A&S Online Archive 2009

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August A&S Online

  • The Renaissance Code:
    Art historian Francesca Fiorani reveals its secrets.
    Posted 07/23/09

  • Gender Gap
    Implicit stereotypes may contribute to underachievement and under-participation among girls and women in science.
    Posted 07/23/09

  • Cutting-Edge Chemist
    Chemistry discovery opens promising new lines of research in cancer, cardiology, diabetes and tissue-engineering areas.
    Posted 07/23/09

  • Musical Genes
    Juan Mendez (Music ’09) creates award-winning computer composition based on DNA.
    Posted 07/23/09

  • Undercover Work
    Archaeologists and students look underground for answers to longstanding historical questions.
    Posted 07/23/09

July A&S Online

  • An Honest Day’s Work
    IASC fellow Matthew Crawford meditates on the rewards of manual labor.
    Posted 06/25/09

  • Outside the Lines
    Cynthia Wall makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar in her “Weird Science” literature course.
    Posted 06/25/09

  • Technology Revolution
    New videoconferencing technology possible for cell phones and PDAs, psychology researchers reveal.
    Posted 06/25/09

  • A Matter of Privacy
    Economist Amalia Miller’s research shows privacy protections may slow adoption of electronic medical records.
    Posted 06/25/09

  • Whose Turn to Pay?
    Financial disagreements can be deal-breaker for cohabiting couples, according to research from sociologist Jeff Dew.
    Posted 06/25/09

  • Dream Come True
    Stephanie Passman fulfills lifelong wish thanks to joint-degree program offered by the College and Curry School of Education.
    Posted 06/25/09

June A&S Online

  • Cleaner Air
    Chemistry professor leads new $11 million center to make methane a commercially viable fuel.
    Posted 05/28/09

  • High Honor
    Professors Judy DeLoache and Timothy Wilson and President John Casteen named fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
    Posted 05/28/09

  • Why Don’t Students Like School?
    Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham’s research helps answer a universal question.
    Posted 05/28/09

  • Young Poets Society
    English majors share the power of poetry with middle-schoolers.
    Posted 05/28/09

  • Filling the Gap
    Student efforts inspire new global development major in Arts & Sciences.
    Posted 05/28/09

  • Standout Student
    Thushara Gunda receives 2009 Udall Scholarship to support her environmental research.
    Posted 05/28/09

May A&S Online

  • Gateway to Research
    College breaks ground on science building.
    Posted 04/23/09

  • Brain Drain
    U.Va. professor Timothy Salthouse’s research shows cognitive decline begins in our late 20s.
    Posted 04/23/09

  • Media Matters
    U.Va. brings together prominent researchers to discuss the future of media studies and its interdisciplinary connections with other fields.
    Posted 04/23/09

  • The Price of Alternative Energy
    Wind power needs regulation, argues U.Va. Environmental Sciences professor Rick Webb.
    Posted 04/23/09

  • Exploring Faith
    U.Va. graduate student Adam Jortner receives Newcombe Fellowship to study religion.
    Posted 04/23/09

  • Listening to Her Calling
    American Sign Language Program helped aspiring lawyer Caitlin Vogus (Interdisciplinary, American Studies ’07) find her true passion.
    Posted 04/23/09

April A&S Online

  • High Anxiety
    Mathematics grad student Katherine Heller’s passion for teaching helps students overcome their fears.
    Posted 03/26/09

  • Magical Transformation
    New U.Va. Tibet Center will bring together Chinese and Tibetan research—and people.
    Posted 03/26/09

  • Poe-etry
    U.Va. honors College alum with major exhibit.
    Posted 03/26/09

  • Adios IMF?
    Ph.D. candidate explores the rise of Asia and Latin America and International Monetary Fund dominance.
    Posted 03/26/09

  • Personal and Political
    U.Va. poets discuss the poetry of crisis.

March 2009

  • Who Owns the Past?
    The Virginia Indian Heritage Program and historiography, American style
    Posted 02/26/09

  • 300 Stars At Once
    U.Va. to probe Milky Way history in Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
    Posted 02/26/09

  • Chairman of the Board
    Lemuel Lewis (Economics ’69, Darden ’72) appointed board chairman at Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
    Posted 02/26/09

  • Jorge Secada
    “Citizen of the World” advances U.Va. global programs.
    Posted 02/26/09

  • Letter from a Future Historian
    How a summer internship helped her find her calling.
    Posted 02/26/09

February 2009

  • Across the Universe
    The Center for Chemistry of the Universe headquartered at U.Va. will combine the tools of chemistry and astronomy.

  • Revamped to the NINES
    Digital British and American 19th-century studies are world-renowned.
    Posted 01/22/09

  • Buddhism in Fiction and Film
    J-Term course examines Buddhism through storytelling.
    Posted 01/22/09

  • Comunidades
    Students learned Spanish in Hispanic community during J-Term.
    Posted 01/22/09

  • Bond on Obama
    The venerable professor and civil rights legend sets the election in historic perspective.
    Posted 01/22/09

  • Solving Rapes Faster
    Graduate student’s new method for processing rape evidence could eliminate crime-lab backlogs.
    Posted 01/22/09

  • Question from the Dean: You Spoke
    Your favorite professors
    Posted 01/22/09

January 2009