Tuesday, July 25, 2006

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

BRIAN BALOGH
Balogh, professor of history and co-director of the American Political
Development Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, was quoted in a
PBS NewsHour Extra feature story headlined:
PRESIDENT BUSH CASTS FIRST VETO
By Annie Schleicher for NewsHour Extra / July 24

CRAIG BARTON
Barton, associate professor of architecture, was quoted in an
Associated Press article headlined:
MEMORIES OF COMMUNITY STIR PRIDE / FORMER RESIDENTS TRY TO RESCUE FREE
BLACKS' SETTLEMENT FROM OBLIVION
By Kristen Wyatt of The Associated Press

BANKOLE JOHNSON
Johnson, chairman of the department of psychiatric medicine, was quoted
in a Wall Street Journal article headlined:
'ADDICTION TRANSFER' SEEN AFTER WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY
By Jane Spencer of The Wall Street Journal

ELIZABETH MAGILL
Magill, professor at the School of Law, was scheduled to testify in
Washington today before the House Judiciary Committee's Commercial and
Administrative Law Subcommittee hearing on "The 60th Anniversary of the
Administrative Procedure Act: Where Do We Go From Here." The news item was
carried today on the Federal Information & News Dispatch in an article
headlined:
THE WASHINGTON DAYBOOK - HOUSE COMMITTEES
By Staff of the Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. via Agence
France-Presse
(Not found online)

JONATHAN D. MORENO
Moreno, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics who served on the
panel that wrote a report for the Office for Human Research Protections, the
watchdog arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is quoted
in a Chronicle of Higher Education story headlined:
REPORT CALLS FOR EASING RULES ON RESEARCH INVOLVING PRISONERS
By Jeffrey Brainard of The Chronicle of Higher Education / July 28

LARRY PETTIT
Pettit, professor of commerce at the McIntire School of Commerce, was
quoted in a Lynchburg News & Advance article headlined:
GROUP HOPES TO OPEN NEW LOCAL BANK
By Bethany Fuller of the News & Advance / July 24

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, professor of politics and director of U.Va.'s Center for
Politics, was quoted in an article in the Washington Post headlined:
U.S. SENATE RACE
ALLEN USES AN ISLAND TO PUT WEBB ON THE SPOT / REPUBLICAN CATCHES HIS
OPPONENT BY SURPRISE WITH A DEBATE QUESTION ON HAMPTON ROADS ISSUE
By Tim Craig of The Washington Post

STEPHANIE VAN HOVER
Van Hover, assistant professor at the Curry School of Education, was
cited in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
PROGRAM TURNS TEACHERS INTO STUDENTS OF HISTORY
By Amy L. Kovac for the Roanoke Times

DAVID WALDNER
Waldner, associate professor of politics, was featured in an article in
C-Ville Weekly headlined:
MIDDLE EAST QUESTIONS FOR DAVID WALDNER / POLITICS PROF DISCUSSES HEZBOLLAH,
U.N. POLITICS, AND THE FUTURE OF LEBANON
By David T. Roisen of C-Ville Weekly / July 24-31

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
 
JULIE CAMPBELL DUDLEY
Dudley, who obtained a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences in
1982, was featured in a Galax Gazette article headlined:
GRAYSON NATIVE NAMED FIRST ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY
By Staff of the Galax Gazette

TINA FEY
Fey, a 1992 graduate of U.Va., was featured in a Richmond Times-
Dispatch article headlined:
DIFFERENT SHOWS, BUT ODDLY ALIKE
By Douglas Durden of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

LELAND MELVIN
Melvin, who earned a masters degree in materials science at U.Va.'s
School of Engineering and Applied Science, was featured in a Lynchburg News
& Advance editorial headlined:
A DREAM COME TRUE FOR CITY'S ASTRONAUT
By the Lynchburg News & Advance / July 24

WREN MILLER
Miller, who earned a bachelor's degree in economics and history from
U.Va., was featured in a Hanover (Pa.) Evening Sun article headlined:
HANOVER MAN UNDERTAKES FATHER'S CAREER
By Ashley Adams of the Evening Sun

MENDEL ROSENBLUM
Rosenblum, who earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from U.Va.,
was featured in a Businesswire press release headlined:
VIRTUALIZATION AUTHORITY DR. MENDEL ROSENBLUM JOINS TRANSITIVE TECHNICAL
ADVISORY BOARD
By Businesswire

SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
Whitehouse, a law school graduate, was featured in a Providence (R.I.)
Journal article headlined:
TRYING FOR A COMMON TOUCH
By Scott MacKay of the Providence Journal

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA.'S DR. MARK E. SHAFFREY TO CHAIR HEALTH SYSTEM'S DEPARTMENT OF
NEUROSURGERY

U.VA.'S LAW SCHOOL BOASTS RECORD PARTICIPATION LEVEL IN ANNUAL ALUMNI GIVING

OPEN HOUSE FOR U.VA.'S NEW JPJ ARENA DRAWS THOUSANDS

This week's featured publication is E-NEWS ONLINE.
 
UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

W&M WOMEN TENNIS CLASS NO. 2 IN U.S.
By Sonny Dearth of the (Hampton Roads) Daily Press / July 24
The Tennis Recruiting Network ranked the William and Mary incoming women's
freshman class as the second best in the nation for 2006-07, trailing only
the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA SPORTS NETWORK BROADENS PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARLOTTESVILLE
RADIO GROUP
By Staff of the Official College Sports Network / July 24
The Virginia athletics department announced today plans to broaden its radio
partnership with the Charlottesville Radio Group (CRG). The new agreement
expands the role CRG plays as the radio flagship partner for Virginia
Athletics. WWWV-FM (97.5) and WINA-AM (1070) will continue to serve as the
home for Virginia's football and men's basketball broadcasts for the next
five years, while WINA-AM will be the home for Cavalier Call-In and Virginia
women's basketball play-by-play broadcasts. CRG will continue its expanded
UVa coverage by carrying live broadcasts of baseball and men's lacrosse
games on WINA-AM and its newest station, WVAX-AM (1450). CRG will also
continue to carry Inside Virginia Women's Basketball with Debbie Ryan and
the Cavalier Minute. ... For more information on Virginia athletics go to
www.virginiasports.com.
(Not found online)
 
HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

FREE FOR ALL
By David Epstein of Inside Higher Ed
With expanded federal funding for embryonic stem cell research off the
table, institutions are finding their own way.

TOO MUCH SHARING ABOUT FILE SHARING
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
[...] A House of Representatives subcommittee has requested a survey of
colleges' policies and practices on networks that allow students and others
to illegally share copyrighted video and audio files. But unlike most
studies by the GAO, Congressional aides have insisted that the agency in
this instance report not just on the file sharing landscape in the
aggregate, but on how individual colleges responded to the survey.


WHAT ROLE FOR SOCIOLOGY?
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Sociologists are turning their scholarly gaze inward by examining how their
own discipline fits into general education. The conclusion of a special
panel appointed by the American Sociological Association is that the
discipline has much to offer general education, particularly as defined by
recent efforts to promote improvements in the curriculum.

NATIONAL ACADEMIES FAIL TO AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON SCIENTIFIC PANELS,
WATCHDOG SAYS
By Jeffrey Brainard of The Chronicle of Higher Education
About one-fifth of scientists who have helped write scientific reports for
the National Academies had direct financial ties to industry groups with a
stake in the findings, a watchdog group reported on Monday. Many of the ties
were not disclosed publicly, and some of the panels had few or no members
representing consumer or health advocates, the group said.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ALLEGED
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed

NEW PUSH FOR PHYSICS
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
The United States needs to reinforce its commitment and financial support
for atomic, molecular and optical sciences, according to a report released
Monday by the National Research Council. The report warns that the dominance
of the United States in these fields is threatened at a time that the
research could lead to important advances in energy, health, security and
understanding the laws of physics.

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