Wednesday, February 15, 2012

University in the News

February 14, 2012 | WVIR-NBC-29 (Charlottesville)
UVA EcoMOD Housing Gets Financial Boost
Building more affordable, modular homes in Virginia is getting a financial boost. The University of Virginia's School of Architecture recently received a $2.4 million grant from the Tobacco Indemnification Commission for its ecological modular housing project known as ecoMOD.

University Research in the News

February 14, 2012 | Falls Church News-Press
Commentary: New Budget Helps Chesapeake Bay Restoration
Cites a University of Virginia study that found that every dollar invested in reducing runoff from agricultural lands will generate $1.56 in economic activity in the Commonwealth.

Faculty/Staff/Administrators in the News

February 14, 2012 | CNBC "Squawk on the Street" (video)
MBA Students: Wall St. vs. Silicon Valley
Perspectives on whether more business school grads are looking to choose Silicon Valley over Wall Street, with Peter Henry, NYU Stern Business School dean and Robert Bruner, University of Virginia Darden School of Business dean.

February 15, 2012 | UVA Today
Today's Faculty and Staff Quotes, Comments and Citations

Michael Coleman
Captain in U.Va. Police
Love Tragedy Spurs Legislative Changes
WVIR-NBC-29 (Charlottesville) / Feb. 14

Maurice Cox
Architecture School professor
Kimball Art Center thinks BIG / Bjarke Ingels Group chosen for maintaining community values
Park Record (Park City, Utah) / Feb. 14
and
BIG and Architectural Nexus design the winning proposal for the renovation and expansion of the Kimball Art Center
World Architecture News / Feb. 14

Frederick Hayden
Medical School professor
WHO meeting to focus on details of bird flu studies
Canadian Press / Feb. 15

Tim Ogilvie and Jeanne Liedtka
Visiting lecturer and professor at the Darden School, respectively
Designing for Growth Awarded Top Business Book of 2011
(South Mississippi) Sun-Herald / Feb. 15

Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Romney campaign running out of gas in Michigan
Postmedia News / Feb. 15

Steve Swanson
Head women's soccer coach and coach of the U.S. women's under-20 national team
U.S. U-20 Women beat Norway 2-0 to clinch Four Nations championship in Spain
Potomac Soccer Wire / Feb. 14

W. Bradford Wilcox
Sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project
The great monogamy debate
CBC Radio (Canada) / Feb. 14

Alumni in the News

February 15, 2012 | UVA Today
Today's Alumni Notes, Quotes and Citations

Capt. Paul Auchincloss
School of Nursing alumnus and physician assistant in the Army
(Untitled profile)
Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System / Feb, 14

Higher Education News - U.S.

February 15, 2012 | The Associated Press
Fundraising up for colleges in 2011 - especially the already rich
The latest annual college fundraising figures out Wednesday show donations to colleges and universities rose 8.2 percent in fiscal 2011, crossing back over the $30 billion mark for just the second time ever, and improving many schools' financial footing after several lean years due to the economic downturn.

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