Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

CURRY SCHOOL GETS $10 MILLION FOR PRESCHOOL CENTER / FEDS GIVE U.VA. FIVE-YEAR GRANT TO STUDY TEACHER TRAINING
By Will Goldsmith of C-VIlle Weekly
What makes a good preschool teacher? That's the $10 million question now in the hands of UVA's Curry School of Education, thanks to a five-year grant for a national preschool education center. The grant-possibly the largest ever for the Curry School-comes from the Institute of Education Sciences, a division of the U.S. Department of Education.

BOV APPROVES NEW CANCER CARE CENTER / $59M CENTER TO BREAK GROUND IN 2007
 By Meg McEvoy of C-ville Weekly
On Thursday, July 27, the UVA Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee approved the design for a $59 million, eco-friendly cancer care center to be built at the heart of the medical center complex. With tons of glass providing natural light and even an herb garden, the center reflects national trends in sustainability and holistic healing, says UVA Architect David Neuman. He links the building to new trends in medical care, too: "The whole thing in patient care has to do with people having hope…that concept of building is very powerful," Neuman says.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

NORTHERN VA. SCHOOLS / INFLUX OF STUDENTS LIKELY BY 2010
48,400 PREDICTED BY STUDY MIGHT STRETCH BUDGETS, OFFICIALS FEAR
By Ian Shapira of the Washington Post / August 3
Tens of thousands more students are expected to join classrooms in Northern Virginia's fast-growing outer counties by 2010, further taxing strained resources, according to a study released yesterday. The number of students in Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties will increase by about 48,400, according to a study of birth rates and U.S. Census data released by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center.

HARD EXERCISE BEST FOR BANISHING BELLY FAT / WORKING OUT AT HIGH INTENSITY PRODUCES GREATER BENEFITS IN OBESE PEOPLE AT RISK FOR DIABETES
By McLean's staff reports / August 3
High-intensity aerobic exercise is more effective than low-intensity activity for getting rid of stubborn belly fat that can increase the risk for developing diabetes. "We were hoping they were both equally effective from a public health perspective, but so far it looks like higher intensity exercise is more effective," says researcher Brian Irving of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. … Irving and his colleagues studied how exercise affects various measurements of fat in obese people with an elevated risk for type 2 diabetes, a form of high blood sugar that is often associated with being overweight.

SGI REPORTS LINUX-AIDED WORLD RECORD
By Robert W. Smith for Linux Today / August 2
As the US computer manufacturer SGI reports, one of its Altix 4700 systems has outpaced the previous STREAM Triad benchmark record by a factor of 4, achieving a sustained memory bandwidth of 4.35 terabytes per second. The STREAM Triad Benchmark, developed by the University of Virginia, is an approach to measuring memory bandwidth that employs datasets much larger than the available cache on any given system.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

MARTIN N. DAVIDSON
Davidson, professor of business administration at the Darden School of Business, was quoted in a Black Enterprise Magazine article headlined:
LONELY AT THE TOP / COMPANIES FAIL TO RETAIN MINORITY MANAGERS
By Lee Anna Jackson of Black Enterprise Magazine / August 3

GLENN GAESSER
Gaesser, director of the kinesiology program, was quoted in a Shape magazine article headlined:
THE SECRETS TO LASTING WEIGHT LOSS
By Shaun Dreisbach for Shape magazine / August 2

BRIAN IRVING
Irving, a researcher, was cited in a McLean's magazine article headlined:
HARD EXERCISE BEST FOR BANISHING BELLY FAT / WORKING OUT AT HIGH INTENSITY PRODUCES GREATER BENEFITS IN OBESE PEOPLE AT RISK FOR DIABETES
By McLean's staff reports / August 3

AARON LAUSHWAY
Laushway, associate dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life, was quoted in an article in the Washington Post headlined:
COLLEGES WARN ABOUT NETWORKING SITES
By Justin Pope of The Associated Press / Aug. 2

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

JOSEPH, HAROLD AND LAWRENCE FAMILANT
The Familant brothers, who all attended U.Va., were cited in a Hampton Roads Daily Press article headlined:
SONS GIVE SCHOLARSHIP TO HONOR PARENTS / THREE MEN CREATED A TRUST FUND THROUGH THE RODEF SHOLOM TEMPLE IN HAMPTON.
By Myrna Johnston of the Daily Press / August 3

MICHAEL FREDERICK
Frederick, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce, was featured in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
EXECUTIVE PROFILE COLUMN
By Times Dispatch staff reports / July 31

DAVID LEE
David Lee, a U.Va. alum, was cited in a Daily Progress article headlined:
TWO FOR YEUX
By (Charlottesville) Daily Progress Staff Reports  / August 3

BOB MOJE
Moje, a graduate of the School of Architecture, founder of VMDO Architects and lead architect for the John Paul Jones Arena, was interviewed for an article in C-Ville Weekly headlined:
QUESTIONS FOR BOB MOJE
By Dan Catalano of C-Ville Weekly

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA. ENGINEERING STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH PROJECTS IN WASHINGTON
TODAY AFTER STINT AS SUMMER POLICY INTERNS

DARDEN ALUM JAMES CHENG PLEDGES $1 MILLION FOR NEW SCHOLARSHIP FUND

VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL TO PREVIEW 'LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE'

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

NATIONWIDE MENINGITIS VACCINE SHORTAGE
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 3
Some colleges don't have enough doses to vaccinate students; manufacturer pumps up production.

WHERE THE JOBS ARE
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 3
Faculty members have for years been complaining that the higher education job market is growing the most in part-time positions. Data released by the Education Department Wednesday back up that contention. While the figures aren't new, the department's 10-year look at college and university employees shows that employment growth has been uneven - in some cases dramatically so.
    
UNIVERSITY STAFFS GREW FASTER THAN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE OVER RECENT DECADE, STUDY FINDS
By Audrey Williams June of The Chronicle of Higher Education / Aug. 3

MTV BUYS COLLEGE PAPER NETWORK
By Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 3
MTV's college network has purchased the parent company of College Publisher, the largest network of online editions of college newspapers.

GANNETT PURCHASES STUDENT PAPER
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 3
Student journalists at the FSView & Florida Flambeau now share something in common with reporters at USA Today: Their publications are owned by Gannett. The Tallahassee Democrat, whose parent company is also Gannett, has bought the twice-weekly newspaper (weekly during the summer) that serves Florida State University. Terms of the deal were not disclosed on Wednesday. Media observers say this is the first time that a major newspaper chain has purchased an independent, privately owned publication that is geared toward students, faculty and administrators.

TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

COLLEGES WARN ABOUT NETWORKING SITES
By Justin Pope of The Associated Press / Aug. 2
Incoming college students are hearing the usual warnings this summer about the dangers of everything from alcohol to credit card debt. But many are also getting lectured on a new topic -- the risks of Internet postings, particularly on popular social networking sites such as Facebook. ... "I think they don't realize that others have" so much access, said Aaron Laushway, associate dean of students at the University of Virginia, which first incorporated the topic into orientation a year ago.

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