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Lecture of a Lifetime: School of Engineering and Applied Science Hosts Talk By Randy Pausch 11/27/07 - Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and virtual reality technology pioneer Randy Pausch delivered a lecture on "Time Management" in the University of Virginia's Old Cabell Hall Auditorium. The lecture may be among Pausch's last. He was told in August that his pancreatic cancer had progressed and he has three to six months of good health remaining. |
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The Medical Center Hour: What is Dead Anyway? Determining Death for Organ Transplantation11/14/07 - How do physicians determine a prospective donor has died? Determination of death by
neurologic criteria ("brain death") is legal and medically preferable, since optimal organ
perfusion can be maintained; but by all appearances a brain-dead donor on life support doesn't seem "dead." Understanding the history as well as the science can help with this challenging aspect of transplantation medicine. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Do Nurses Work for Love, or for Money?11/7/07 - In contrast to medicine, in nursing philanthropic and altruistic ideals conflict with
professional self-determination, most evidently economically. Philanthropists and altruistic agents
seldom seek economic gain or even parity, but professionals, having devoted years to developing
expertise, expect to be paid well and recognized in other ways. What is the basis for nursing |
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The Medical Center Hour: Cross-Cultural Competence in Cultural Care10/17/07 - Pediatric surgeon and bioethicist Farhat Moazam is at home in Pakistan, where she was
born and studied medicine, and the U.S., where she trained and practiced as a surgeon, then took
degrees in bioethics. What qualities and skills do clinicians require to practice effectively
wherever home is, and to traverse cultural divides? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Root Shock: The Impact of Urban Renewal on Health10/3/07 - 20th-century urban renewal projects, including Charlottesville\'s Vinegar Hill,
bulldozed entire districts and traumatically displaced hundreds of African American communities,
whose residents experienced \"root shock\" with destruction of their physical and emotional
ecosystems. How might we understand better and approach differently the health status of urban
African Americans and the health of our cities and neighborhoods? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Being There: Medical Students Service After 9/119/12/07 - For months following September 11, 2001, 20 new medical students at NYU worked as
volunteers in the office of the city |
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The Economic Impact of the University of Virginia: How a Major Research University Affects the Local and State Economies 6/28/07 - A new study by economists at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service found that the University of Virginia brings in $4.71 from outside the commonwealth for every $1 the institution receives in state support. The study, |
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Aging 101: World War II - A Cataclysm of Change 4/30/07 - Dr. Glen Elder, Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Research Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, describes how World War II affected an entire generation of men. His remarks are followed by a discussion on aging by Steven Nock, Commonwealth Professor of Sociology at U.Va. |
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