HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVES

Monday, Aug. 21, 2006


UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

MOVE-IN DAY AT U-VA. / 3,000 FIRST-YEARS, ALL SEARCHING FOR A CONNECTION / TECH SQUADS EASE COMPUTER SYSTEM'S HUGE HOOKUP TEST
    By Susan Kinzie of The Washington Post / Aug. 20
They've been gearing up for this for months. Last week, the final wave of computer support staff went through training. The techs held their breath, hoping no new virus would come along. Yesterday morning, they gathered for final instructions, and then it hit: The University of Virginia dorms opened. More than 3,000 new students arrived yesterday. And more than 3,000 computers got plugged in.
    UVA STUDENTS SETTLE INTO DORMS / CONTROLLED CHAOS STARTS NEW YEAR
By Matt Deegan of The Daily Progress / Aug. 20
    UVA UNDERGRADS MOVING IN
By Aaron Kessler of The Daily Progress / Aug. 19

UVA MEDICAL CENTER NAMED 'MAGNET' HOSPITAL / NURSES RECOGNIZED AS PROVIDING SOME OF BEST CARE IN COUNTRY
    From Daily Progress staff reports / Aug. 19
The University of Virginia Medical Center has been recognized as a "magnet" hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Magnet recognition means it is considered that UVa's nurses provide some of the best care in the country, in terms of their professional standards and education levels. Only about 3 percent of U.S. hospitals have been designated magnet institutions by the ANCC, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association.

TECHNOLOGY/ CITRIX CHALLENGES BIG FIRMS TO HELP SCHOOLS EXCEL
    By Patrick Danner of the Miami Herald / Aug. 21
Three years after Fort Lauderdale software company Citrix Systems launched the South Florida Community Leadership Foundation to help train school superintendents and staff on running their schools like successful Fortune 500 companies, Citrix is seeking participation from other companies. … The foundation is implementing new education development programs with the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and the Curry School of Education for Leaders in Education.

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW IN THE NEWS

ON THE TIGHTROPE: A LOOK AT THE VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW
    By Thomas Uskali for the Mobile Press-Register / Aug. 20
Literary journals are considered "known quantities" in the academic and intellectual worlds. With staid, predictable covers and oft-perplexing article titles, they're not usually thought of as "hip." Enter the new incarnation of The Virginia Quarterly Review, founded in 1925, reinvigorated in 2003 by its current editor, Ted Genoways.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

TED DELANEY
    Delaney, a graduate who serves as a cemetery's historian, was featured in a Lynchburg News & Advance article headlined:
'THEY'VE ALL GOT A STORY'
By Darrell Laurant of the News & Advance / Aug. 18

SARAH PEMBER
    Pember, a graduate student, was quoted in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
CAMP MARKS 80TH ANNIVERSARY / MONT SHENANDOAH ALUMNAE SHARE TALES OF TRANSFORMATIVE TIMES
By Calvin R. Trice of the Richmond Times-Dispatch / August 20

STUDENT OBITUARIES IN THE NEWS

BRETT GOSNELL
    Gosnell, a student in the College, died Aug. 17 after a three-year battle with cancer. He was featured in an article in the Charlotte Observer headlined:
CANCER CLAIMS YOUTH: GOSNELL, 20, NEVER LOST HIS FIGHTING SPIRIT
By Marcie Young of The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer / Aug. 20

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

CINDY S. ARON
    Aron, history professor and author of "Working at Play: A History of Vacations in the United States," was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article headlined:
WORK IN AUGUST? NON! / IN FRANCE, VACATIONS ARE SACRED. IN THE U.S., THE WORK ETHIC SEEMS TOO STRONG TO LET US RELAX.
By Susan Spano of the Los Angeles Times / Aug. 20

JOHN BLACKBURN
    Blackburn, dean of admission, was quoted in a Virginian-Pilot article headlined:
HOME-SCHOOLERS ARE COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS
By Lindsay Powell for the Virginian-Pilot / Aug. 19

JULIAN BOND
    Bond, professor of history and NAACP chairman, was quoted in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headlined:
ARMIES OF ACTIVISTS
By Hugh Lessig of the Daily Press / Aug. 20

DAVID BRENEMAN
     Breneman, dean of the Curry School of Education, was quoted in a AXcess News article headlined:
COLLEGES FIGHTING TO ROPE ACADEMIC THOROUGHBREDS, LEAVING POOR BEHIND, EXPERTS SAY
By Nicholas Beadle for AXcess News / Aug. 18

NATHAN FOUNTAIN
    Fountain, associate professor and director of the comprehensive epilepsy program, was quoted in a Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star article headlined:
STUDENTS WITH MEDICAL NEEDS JUGGLE COLLEGE LIFE, DISEASE MANAGEMENT
By Jessica Schonberg of The Free Lance-Star / Aug. 20

TED GENOWAYS
    Genoways, editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, was quoted in an article in the Mobile Press-Register headlined:
ON THE TIGHTROPE: A LOOK AT THE VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW
By Thomas Uskali for the Mobile Press-Register / Aug. 20

MOOL C. GUPTA
    Gupta, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was quoted in a Newport News Daily Times article headlined:
NANOTECHNOLOGY USE RISES AS COSTS FALL
By Jim Hodges of the Daily Times / Aug. 20

JONATHAN HAIDT
    Haidt, associate professor of psychology, was quoted in an Arizona Republic article headlined:
ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE / OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK CAN BE DEVELOPED, ENHANCED, EXPERTS SAY
By Barbara Yost of The Arizona Republic / Aug. 19

A.E. DICK HOWARD
    Howard, a constitutional law scholar, was quoted in a Roanoke Times article headlined:
LAWS OF CHANGE: CHRISTIAN COLLEGE HOPES ITS STUDENTS WILL CHANGE SOCIETY
By Pamela J. Podger of The Roanoke Times / Aug. 19

RICHARD KENT
    Kent, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, saw his research featured in an article in the Baltimore Sun headlined:
SENIORS WHO STAY BEHIND THE WHEEL MAY THRIVE / OLDER DRIVERS LESS LIKELY TO
NEED ASSISTED LIVING, BUT FACE MORE FATAL RISKS
By Stephanie Beasley of the Baltimore Sun / Aug. 18

SIDNEY MILKIS
    Milkis, chairman of political science, was quoted in an Austin American-Statesman article headlined:
AFTER SEPT. 11, A MOMENT OF CONSENSUS; THEN CAME IRAQ / HISTORY'S VERDICT ON BUSH'S POST-9/11 LEADERSHIP HANGS A GREAT DEAL ON THE OUTCOME IN IRAQ.
By Bob Deans of the Austin American-Statesman / Aug. 19

BRIAN NOSEK
    Nosek, assistant professor of psychology, was quoted in a Denver Post commentary headlined;
GIBSON'S FIRST STEP TO CONTRITION? ADMITTING HE'S A BIGOT
By Cindy Rodríguez of the Denver Post / Aug. 20

J. KIM PENBERTHY
    Penberthy, a professor in the department of psychiatric medicine, was cited in a WebMD article headlined:
IS IT ADHD OR BIPOLAR DISORDER? / CHILDREN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER ARE OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED AS HAVING ADHD, AND ADHD MEDICATION WON'T HELP. SOMETIMES, CHILDREN SUFFER FROM BOTH.
By Christina Frank for WebMD / Aug. 21

WILLIAM F. RUDDIMAN
    Ruddiman, environmental sciences professor, was cited in a Pensacola News Journal commentary headlined:
VIEWPOINT: PENSACOLA HELPS CAUSE, AND CAN HELP BEAT, GLOBAL WARMING
By Joe Edmisten for the News Journal / Aug. 21

LARRY J. SABATO
        Sabato, professor of politics and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics, was quoted in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headlined:
By Hugh Lessig of the Daily Press / Aug. 20
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-04357sy0aug20,1,6754408.story

PETER SHERAS
    Sheras, professor in the Curry School of Education and an expert on teen suicide, was quoted in a commentary piece in the Washington Post headlined:
TOO FEW OVERACHIEVERS / ACADEMICALLY STRESSED STUDENTS AREN'T THE COUNTRY'S NORM
By Jay Mathews of The Washington Post / Aug. 21

DR. JANET I. WARREN
    Warren, associate director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article headlined:
DOCUMENTARIAN NOW A PLAYER IN THE RAMSEY CASE
By Ralph Vartabedian and Richard Fausset of the Los Angeles Times / Aug. 21

HEATHER WARREN
    Warren, professor of religious studies, was quoted in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
VIRGINIA CLERIC TO LEAD NEW ANGLICAN GROUP / ASSUMPTION OF BISHOP'S POST IN NIGERIA TODAY COULD ADD TO TENSIONS IN CHURCH
By Shaun Bishop of the Times-Dispatch / Aug. 20

RICK WEBB
    Webb, a research professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences whose Web site lays out potential environmental dangers of turbine development, was quoted in a Associated Press article headlined:
WIND POWER PROMISES 'CLEAN' ENERGY
By The Associated Press / Aug. 20

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

CHRIS COLIZZA
    Colizza, a recent graduate, was quoted in a Richmond Times Dispatch article headlined:
CHARLOTTESVILLE PUTS INTERNS TO WORK DOING REAL JOBS
By John Yellig for the Media General News Service / Aug. 21

JIM TUNE
    Tune, who as an undergraduate got involved in the arts, was featured in a Seattle Times article headlined:
ARTSFUND CEO PLAYING A NEW TUNE
By Melinda Bargreen of the Seattle Times / Aug. 20

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS / http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVES MAGNET RECOGNITION FOR NURSING EXCELLENCE

U.VA. CENTER FOR POLITICS WINS FEDERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT STUDENT POLL WORKERS PROGRAM

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCORES HIGH IN TWO NATIONAL MAGAZINE SURVEYS

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

REGULATORY ACTIVISM?
    By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 21
Few aspects of higher education took as many body blows from the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education as did the accreditation system, which the panel's final report derided as having "significant shortcomings," including stifling innovation, paying short shrift to student outcomes, and being secretive. ... Now, as the U.S. Education Department begins to craft its plans for carrying out some of the commission's ideas, accreditation appears to have become a likely target for changes.

PAYING FOR DIVERSITY
    By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 21
On Thursday, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System approved a plan that would increase tuition for all students at the university's La Crosse campus by a total of $1,320 over three years to diversify the student body there. A tenet of the "Growth and Access" plan is to expand the number of enrolled students by 1,000, with half of those being low-income or underrepresented minority students.

TOO FEW OVERACHIEVERS / ACADEMICALLY STRESSED STUDENTS AREN'T THE COUNTRY'S NORM
    By Jay Mathews of The Washington Post
[...] [Alexandra Robbins, author of "The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids"] is quite right about [Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Md.]. Its students are frequently taking five or six AP courses and putting in four hours a night or more on schoolwork. What Robbins and the parents and students in such communities fail to see, however, is that they are in the uppermost 5 percent in homework, just as they are in housing square footage, money spent on vacations and stock market investments. Only about 10 percent of American high school students have Ivy League ambitions. For the vast majority, academic stress is pretty rare.

TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

THE RISE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
    By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 21
Who's up and who's down? At any campus or disciplinary gathering, you can find professors swapping gossip about which department lost a faculty line and which one gained. ... A new book attempts to add up all of the shifts over the course of the 20th century, all over the world. For humanities professors who regularly complain that science professors are favored, there may be a surprise: Humanities faculty jobs have indeed lost ground, steadily and dramatically. But during the 20th century - the age when Einstein and Salk and countless other scientists changed the way we live - the share of science jobs in academe actually fell slightly. The big winner was in fact the social sciences. And more generally, disciplines that focused on applied work saw gains while those focused on basic research fell.


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