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Federal nursing grant aims to aid rural areas

By Virginia Terwilliger | October 22, 2009

The Nursing School will soon begin a three-year program to educate and prepare local and commuter graduate students to specialize in rural health care, Program Director Dr. Doris Glick said. The school, using a $1.2 million grant awarded in July, plans to use both classroom teaching and distance education online courses open to both full-time and part-time students of the University's Graduate Nursing program, Project Co-Director Pamela Kulbok said.

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By Rodger Nayak | October 22, 2009

Authorities still do not know what happened to Virginia Tech junior Morgan Dana Harrington, who disappeared Saturday night while attending a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena, State Police Lt.

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University Law School starts new public service program

By Virginia Terwilliger | October 22, 2009

Just in time for the upcoming spring semester, the University Law School will launch a new law and public service program for first- and second-year Law students. The program "is designed to offer a select group of students the opportunity to receive intensive and appropriate training that will prepare them for a career in public service," said Jim Ryan, the faculty director of the new program. Securing entry-level positions in public service currently is very challenging, said Yared Getachew, assistant dean for public service at the Law School.

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Gov. George Allen addresses University

By Bethel Habte | October 21, 2009

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Committee focuses on green ideas

By Matt Conover | October 21, 2009

Student Council's Environmental Sustainability Committee last night presented its plans for increasing the University community's level of sustainability and environmental awareness. The committee's co-Chairs announced an agenda to keep working with Dining Services to continue making on-Grounds dining options more sustainable.

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University provides flu screening to community

October 21, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31140" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University Health System is providing flu screening services to Charlottesville residents over the age of 13.

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Jewish group pushes for Deeds

By Virginia Terwilliger | October 21, 2009

The National Jewish Democratic Council, encouraged by Virginia going Blue in the 2008 presidential election for the first time since 1964, decided to join the Democratic Party's efforts in Virginia in support of gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds by mobilizing the commonwealth's Jewish vote - especially the student Jewish vote. "Many students were very involved and energized by the 2008 election and they were a big reason why Virginia voted Democrat," NJDC Political Director Linda Berg said. Deeds is concerned with issues of women's rights and voter awareness and education, giving Virginia's 50,000 Jewish voters reason to support him, Berg said. "Jewish voters are extremely concerned with civil rights, civil liberties and a woman's right to choose," she said.

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Netbadge interface sees changes

October 21, 2009

The Netbadge interface University students use to login to their e-mail and Collab accounts will get a new look tomorrow, said Mike McPherson, associate vice president and deputy chief information officer. The subtle changes will make the digital certificate option more noticeable and prominent to encourage students and University faculty and staff to login using that shortcut instead of typing in their passwords, McPherson said. "Digital certificates provide lots of protection against phishing because when you use a digital certificate your password never actually gets transmitted," McPherson said. In a few months the University will switch over to Netbadge 2, which will allow users to set up security questions to provide a higher level of assurance that they are who they say they are, McPherson added.

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Groups gear up for sustainability day

By Rodger Nayak | October 20, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31101" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Observatory Hill Dining Hall will host a theme dinner featuring local and organically grown foods as part of the seventh annual Campus Sustainability Day.

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Study focuses on anxieties

October 20, 2009

University Assoc. Psychology Prof. Bethany Teachman's recent study about anxiety and age appeared in this month's edition of the Psychology and Aging journal, noting that older adults respond with less anxiety than their younger counterparts on a range of anxiety measures including affective, cognitive and physiological pressures.

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University leverages new social networking tools

By Kevin Mead | October 20, 2009

The University is jumping on the bandwagon of social networking tools, "tweeting" so frequently that it is among the top 30 universities in terms of usage, according to a recent UniversitiesandColleges.org survey. The University ranked 29th among the top 100 universities in terms of Twitter followers, with one-third less than Harvard University, which came in first place.

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Va. Tech student missing

October 19, 2009

University Police last night issued an alert and sent an e-mail to University community members seeking information about a missing Virginia Tech student. The student, 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington, was last seen Saturday night at the John Paul Jones Arena, according to the e-mail.

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University will research swine flu vaccine impact on asthma patients

By Rodger Nayak | October 19, 2009

The University, in partnership with five other universities, the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will take part in a new study to help determine the effectiveness of the H1N1 vaccine on asthma sufferers. Between 350 to 400 people total with mild, moderate and severe asthma will take part in the institutions' studies.

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