The Virginia Aviation Board has approved more than $4.5 million of funding to be used by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority for several planned improvement projects, including the first, preliminary phase of a runway expansion that could result in slightly lower airfares.Commerce Prof.
An international team of physicists including University Assoc. Physics Prof. Bob Hirosky announced at the end of August the first observation of a particle that has been called a potentially crucial step in discovering and understanding fundamental laws of physics, the nature of matter and the forces around us.Hirosky and his team observed the force-carrying particle, known as the Z boson, at the U.S.
Neuroscience Prof. Jeremy Tuttle earned a $1.4 million grant in August from the National Institute of Aging for his research about bladder control drugs and their possible effects on Alzheimer?s disease patients.
FAIRFAX, Va. ? A crowd of 23,000 people gathered yesterday for a political rally for Republican presidential nominee John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin, making the Fairfax campaign stop McCain?s largest to date.McCain and Palin said maintaining Virginia a Red state will not be easy, but they stressed the fact that they believe a Republican victory in the commonwealth is achievable and important to the overall election.
The General Faculty Council, which represents full- and part-time general faculty and the senior professional research staff, held its first meeting of the semester yesterday afternoon, discussing the progress of restructuring currently taking place in the University Human Resources office.Chief Human Resources Officer Susan Carkeek presented information about the differences between the current and the new human resources structure, the latter of which will go into effect Oct.
The University Medical Center?s Surgical Intensive Care Unit has implemented a new antibiotic rotation method to try to ensure patients remain healthy during their hospital stays.The research team, headed by Dr. Robert Sawyer, co-director of the surgical trauma intensive care unit, looked to prevent bacterial staph infections common in hospitals ? officially known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections ? from occurring in ICU patients.MRSA ?is, in many hospitals, the most common cause of pneumonia developed in hospitals,? Sawyer said.Sawyer?s team used ?cycling,? or switching the type of antibiotic medicine given to patients, to prevent them from contracting other illnesses caused by MRSA while they recovered.A different antibiotic would be used on patients every three months, Sawyer explained.?Other hospitals have done this with other bacteria, but we?re the first that we know of that has used it for MRSA,? Sawyer said, noting this method has proven very effective.?We have 25 to 35 new infections a year in our intensive care units,? Sawyer said.
Valued for his knowledge of metal alloys, Prof. Robert Kelly, of the department of materials science and engineering, has been involved in the planning and production of the national Pentagon Memorial since summer 2003.
Dr. Lainie Friedman Ross of the University of Chicago?s Center for Clinical Medical Ethics discussed the question ?Can Adolescents Refuse Medical Treatment?? yesterday at the University of Virginia?s Medical Center Hour.
Last night Student Council discussed a resolution that would work to allow part-time and research-only graduate students partial access to athletic events, proportional to the fees these students currently pay.Part-time and research-only graduate students pay a $189 athletic fee per semester as a part of their tuition costs, while full-time students pay $644, said Graduate Arts & Sciences Rep.
According to a report released Monday by the American Lung Association, tobacco use among college students has declined to its lowest level since 1980.
For the second year in a row, The Hartwell Foundation has named the University one of the Top 10 Centers of Biomedical Research.This distinction continues to place the University biomedical department in league with institutions such as Cornell University, St.
The uncertainty created by termination of the early decision program and financial constraints resulting from a declining economy led to an increase in the number of students admitted from many institutions? wait lists this year.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs? two-day global conference on financial issues concluded yesterday after participants issued four main recommendations for future financial ministers worldwide.The conference, ?The New Financial Architecture: A Global Summit,? brought together former financial ministers from around the world to discuss issues such as the global financial architecture and the current credit crunch and to provide financial management advice for economies across the globe.
The University?s Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture is in the process of receiving artifacts from the historic Flowerdew Hundred Foundation that will expand upon an existing collection and become a new resource for students and faculty interested in researching the history of Virginia.The collection from the Flowerdew Hundred farm, located on the James River between Richmond and Williamsburg,
Four students who were pledging Chi Phi fraternity last spring are currently facing charges for felony abduction by force/intimidation for the alleged April 12 kidnapping of a fellow University student.
The regulation of global markets was one of several key topics of discussion at yesterday?s sessions of the Mortimer Caplin Conference on the World Economy, held yesterday and today in the Rotunda and in other locations around Grounds.Former finance ministers from 13 countries have gathered at the University for a two-day conference titled ?The New Financial Architecture:
Red. It?s the color that Virginia has voted in every U.S. presidential election since 1968. Now, though, as the current presidential race draws closer and closer, some politicos are wondering if this historically Republican state is going to vote Blue come November.?Since 1952, there have been 14 presidential elections [and] in 13 of those, the state has voted Republican,? said Cordel Faulk, director of communications at the Miller Center of Public Affairs.
In the same year that the American Institute of Chemical Engineers celebrates its centennial, the University?s Chemical Engineering Department will celebrate the progress it has made since its own opening in 1908, according to Don Kirwan, professor of chemical engineering and chair of the department committee for planning.On the weekend of Sept.
While monthly donor giving to the University?s eight-year Capital Campaign decreased from $45 million in June to between $8 and $9 million in July, Robert Sweeney, senior vice president for development and public affairs, said the Capital Campaign remains ahead of schedule and does not face any unusual hurdles at this time.As of the most recently audited totals from July, the campaign has received $1.743 billion, roughly 58 percent of its $3 billion goal for 2011, Sweeney said.
Jefferson Park Avenue will temporarily close Saturday as construction workers build a terrace that will eventually connect the developing South Lawn Project with New Cabell Hall and the Lawn.?To minimize the effect on traffic, the work on creating the foundation for the terrace will be done primarily at night,? University spokesperson Carol Wood said.Wood noted that the terrace construction will start at 3 a.m.
