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The Health Care Crisis: Contours of the Debate3/10/08 - Arthur Garson, Jr. is Executive Vice President and Provost of the University of Virginia, and the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Health Science and Public Policy. He became Vice President and Dean of U.Va.'s School of Medicine in 2002. Garson has served as President of the American College of Cardiology (1999-2000), and as chair of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He treats children with heart disease in his medical practice. Carolyn L. Engelhard is Assistant Professor of Medical Education and a health policy analyst in the Department of Public Health Sciences at U.Va.'s School of Medicine. Director of the Master of Science program in clinical research, she is a consultant for state health and Medicaid agencies. This Forum is a prelude to the Miller Center's National Discussion and Debate Series' debate on the health care crisis on April 9 in Boston. Garson and Engelhard's accompanying white paper will be posted at www.millercenter.virginia.edu/public/debates/healthcare. |
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Miller Center Debate: Religion in the Public Square3/6/08 - On Thursday, Mar. 6, 2008, in Richmond, Va., the National Discussion and Debate Series examined the role of religion in the public square. Four participants debated the resolution: "Religion should have no place in politics or government."
Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Jacques Berlinerblau, associate professor and director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, spoke in favor of the resolution. Chuck Colson, founder and chairman of Prison Fellowship Ministries, and Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor of Hope Christian Church, argued against it. Evan Thomas, editor at large of Newsweek, moderated. |
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Alfred Edmond, Editor-in-Chief of Black Enterprise Magazine, gives the Black History Month 2008 Keynote Address 2/25/08 - An award-winning reporter and editor, Alfred A. Edmond, Jr. has been recognized by TJFR Business News Reporter as one of America 's 100 Most Influential Financial Journalists. Here he gives the Black History Month 2008 Keynote Address to a crowd at Newcomb Hall. |
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U.Va. Introductory Politics Class Gets a Guest Lecture from Sen. Hillary Clinton 2/11/08 - Senator Hillary Clinton made a visit to Grounds to visit politics professor Larry Sabato's popular class entitled "PLAP 101: An Introduction to American Politics" on the eve of the Virginia primary. She also fielded questions from Sabato's students, who filled the orchestra section in the jammed auditorium. |
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Freeman A. Hrabowski Addresses the Board's Special Committee on Planning 2/7/08 - Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, addressed the Board of Visitor's Special Committee on Planning on February 7. He focused on the issue of of African-Americans and other minority students majoring in mathematics, science and engineering who pursue graduate studies in science, technology and medicine. |
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President Casteen Delivers 2008 State of the University Address 2/6/08 - University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III delivered his annual State of the University address on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at noon in Old Cabell Hall. |
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The Tie That Binds: Charlottesville's Black Community and the University of Virginia 2/6/08 - On February 6 in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom panelists shared in a discussion focusing on Charlottesville's black community and its connections to the University. Speakers included Coy Barefoot, director of Communications and Alumni Relations at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, and radio host of WINA's "Charlottesville |
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State of the Office of African-American Affairs Address 2/4/08 - Dr. Maurice Apprey, dean of the Office of African-American Affairs, gave his annual address on February 4 in the Rotunda Dome Room at 7 p.m. He spoke on "Student Affairs as Capacity Building". |
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