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Podcast: Charlottesville—Right Now! with Coy Barefoot: Dr. Michael Weber and Meredith Gunter
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Thu, Nov 19
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) Coy explores the latest on cancer research at the University of Virginia with Dr. Michael Weber, Director of the UVA Cancer Center, and three-time cancer survivor Meredith Gunter, co-founder of Patients and Friends of the UVA Cancer Center.
Podcast: Edgar Allan Poe appears before Jefferson Society on Friday the 13th
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Mon, Nov 16
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) Scott Craig Jones is the image and voice of Edgar Allan Poe. He presents “Edgar Allan Poe Comes Alive!” to middle school, high school, and college audiences throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Find out more about The Traveling Jones Theater at his website.
Podcast: Candidates Forum: Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Wed, Oct 14
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) Samuel Miller Magisterial District John Lowry He served on the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board and 10 years with the Virginia State Agricultural Council. Duane is the past president of the Charlottesville Rotary Club and is a Paul Harris Fellow.
Podcast: “The Life and Times of Winston Churchill” at Jefferson Society
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Sun, Oct 11
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) Mr. Kelly was a newspaper reporter for 20 years and now teaches news writing at the University of Virginia. Mrs. Smyer-Kelly is a former freelance writer for newspapers. In recent years she has served on the board of the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia in Charlottesville and as...
Timothy J. St. George Joins Troutman Sanders' Richmond Office
Original at jlns.com
• Wed, Oct 7
St. George received a B.A., with honors, from the University of Virginia in 2005, where he was an Echols Scholar and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2008, where he was The Society of the Cincinnati Scholar, reached the semi-final round...
Baker Donelson Expands Real Estate Practice
Original at jlns.com
• Wed, Sep 23
Mr. Cherry, who joins as an associate, manages a diverse commercial real estate portfolio practice. His experience includes guiding clients through multifamily and golf course development transactions, acquisitions of manufacturing sites in the Southeast, as well as providing ban...
Opinion: Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Adds Nine Attorneys
Original at jlns.com
• Tue, Sep 22
Matthew D. Stachel received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and was the technology editor and an editorial board member for the Virginia Tax Review. He received his B.A. in religion from the College of William & Mary and has joined the firm's Corporate Group.
Podcast: Virginia House of Delegates Candidates Showcase
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Wed, Aug 12
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) David Toscano (Democrat) is the incumbent delegate representing the 57th House District. David Toscano was elected to his first term in the Virginia House of Delegates in November 2005. David was born in Syracuse, New York in 1950, the first of five children. He was educated in the public sc...
Podcast: Health Insurance: The Problem, The Solution
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Wed, Jun 10
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) Robert Graham has, for 10 years, served as director of patient billing for the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia. During this time, Robert has served on a number of committees at the University of Virginia Health Center dealing with billing issues for both physic...
Ted Mathas Becomes Chairman of the Board of New York Life on June 1 - Business Wire
Original at businesswire.com
• Fri, May 29
He also serves on the board of the American Council of Life Insurers. Mr. Mathas graduated with an AB from Stanford University, with distinction, in 1989. He received a JD from the University of Virginia in 1992, where he was a member of the Virginia ...
W&L students find Monticello overseer's artifacts
Original at Daily Press
• Tue, May 26
VA The Edmund Bacon project is the first time Monticello has hosted W&L for an archaeological dig. Each summer, the University of Virginia offers a field school at Monticello. This year, the U.Va. class will be excavating "site 8," which is a clearing in ...
Modest beginnings for McGuire, others
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Sat, May 23
VA McGuire of Georgia Tech and Russell Wilson from NC State, last year's all-ACC quarterback, were members of the team, as were students who went on to play at Boston College, VMI, University of Virginia, University of Richmond, Hampden-Sydney and ...
Changing Places Who's coming? Who's going? Who's changing places?
Original at Mass High Tech
• Thu, May 21
USA Michitarian graduated from Stanford University and the University of Virginia Law School, where he was an editor of the law review. Law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC has brought on John A. Kostrubanic as a member in the firm's business ...
Division I conference baseball tournaments have limited state flavor
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Mon, May 18
VA By Staff Reports Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Richmond, William and Mary and James Madison all failed to qualify for their respective league tournaments. The University of Virginia is the sixth seed in the ...
People & Places for May 18
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Sun, May 17
People & Places for May 18 VA She earned her bachelor's degree from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Derwood Chase has assumed the roles of chairman and CEO of Chase Investment Counsel Corp., which he founded. He earned his bachelor's degree from the ...
Far from identical twins
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Sat, May 16
VA Brian Carroll, a junior midfielder, for U.Va. and his brother, Kevin, are one of two sets of twins on the Virginia team. By Jeff White The University of Virginia men's lacrosse team includes two sets of twins, and one is easy to identify. ...
Opinion: Farris championed homeschooling, built college, local church
Original at WND.com
• Tue, Apr 28
DC Students of Farris' have gone on to attend prestigious schools such as Harvard Law and the University of Virginia Law School. One graduate currently writes for the Harvard Law Review. Farris studied law at Gonzaga University in Washington, ...
Podcast: Former Governor Jim Gilmore speaks on “The New Liberty”
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Wed, Apr 22
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) University of Virginia alumnus James Gilmore III has devoted a career of service to his home state of Virginia and to his nation. He served as governor of Virginia from 1998-2002. From 1999-2003, he was the chair of the U.S. Congressional Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilit...
Distorting the Record at the University of Virginia
Original at blogspot/iUOG (Feedburner)
• Mon, Apr 13
By Rick Sincere(noreply@blogger.com) Last week in the Post's Metro opinion section, Karin Agness wrote about student protests over the choice of federal Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson to be the University of Virginia's commencement speaker. This past Sunday, Amelia Meyer explained some of the reasons for those protests against...
Bob McDonnell Speaks to News Media in Charlottesville
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• Tue, Mar 31
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By Rick Sincere(noreply@blogger.com) After addressing supporters at a rally in historic Jefferson Hall on the grounds of the University of Virginia, former Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell, who is traveling around the state this week to kick off his campaign for governor, spoke to print and broadcast journalists. H...
Opinion: Andrew Vollmer Named Acting General Counsel of SEC - Lawfuel
Original at Lawfuel
• Wed, Jan 21
Andrew Vollmer Named Acting General Counsel of SEC press release), New Zealand - Mr. Vollmer received his JD in 1978 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as Notes Editor of the Virginia Law Review. ...
Speech Codes 101
Original at FIRE
• Mon, Dec 22
By none (Sara Dogan) These unconstitutional policies typically take the form of speech codes restricting what the universities view as harassing or intolerant speech. Pennsylvania State University, for example, prohibits its students from "engage[ing] in any behaviors that compromise or demean the d...
How To: Ordering Books through U.Va. Interlibrary ServicesOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 9
By rss@youtube.com (kweimer2) Video tutorial showing you how to use Worldcat to order books from outside the University of Virginia Library or how to use VIRGO, the library catalog, to request books from remote storage. Keywords: U.Va. "interlibrary loan" "interlibrary services" "University of Virginia" VIRGO Worl...
How To: Creating an Interlibrary Loan Account with U.Va. LibraryOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 9
By rss@youtube.com (kweimer2) video tutorial explaining hwo to set up an account to get interlibrary loan books or books from the University of Virginia Library remote storage facility. Author: kweimer2 Keywords: "interlibrary loan" "interlibrary services" U.Va. "University of Virginia" Added: December 9, 2008
How To: Google Books and Google ScholarOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 9
By rss@youtube.com (kweimer2) Video tutorial explaining how to use Google Books and Google Scholar to narrow Google searches to scholarly books and articles. Author: kweimer2 Keywords: "Google Books" "Google Scholar" U.Va. "University of Virginia" Added: December 9, 2008
How To: Page2RSSOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 9
By rss@youtube.com (kweimer2) Video tutorial showing how to use http://page2rss.com to create RSS feeds from websites that do not have RSS capabilities. Author: kweimer2 Keywords: RSS Page2RSS U.Va. "University of Virginia" Added: December 9, 2008
How To: Creating RSS Feeds from EBSCO DatabasesOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 9
By rss@youtube.com (kweimer2) Video tutorial showing you how to create RSS feeds from journal or topic searches in EBSCO databases like Academic Search Complete. Author: kweimer2 Keywords: RSS "University of Virginia" U.Va. EBSCO Added: December 9, 2008
How To: Adding RSS Feeds to CollabOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 9
By rss@youtube.com (kweimer2) Video tutorial showing you how to add RSS feeds to a Collab site. collab is the University of Virginia (U.Va.'s) course management software). Author: kweimer2 Keywords: RSS U.Va. "University of Virginia" Collab Added: December 9, 2008
Opinion: Peter Schrag: Give up the lie that all UC campuses are equal
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Tue, Nov 25
Birgeneau pointed out both the obvious fact that state support for higher education has declined sharply in the past 30 years and that UC was still charging less than other flagship public universities like Michigan, Penn State, the University of Virginia and Rutgers. At the same time it...
Minnesota task force aimed at student-athletes
Original at usatoday.com
• Wed, Nov 19
C.P. Schlatter, a former All-America wrestler at the University of Minnesota, says he majored in nursing even though some of his coaches suggested that he take an "easier" major so he could "breeze through" to an undergraduate degree."Their philosophy was you could always go back to (grad...
Defending Google
Original at BuzzMachine
• Sat, Nov 15
By Jeff Jarvis Tuesday night, I’m joining in an NPR Intelligence Squared debate - Oxford format - on the motion, Google violates its “don’t be evil” motto. I’m speaking against - surprise, surprise. Esther Dyson and and Jim Harper of CATO are on my side; on the other are Siva Vaidhyanathan of the Universit...
Mark Meier: Virginia's Legal Residents Step Up: If You Can't Vote for Them, Campaign for Them
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Oct 21
By Mark Meier Those green-card holders and their foreign compatriots living here cannot vote in a U.S. presidential election. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean they might not tip the balance in the Old Dominion: they can't vote, but they can certainly campaign.
America's Biggest Universities Build 78-Terabyte Library, Still Missing Front Door [Digital Libraries]
Original at Gizmodo
• Mon, Oct 13
By Wilson Rothman Indiana University Michigan State University The Ohio State University Penn State University Purdue University The University of Chicago University of Illinois The University of Iowa University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Virginia
More on the consortial repository of Google-scanned books
Original at Open Access News
• Mon, Oct 13
By noreply@blogger.com (Peter Suber) The project is called HathiTrust, and so far it consists of the members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a consortium of the 11 universities in the Big Ten Conference and the University of Chicago, and the 11 campuses in the University of California system. The University o...
Opinion: Charlotte Kohler | Literary editor, 99
Original at Philly.com Obituaries
• Mon, Sep 29
Charlotte Kohler, 99, who as a longtime editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review was a quiet influence on the course of 20th-century writing, died on Sept. 15 at her home in Charlottesville, Va. Dr. Kohler died a day before her 100th birthday.
College library system ranked 8th best by Princeton Review
Original at The Flat Hat
• Sat, Aug 2
VA - Aug 2, 2008 The University of Virginia placed 19th. Dean of University Libraries Connie McCarthy sees this rank as a positive spotlight for the College’s library system ...
Podcast: The 2009 General Assembly Session
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Thu, May 8
By seantubbs@gmail.com (Sean Tubbs) An honors graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Law School, Rob Bell served as a state prosecutor for five years. He prosecuted over 2,400 cases, working with the police and crime victims to bring criminals to justice.
Podcast: Human Genome expert Collins addresses Jefferson Society
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Thu, Mar 20
By Jefferson Society Dr. Collins earned a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1970, a PhD in physical chemistry from Yale in 1974, and an M.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1977. In the 1990s he led the Human Genome Project. This international effort to decode the entire human genome was comp...
Podcast: Weldon-Cooper expert explains why Virginia’s Hispanic population has tripled since 1990
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Sun, Mar 9
By Coy Barefoot Qian Cai is the director of the Demographics and Workforce unit at the Weldon-Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. She joined Coy Barefoot on the February 6 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the Center’s recent study of Virginia’s His...
Opinion: Zuker, Better a Catholic Than a Communist?
Original at Icerocket blog search
• Thu, Mar 6
By Mary L. Dudziak Better a Catholic Than a Communist has just been published by James Zucker, a recent University of Virginia Law School graduate and 5th Circuit law clerk, in the Virginia Law Review. It is nice to see a law school supporting good student work in legal history all the way to publication. Here'...
Podcast: Perceptions and the Gender Gap
Original at cpn (Feedburner)
• Wed, Mar 5
By Jacob Canon In today???s show, adapted from an article published this month on the Oscar Web site written by Anne Bromley, a senior editor/writer for UVa Media Relations, we look at a recent study by University of Virginia Sociologist Elizabeth Gorman which said, no matter how the data was sliced or...
Opinion: Virginia colleges make Kiplinger's 'best values' list - Daily Press
Original at Daily Press
• Tue, Jan 8
VA - The University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary were listed third and fourth, respectively. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill led ... Kiplinger's Ranks U.Va. Third Among 'Best Values' in Public Education University of Virginia
Weekend Forum Answers
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Sun, Dec 9
By Scott Wolf(scott.wolf@dailynews.com) The Weekend Forum is brought to you by the University of Virginia, which offers a state-of-the-art TV channel for FREE. Since the Cavaliers host USC next year in football, check it out here http://www.virginiasportstv.com... The Weekend Forum is brought to you by the University of Virginia,...
Who Is Henry Hagar? - WSBtv.com
Original at WSBtv.com
• Thu, Aug 16
Who Is Henry Hagar? GA - He is studying for his Masters in Business Administration at the University of Virginia. His dad John is the chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. ...
Trib recognizes 'best of the best' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Thu, May 17
Trib recognizes 'best of the best' PA - Rittenhouse, who plans to attend either the University of Virginia or the University of Pittsburgh and eventually become an orthodontist, was nominated ...
UNC Asheville ranked as a “Best Value” in US by Princeton Review - Asheville Citizen-Times
Original at Black Mountain News
• Tue, Apr 24
UNC Asheville ranked as a “Best Value” in US by Princeton Review Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Other Top 10 public colleges include New College of Florida, University of Virginia, University of California-Berkley, University of California-San Diego ...
YEAR IN REVIEW: Other stories outside the Top 10
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Tue, Dec 26
VA - Ryan Zimmerman, who came to the Washington Nationals via the University of Virginia and his hometown of Virginia Beach, drove in 110 runs and finished a close ...
Are out-of-state students crowding out in-staters?
Original at USA Today
• Wed, Aug 30
BURLINGTON, Vt. - For Virginia native Max Wilson, getting into the University of Vermont, his top choice, practically was easier than driving up to start his freshman year. Not only was he accepted early, he was admitted into the honors college, which landed him in a brand-new dorm "an awes...
Tech, U.Va. represented on all-ACC team
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Mon, Nov 28
VA - Virginia Tech has placed five players and the University of Virginia three on the 2005 all-Atlantic Coast Conference football team. ...
U.Va. student found dead in apartment
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Sat, Nov 19
VA - CHARLOTTESVILLE - A 20-year-old University of Virginia student was found dead in her apartment by a housemate early Friday. Michelle ...