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2000
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ALL
2000 HEALTH SYSTEM PRESS RELEASES |
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December
2000 |
| 12/30/00 |
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Al
Groh Named Head Football Coach At University Of Virginia |
| 12/20/00 |
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U.Va.
Educator Joins Organization Promoting Excellence In Children's
Literature |
| 12/20/00 |
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HEALTH
SYSTEM: Charles L. Reed Physical Assessment Laboratory Established |
| 12/20/00 |
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HEALTH
SYSTEM: School of Nusring Web Site Rated One of the Top Internet
Resources for Nurses |
| 12/19/00 |
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Gift
from Alumnus Gregory Olsen U.Va. School Of Engineering Receives
$15 Million For Materials Science -- Largest Gift In School’s
History
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| 12/19/00 |
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When
It Comes To Character And Public Life, Americans Are "Befuddled,"
U.Va. Survey Shows |
| 12/18/00 |
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Major
Buddhist Library To Be Given To University Of Virginia Library |
| 12/15/00 |
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U.Va.
Students Demonstrate Strong Interest In Religious Studies Not
Just At The Holidays, But Throughout The Year |
| 12/15/00 |
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U.Va.’S
Gertrude Fraser Named To Ford Foundation Post |
| 12/14/00 |
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Biomedical
Engineering Student Invents Mechanical Leech |
| 12/14/00 |
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Educator
Offers Vision Of New American Learning System |
| 12/12/00 |
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The
University Of Virginia Will Remove Eight Ailing Trees |
| 12/12/00 |
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U.Va.
Student Awarded Prestigious Marshall Scholarship |
| 12/7/00 |
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Bayly
Art Museum Offers Extended Holiday Hours |
| 12/7/00 |
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The Bayly
Art Museum Is Proud To Announce The Winners Of The 14th
Writers Eye Competition
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| 12/7/00 |
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HEALTH
SYSTEM: New Book Chronicles 100 Years of Nursing Excellence |
| 12/6/00 |
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Gift will
support Astronomy and new Center on Religion and Democracy
California Couple Gives $20 Million To College Of Arts &
Sciences
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| 12/4/00 |
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U.Va.
Scholar Lotta Lofgren Honored For Translation Of August Strindberg’s
Poetry |
| 12/1/00 |
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U.Va.
Researchers Probing Reasons Why Women Athletes Suffer More Knee
Injuries Than Men |
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November
2000 |
| 11/29/00 |
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Who
Really Won and Why? UVA Center Presents Respected National Analysts
at American Democracy Conference |
| 11/29/00 |
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U.Va.
Student Receives Statewide Award Recognizing Promising Future
Educators |
| 11/29/00 |
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U.Va.
Student Groups Join Alcohol Education Initiative Birthday
Cards Encouraging ‘Responsible Celebration’ To Be
Sent To U.Va. Students Turning 21
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| 11/27/00 |
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Three
Sociology Graduade Students Present Papers For National Conference |
| 11/20/00 |
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U.Va.’S
Student Volunteer Center Receives Governor’s Award Recognzing
Youth Service |
| 11/20/00 |
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Former
NEA President Mary Futrell To Speak As Part Of "Explorations
In Black Leadership" Series |
| 11/20/00 |
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The University Of
Virginia Will Host Two Public Talks With Cabell Hall Mural
Artist Lincoln Perry
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| 11/17/00 |
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Prominent
Ethics Faculty Lead New Initiative U.Va. Launches Interdisciplinary
Ethics Institute, Building on Tradition of Honor at Mr. Jefferson's
University
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| 11/17/00 |
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The
Project On Lived Theology: Exploring Connections Between Faith
And Activism |
| 11/16/00 |
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Nancy
Essig To Retire As Director Of University Press |
| 11/15/00 |
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Third Annual Award Nominations
Sought for Batipps Memorial Scholarship and Prize
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| 11/14/00 |
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Future Teachers, Counselors
Gain Insights On Handling Real-Life Problems Through Fictional
Situations Portrayed In Films
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| 11/13/00 |
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HEALTH
SYSTEM:U.VA.Health System Hosts Meeting On New Federal Funding
For Health Research |
| 11/13/00 |
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Director Of The National
Museum Of The American Indian To Speak Nov. 29 At U.Va.
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| 11/10/00 |
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First-Year
U.Va. Students To Gain New Home On Saturday, Nov. 11 |
| 11/9/00 |
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U.Va.
Students And Officials Seek To End Drinking Practice Tied To
Last Home Football Game |
| 11/9/00 |
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Promiscuity
May Be Key Factor In Immune System Evolution, Study Suggests |
| 11/8/00 |
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Internationally
Recognized American Art Expert To Speak Nov. 30 |
| 11/8/00 |
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Poet
And Editor Dave Smith To Read Nov. 30 At U.Va. |
| 11/7/00 |
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Tokyo
Architect Shigeru Ban To Speak At The University Of Virginia |
| 11/3/00 |
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U.Va.
Architecture Students Build Their Design With Help From Charlottesville
Community Building Suppliers |
| 11/2/00 |
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HEALTH
SYSTEM: Spread Of Flu In Families Reduced With Zanamivir |
| 11/2/00 |
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Nov.
9-10 Event At U.Va. Will Examine Role Of States In Supporting
Marriages And Same-Sex Partnerships |
| 11/1/00 |
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Search
Committee, Executive Search Firm Named To Select Next Chancellor
Of UVA-Wise |
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October
2000 |
| 10/31/00 |
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HEALTH
SYSTEM: Inhaled Insulin Helps Diabetic Children In U.VA. Study |
| 10/31/00 |
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Noted
Civil Rights Lawyer Julius Chambers To Speak Nov. 8 As Part
Of "Explorations In Black Leadership" Series |
| 10/31/00 |
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New
Weight-Loss Book Seeks To Shift Traditional Focus Of Dieting |
| 10/31/00 |
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Women
Educators To Convene Nov. 9-10 At U.Va. To Learn How To Become
Powerful Leaders |
| 10/30/00 |
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"Lines,
Marks, & Motion": Exhibition Of Works By Suzi Fox
At Fayerweather Gallery
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| 10/30/00 |
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Reaching
For Higher Ground: Building Powerful And Principled Groups And
Communities |
| 10/27/00 |
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President
Honors Outstanding Young U.Va. Scientist |
| 10/27/00 |
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U.Va.
Conference To Examine Complicated Issues Surrounding Marriage,
Same-Sex Partnerships |
| 10/26/00 |
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Scripps Foundation To
Provide $1.6 Million Challenge Grant To Miller Center Of Public
Affairs
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| 10/26/00 |
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Virginia
Senate Campaign Seen As Negative But Fair, Honest, And Informative
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| 10/26/00 |
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NAACP
Legal Defense Fund President Elaine Jones To Speak Nov. 1 As
Part Of "Explorations In Black Leadership" Series |
| 10/26/00 |
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Kenneth
Schwartz Elected President Of National Architectural Accrediting
Board |
| 10/26/00 |
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University Of Virginia
Community Joins Hands To Volunteer On Make A Difference Day,
Oct. 28
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| 10/25/00 |
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Editor
To Speak On African American Women's Beauty Perceptions |
| 10/25/00 |
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University Of Virginia
Experts On Political Campaigning
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| 10/25/00 |
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U.Va.
School of Nursing Receives Fuld Grant |
| 10/24/00 |
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"Habits Of The Heart"
Co-Author Robert Bellah To Speak On Protestantism And Multiculturalism
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| 10/23/00 |
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Virginia Trout Stream Sensitivity
Study 2000
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| 10/23/00 |
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Degradation Of Virginia
Trout Streams Continues, Minor Recovery Also Indicated
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| 10/23/00 |
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Dr.
Robert E. Reynolds Named Vice President, Chief Information Officer
At University Of Virginia |
| 10/23/00 |
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"Animal
Art" From U.Va. |
| 10/23/00 |
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U.Va.
Women’s Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Distinguished
Alumnae To Offer Advice To New U.S. President
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| 10/20/00 |
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U.Va. Assistant Dean Of
Students Honored For Commitment To Helping Non-English Speakers
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| 10/19/00 |
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New
Technology Sites Extend Reach Of U.Va's Public Services |
| 10/18/00 |
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Largest Gift Ever To
U.Va.'s College of Arts And Sciences Halsey Minor, Cnet Networks
Founder, Gives $25 Million to Help Transform Education for
the Internet Age
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| 10/17/00 |
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U.Va.
Opens Connected Community Technology Center and Unveils New
Electronic Site, "Outreach Virginia" |
| 10/13/00 |
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David
Gies Is Honored With U.Va.’S Thomas Jefferson Award |
| 10/11/00 |
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Japanese
Literature Web Site Receives International Award |
| 10/11/00 |
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U.Va. Law Conference
Will Evaluate Theories And Strategies In Environmental Conservation
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| 10/11/00 |
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Center
For Survey Research On The Move |
| 10/9/00 |
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Renaissance
Art Expert Paul Barolsky To Speak Oct. 12 |
| 10/6/00 |
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Grant Competition
Will Spark New Initiatives Ivy Foundation To Support Biomedical
Research At UVA
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| 10/6/00 |
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World
Bank Official To Discuss World Poverty Oct. 10 |
| 10/5/00 |
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"Wielding The Red
Pen": U.Va. Library Presents Censorship Exhibit
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| 10/4/00 |
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Robert
Jospe and Kevin Davis to Perform in a World Beat Workshop on
Oct. 6 |
| 10/4/00 |
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U.Va.'s
Sixth Annual Energy Awareness Day Promises Freebies and Energy
Savings |
| 10/3/00 |
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President Casteen Names
Interim Chancellor at U.Va.'s College at Wise
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| 10/3/00 |
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Poet
Lisa Russ Spaar Receives Jaffe Writing Award |
| 10/2/00 |
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Neh Grant Will Support
U.Va.-Va. Tech Project History Teachers To Explore Jamestown’s
Complex Role In Forming American Culture
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| 10/2/00 |
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U.Va. Electronic
Text Center's Free E-Books
Are Worldwide Hit
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September
2000 |
| 9/29/00 |
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Architecture
Faculty Print Works To Be Exhibited |
| 9/28/00 |
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Washington
Drug Official To Speak At U.Va.'S Curry School |
| 9/27/00 |
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U.Va.
Wins One Of Four New National Science Foundation Centers |
| 9/27/00 |
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Town
Center At North Fork Research Park Opens For Business |
| 9/26/00 |
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Human
Rights Campaign Leader To Speak At U.Va. |
| 9/26/00 |
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Technology
Expert Anita Jones To Speak At
U.Va.'S Fall Convocation
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| 9/21/00 |
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Guild
Trio to Give Chamber Music Concert on Sept. 24 |
| 9/19/00 |
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Stanley
Trent Selected To Receive International Teaching Award |
| 9/19/00 |
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U.Va.
Introduces New Liberal Arts Program In Media Studies |
| 9/18/00 |
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U.Va.-Wise
Chancellor Finalist for Susquehanna University Presidency |
| 9/18/00 |
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13th
Annual Virginia Film Festival to Feature "Animal Attractions |
| 9/15/00 |
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Women’s
Center Offers Fall Programs To Celebrate 10th Anniversary
FEMINIST
GLORIA STEINEM TO LEAD PANEL DISCUSSION
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| 9/14/00 |
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Organ
Recital and Workshop to be Held at U.Va. Sept. 15-16 |
| 9/13/00 |
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New York Artist Alex O’Neal
To Exhibit In Fayerweather Gallery
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| 9/13/00 |
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Pathologist
To Describe DNA Investigation Into Jefferson-Hemings Relationship
Sept. 27 At U.Va. Club |
| 9/13/00 |
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Susan Bruce Heads
U.Va. Center Focusing On Preventing Alcohol And Substance
Abuse
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| 9/11/00 |
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U.Va. School Of Architecture
To Host Lecture By Architects Nader Tehrani And Monica Ponce
De Leon
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| 9/800 |
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Peter
Low To Step Down As U.Va. Provost |
| 9/7/00 |
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Buzzoni Becomes Head
of Admissions For U.Va.'s Adult Degree Program
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| 9/7/00 |
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Daniel
Hallahan Receives Special Education Research Award |
| 9/6/00 |
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Uva’s Darden School
Names Head Of $84 Million Entrepreneurial Center
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| 9/6/00 |
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'Explorations
In Black Leadership' Aims To Preserve Lessons Taught By Key
Civil Rights Figures |
| 9/5/00 |
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Virginia
Students To Conduct Nation’s Largest Internet Mock Election |
| 9/5/00 |
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U.Va.
Library Names Vicki Coleman as Director of Clemons Library |
| 9/5/00 |
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U.Va.
Miller Center Of Public Affairs Awards Fellowships To Nine Scholars |
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August
2000 |
| 8/31/00 |
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U.Va.
Builds A Stronger International Program Professor William Quandt
To Hold New Post, Vice Provost For International Affairs
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| 8/31/00 |
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U.Va.
Library’s Geostat Center Presents Historic Maps Of Charlottesville
Online |
| 8/29/00 |
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Will
Take Visiting Post At Oxford: U.Va. Dean Of Arts & Sciences
Melvyn P. Leffler To Step Down Next Year |
| 8/24/00 |
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Here
They Come! New U.Va. Students To Arrive Saturday |
| 8/23/00 |
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U.Va.
Launches Program To Give Laptop Computers To Students With Needs |
| 8/22/00 |
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School
Surpasses Fund-Raising Goal: U.Va. Center Receives Funding To
Help Teachers Use Technology |
| 8/21/00 |
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University
Of Virginia Police Chief Announces Retirement |
| 8/17/00 |
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University
To Give Computers To Local Charities On Aug. 23 |
| 8/16/00 |
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U.Va.’S
Fayerweather Gallery Kicks Off The Year With Its Annual Faculty
Exhibition |
| 8/15/00 |
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To
Produce More Teachers, U.Va. School Increases Enrollment And
Options For Undergraduates |
| 8/15/00 |
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In
Recognition Of Statewide Teacher Shortage, U.Va. Creates "Alternative
Route" To Becoming A Teacher |
| 8/9/00 |
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National
Bar Honors Law Professor Kenneth Abraham |
| 8/9/00 |
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U.Va.
Educator To Edit New Reference Work Describing Global, National
Education Efforts |
| 8/4/00 |
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U.Va.
Researchers Discover Vital Steps In The Cell Cycle; Findings
Appear In This Week's Cell And Nature |
| 8/2/00 |
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Ten
Tips For Snagging Hot IT Hires: Improved Handling Of Peopleware
Needed |
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July
2000 |
| 7/31/00 |
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U.Va.
Nurse Mentoring Program Ensures High Quality Patient Care |
| 7/31/00 |
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U.Va.
To Offer Lung Screening Initiative |
| 7/27/00 |
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University
Of Virginia Medical School Foundation Receives $3.5 Million
Bequest |
| 7/27/00 |
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Brian
Campbell Named Executive Director Of U.Va. Medical Alumni
Association
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| 7/27/00 |
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Law
School Dean Robert Scott Will Step Down, Return To Teaching
After Current Academic Year |
| 7/26/00 |
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U.Va.,
City Officials Formulate Football Game-Day Parking Plan |
| 7/14/00 |
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U.Va.
Scientist To Lead U.S. Team This Summer In Atmospheric Research
In Africa |
| 7/14/00 |
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Heritage
Repertory Theatre Opens Last Two Shows of Season |
| 7/12/00 |
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Groundbreaking:
U.Va. Department Of Environmental Sciences To Begin Construction
For Laboratory Building |
| 7/11/00 |
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U.Va.’s
Rob Turner Plays James Madison’s Glass Flute |
| 7/10/00 |
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"Same
Time Next Year" Opens at Heritage Repertory Theatre; Silent
Auction Begins for Carousel Horse |
| 7/6/00 |
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Heritage
Repertory Theatre Season Continues with Pulitzer Prize Winner
"Picnic " |
| 7/5/00 |
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July
10-14 Event to Probe What it Takes to Lead Public Schools
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June
2000 |
| 6/30/00 |
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Bayly
Art Museum Sponsors Members Trip to Montreal Museum of Fine
Arts and Ottawa Museum of Fine Arts July 19-23 |
| 6/30/00 |
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Carol
Stanley Selected As University Of Virginia Registrar |
| 6/28/00 |
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U.Va.'s
Department of Emergency Medicine to Begin Study to Help Patients
Breathe During Ambulance Transportation |
| 6/28/00 |
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Photography
Against Itself Exhibition on Display at the Bayly Art Museum |
| 6/28/00 |
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Politicians,
Policy Makers, Parents And The Public Can Address Looming Teacher
Shortage |
| 6/26/00 |
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James
Turner, M.D., Can Provide Expert Opinion On CDC Recommendation
About Meningococcal Disease |
| 6/21/00 |
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Carousel
Opens Heritage Repertory Theatre Season |
| 6/21/00 |
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Commemorative
Coins To Support Foundation Formed To Promote Scholarly
Exchanges Between U.S. And Iceland |
| 6/19/00 |
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Heritage
Repertory Theatre Prepares for 2000 Season |
| 6/16/00 |
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Pew
Trusts Expand Support Of U.Va.’s Clean Campaigning Program
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| 6/16/00 |
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Light
House Premieres "Video Diary 2000," June 18 at the
Bayly Art Museum |
| 6/16/00 |
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Polish
Historian Wojciech Roszkowski Named To Miller Center’s
Kosciuszko Chair In Polish Studies |
| 6/16/00 |
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U.Va.
School Uses Its Largest Outright Gift To Establish Chair In
Pediatric Nursing |
| 6/14/00 |
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Public
Invited to Opening Events for Special Bayly Art Museum Exhibition |
| 6/13/00 |
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Virginia
Teachers To Gain Help June 21-22 In Meeting The SOLs |
| 6/6/00 |
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Darden’s
New Progressive Incubator To Nurture Students’ Award-Winning
Ideas |
| 6/05/00 |
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U.Va.
Library Receives Rare And Valuable Items From The Collection
Of Paul Mellon |
| 6/05/00 |
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University
Of Virginia To Investigate Former Landfill |
| 6/05/00 |
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Atlanta
Couple’s $10 Million Gift Caps U.Va. Reunions Weekend Celebrations
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| 6/02/00 |
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E.P.A.
Names U.Va. To Energy Conservation Honor Society -- Again |
| 6/01/00 |
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Miller
Center’s Presidential Recordings Project Receives $200,000
In Grants |
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May
2000 |
| 5/31/00 |
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U.S.
Census Director to Speak at the Miller Center |
| 5/31/00 |
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U.Va.,
Va. Tech And The Va. Department Of Forestry Join To Form The
Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute |
| 5/30/00 |
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2000
Summer Calendar Of Events |
| 5/25/00 |
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Survey
Reveals Some Promise, Many Problems As Virginia Schools Strive
To Meet SOLS |
| 5/24/00 |
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Third
U.Va. Balcony Lawsuit Settled |
| 5/22/00 |
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U.Va.
Professors Milani And Farrell Are Awarded First University-Seminars
Fellowships |
| 5/21/00 |
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Text
of Alfred R. Berkeley III's Commencement Speech |
| 5/18/00 |
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May
Graduate's Dream Shows How Education Tranforms Lives |
| 5/18/00 |
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U.Va.
Graduation 2000 Tidbits |
| 5/16/00 |
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Class
Gift To Benefit Many U.Va. Organizations |
| 5/12/00 |
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Global
Change: New Book Reflects Powerful Vision Of Recent Nobel Peace
Laureates |
| 5/11/00 |
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El
Nino-Like Climate Patterns Existed During Last Ice Age, Study
Finds |
| 5/11/00 |
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U.Va.
Readies For 171st Graduation |
| 5/10/00 |
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Local
Woman With Passion For Improving Community Health Will Graduate
From U.Va. School Of Medicine |
| 5/09/00 |
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Seven
Students Who Launched A Program To Help Black Youths Will Graduate
In May: Vision To Continue |
| 5/09/00 |
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One
Of The Few To Pass Foreign Service Exams On The First Try, May
Graduate Awaits Call That Will Take Her Overseas |
| 5/09/00 |
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The
Newest Exhibit In U.Va. Library’s Special Collections Department
Aims To Delight The Child In All Of Us |
| 5/05/00 |
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The
Youngest Member Of U.Va.'s Graduating Class Of 2000 |
| 5/04/00 |
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University
Of Virginia Opens Conference Center |
| 5/04/00 |
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U.Va.
School Offers Wide Range Of Internet Options |
| 5/04/00 |
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U.Va.
Law Librarian Kent Olson Honored For His Book, "Legal Information:
How To Find It, How To Use It" |
| 5/03/00 |
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Biochemist
Ron Taylor Named Inventor Of The Year |
| 5/03/00 |
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Study
Urges A Variety Of New Transportation Choices And Transit-Oriented
Communities For Northern Virginia |
| 5/02/00 |
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U.Va.
Webcam Connects Jefferson’s Lawn To The World |
| 5/02/00 |
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U.Va.
Engineering Graduate Les Williams: A Technology Leader With
A Flair For Helping People |
| 5/01/00 |
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Dyslexia
Forced Graduate To Create Own Path For Success |
| 5/01/00 |
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Graduate
Unearths Truths About Human Evolution |
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April
2000 |
| 4/28/00 |
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U.Va.
Graduate Leaves Life-Skills Legacy |
| 4/28/00 |
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Discovery
Channel Web Site Uses U.Va. Student’s Research |
| 4/28/00 |
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Already
A Pioneer In On-Line Journalism, May Graduate Plans On Making
Positive Impact On Television Reporting |
| 4/28/00 |
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U.Va.
Announces Winners Of Awards For Service To Humanity |
| 4/27/00 |
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Study
Demonstrates That Internal Body Clocks Become Desynchronized
Under Conditions Simulating Jet-Lag |
| 4/27/00 |
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Graduate
Exemplifies Value Of Mentoring |
| 4/27/00 |
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Humanities
Professor Melvin Cherno Will Again Take On Role Of Principal
Of Hereford Residential College |
| 4/25/00 |
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Publisher
Katharine Graham To Receive Miller Center Award For Public Service
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| 4/24/00 |
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Students
Planning Teaching Careers Show Unusually Strong Resolve To Help
Others, New Survey Shows |
| 4/21/00 |
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U.Va.
Graduate Teaching Assistants Honored By Seven Society |
| 4/18/00 |
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"The
Need Is Overwhelming": One Student’s Example Of Commitment
To Providing Volunteer Legal Services |
| 4/18/00 |
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