formally or informally. With a series of eye-catching full-page ads in The New York Times and USA Today and a strategy of undercutting other lenders on its base rates for federal student loans, a new company called MyRichUncle has chosen the alternative route: seeking to win over individual borrowers.

FINANCIAL-AID ADMINISTRATORS DENOUNCE A LENDER'S AD QUESTIONING THEIR INTEGRITY
By Stephen Burd of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 21

SHOW THEM THE MONEY
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed / July 21
Latino students need more information to get the most out of financial aid, study finds.

SUICIDE-PREVENTION GROUP RELEASES GUIDE FOR MENTAL-HEALTH POLICY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
By Sara Lipka of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 21
Colleges and universities should develop more-comprehensive approaches to treating troubled and suicidal students, according to a mental-health-policy manual released on Thursday by the Jed Foundation, a nonprofit suicide-prevention group.

SAT GROUP CAN DO BETTER, SAYS REPORT IT COMMISSIONED
By Karen W. Arenson of The New York Times / July 21
The College Board should acquire better scanning software, increase training for test center personnel and make other improvements in its procedures to help prevent errors in scoring SAT exams, according to a report released yesterday.

SAT CONTROVERSY CONTINUES
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed / July 21

COLLEGE BOARD FINALLY RELEASES COVETED REPORT ON SAT SCORING ERRORS
By Eric Hoover of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 21
AFFIRMATIVE INACTION
By Alan L. Contreras for Inside Higher Ed / July 21
Universities that really want to hire nonwhite faculty should forget the diversity plans and get into the schools, Alan Contreras writes.

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