Thursday, July 27, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

CONVERSATION WITH STATE SEN. JONATHAN HARRIS / LEGISLATOR ATTENDS CONFERENCE FOR EMERGING POLITICAL LEADERS
By Stacey Dresner (West Hartford, Conn.) Jewish Ledger / July 26
[Conn.] State Senator Jonathan A. Harris (D-West Hartford) recently participated in “Program for Emerging Political Leaders: Preparing the Next Generation of Leadership in America,” a program sponsored by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation and the DARDEN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, and held at the University of Virginia from July 17-20.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

KATHERINE SHIREY
Shirey, a graduate student at U.Va., was noted in the Washington Post for having received the 2006 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation fellowship in a news item headlined:
NAMES IN THE NEWS
By Staff of The Washington Post

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

RICHARD J. BONNIE
Bonnie, professor of law, director of the U.Va. Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and chairman of a National Academy of Sciences panel on elder abuse, is quoted in a New York Times article headlined:
A POTENTIAL FAMILY PROBLEM THAT AWAITS THE RICH AND THE POOR ALIKE
By Sam Roberts of The New York Times

VA. MOM MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY / PETROSKY IS THE THIRD PERSON IN VIRGINIA TO BE PROSECUTED UNDER "ANNIE'S LAW," WHICH MAKES IT A CAPITAL CRIME FOR A PERSON 21 OR OLDER TO KILL A CHILD YOUNGER THAN 14
By Mike Allen of The Roanoke Times

ROBERT BRUNER
Bruner, professor and dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, was quoted in an article in the Angel Journal, a weekly publication of major trends in angel investing and emerging growth companies, in an article headlined:
STARTUPS COURT BUYERS, NOT IPOS
By Kemila Velan of The (Miami, Fla.) Angel Journal / July 26

M. RICK TURNER
Turner, 65, who has been dean of the University's Office of African-American Affairs since 1988, announced his retirement yesterday. The news was featured in an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch headlined:
EMBATTLED U.VA. DEAN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
By Carlos Santos of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

SARAH E. TURNER
Turner, associate professor in the Curry School of Education, is quoted in a New York Times opinion piece headlined:
Commentary: THE RELATIONSHIP BLEND
By David Brooks for The New York Times

FRANCIS WARNOCK
Warnock, professor of business administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, saw his research featured in an article in the (Canada) National Post headlined:
CANADA WOULD LOSE IF US$ FELL BY 10%: OUR EXPOSURE TO U.S. STOCKS, BONDS, CURRENCY WOULD TAKE A HIT   
By Jacqueline Thorpe of the National Post
(Available to subscribers only)

W. BRADFORD WILCOX
Wilcox, assistant professor of sociology, was quoted in a Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram article headlined:
TILL DEATH, OR LIVING IN AMERICA, DO US PART
By Patrick McGee of the Star-Telegram / July 26

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON
Ferguson, a former tackle for the Cavaliers who was the No. 4 overall NFL pick by the New York Jets and will start on the offensive line as a left tackle, was featured in an article in the Washington Post headlined:
NFL NOTEBOOK / FERGUSON SIGNS DEAL WITH JETS
By The Associated Press

ANNE KLEINDIENST
Kleindienst, who graduated from the School of Law in 1979 and was just appointed by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce as its general counsel, was mentioned in an Arizona Business Gazette article headlined:
SNELL, WILMER BRINGS IN 4 LAWYERS FROM BIVENS, NORE
By John McLean for the Arizona Business Gazette

MARION and TAMIKA MASON
The Masons met at U.Va. where they were both on the track team. Marion served as captain of the team for three years and still holds the college's indoor long jump record along with TIKI BARBER, who currently plays running back for the New York Giants. Marion graduated with a bachelor's degree in government and foreign affairs in 2001. Tamika graduated with a bachelor's degree in systems engineering in 2004. The Masons, who plan to become missionaries in Boston, Mass., were featured in an article in the Lincoln (Lincolnton, Ga.) Journal headlined:
MASONS STEP OUT ON FAITH TO SPREAD GOSPEL IN BOSTON
By Staff of The Lincoln Journal

SASHA MILLER
Miller, who recently graduated, is quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
CHURCH CAMP HELPS MOSTLY MEXICAN-BORN CAMPERS MASTER THE LANGUAGE
By The Associated Press / July 26

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. READING SPECIALIST LAURA JUSTICE AMONG THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL
RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION AT DARDEN TO OFFER NEW COURSE ON ORGANIC GROWTH THIS FALL

'SUPER SATURDAY' WORKSHOP HONORED AS 'INNOVATIVE' PRACTICE

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RESTRUCTURING IN THE NEWS

UNDER THE DOME: UNC-CH GETS TIPS ON GAINING AUTONOMY
By Jane Stancill and Rob Christensen of the (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer
How serious are UNC-Chapel Hill leaders about wanting to gain more independence from the state? This week, university trustees held a retreat that included a how-to lesson from UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA officials, who recently negotiated significant autonomy from the state government there.

UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS IN THE NEWS

U.VA. ADMISSIONS DEAN SAYS COACHES SHOULDN'T RECRUIT ATHLETES WHO MIGHT END UP ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE
By Darryl Slater and David Teel of the (Hampton Roads) Daily Press / July 26
Every September, a parade of University of Virginia coaches goes through Jack Blackburn's office, meeting one by one with Blackburn, the school's dean of admissions. Blackburn's message to the coaches about potential recruits is always the same. "My comment to them is that the (recruits) have to be reasonably well-prepared," Blackburn said Wednesday. "My encouragement to them is to find the best students they can. But it's a balance. … It's a waste of a coach's time to be bringing in a student if he or she thinks a student is going to be ineligible every other semester. That's not the way to build a program."

NEWS FROM U.VA.'S COLLEGE AT WISE

FREE RAM HEALTH EXPEDITION RETURNS TO WISE COUNTY FRIDAY
By Stephen Igo of the Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News / July 27
The final touches are being applied, a vintage DC-3 cargo plane will deliver a last batch of supplies on Thursday, and another intense summer weekend at the Wise County Fairgrounds is on tap for Remote Area Medical (RAM) Health Expedition's annual foray into Southwest Virginia. … New this year will be on-site chest X-rays, a de facto M*A*S*H unit supplied and staffed by the Western Virginia Emergency Medical Services Council, neurological services, and digital mammography linked to radiologists at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville who can then relay a recommendation for ultrasound services back to RAM at the fairgrounds if needed.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

Commentary: THE RELATIONSHIP BLEND
By David Brooks for The New York Times
If you want to increase the share of college graduates, you have to get into the ecology of relationships.

MANY ADVISERS, ONE MESSAGE
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
With academic advising programs scattered and often inconsistent, colleges develop common mission statements and training.

COLLEGE GROUPS SHUN 'SUNSET' PROPOSALS
By Doug LEderman of Inside Higher Ed
The game begins every February. The president unveils a budget plan that recommends killing a certain number of federal programs. Advocates for the programs raise bloody hell, promoting the programs' strengths and challenging the administration's arguments about the perceived weaknesses. And in almost every case, Congress backs the programs and gives them money to operate another year. Then the cycle starts anew the following February. In recent years, programs like Gear Up, Perkins Loans and Upward Bound, one of the TRIO programs for low-income students, have shown up annually on the Bush administration's hit list.

'CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE' IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Scholars in the humanities and social sciences need to do more to develop a "cyberinfrastructure," according to a new report by the American Council of Learned Societies.

HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES SHOULD FOCUS ON IMPROVING DIGITAL RESOURCES, REPORT SAYS
By Scott Carlson of The Chronicle of Higher Education

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