A&S Online Archive 2006

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December

  • Dean Ayers to head U of R
    The University of Richmond announced Nov. 10 that Edward L. Ayers, dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at U.Va. since 2001, has been named its president effective July 1.
    Posted 11/15/06

  • Questioning athletics
    Heather Reid looks at sports through philosophy’s prism.
    Posted 11/15/06

  • Art & poetry in motion
    Project puts student work on UTS buses.
    Posted 11/15/06

  • Who votes?
    Undergraduate Ross Baird looks abroad and close to home to find answers.

  • Right on time (again)
    The restoration of Cocke Hall brings a bonus: a clock that tells the time more than twice a day.
    Posted 11/15/06

November

  • The wins of court
    U.Va.’s Collegiate Mock Trial team is the national champion. Members do their homework, learn to think on their feet and have lots of fun.
    Posted 10/25/06

  • Use it or lose it?
    Crossword puzzles might not be the answer for aging brains.

  • Ahead of her time
    Lucy Hale was a pioneer in internationalizing U.Va.
    Posted 10/25/06

  • Be prepared
    Readers reflect on how today’s students can arm themselves for tomorrow’s challenges.
    Posted 10/25/06

  • Online music extra
    Listen to three tracks from “Happiness in Time,” a CD by singer-songwriter Nathan Maxwell (Nathan Cowles, English ’97).
    Posted 10/25/06

October 2006

September 2006

  • What's a 'Hoo to do?
    Take a look at the wide-ranging suggestions your fellow readers have for the first-year students who start classes this week. Study in the Pavilion gardens or the Dome Room. Go beyond your comfort zone. Get to know your professors. Work hard, but don’t lose your perspective. Explore the natural beauty on Grounds and farther afield. Call home. Oh, and — CROZET PIZZA!
    Posted 08/23/06

  • Please hold
    Taking her husband's hand reduces a wife's reaction to stress.

  • Honor thy father and mother
    Brothers Joseph (College ’60, Medicine ’65), Harold (Physics ’62, PhD ’66) and Lawrence (College ’67) Familant create a scholarship gift in memory of their parents.
    Posted 08/23/06

  • U.Va.'s link to the East
    Now in its fourth decade and more popular than ever, the East Asia Center takes an interdisciplinary approach.
    Posted 08/23/06

  • Letter from Nigeria
    Tara Hudson approached her trip with trepidation but, once there, found herself reluctant to leave.
    Posted 08/23/06

August 2006

  • Classic Apparel
    David Bostick signs his e-mails “Dress Well.” He gives Birmingham men the tools and togs they need to do so. Hint: save the button-downs for weekends. And don’t be afraid of pink.
    Posted 07/26/06

  • Hands On Gourmet
    Retreats with Anne McCarten-Gibbs' company work just as well as a ropes course, but they’re much, much tastier.
    Posted 07/26/06

  • Pretty Hard
    Don’t think bridges or basement floors when you think about concrete. Alexander Kitchin can tell you why.
    Posted 07/26/06

  • Magical mystery tour
    Performing is Andrew Baroch’s heart’s desire.
    Posted 07/26/06

  • ’Hoos reading what this summer
    Beach-bag recommendations from your fellow readers.
    Posted 07/26/06

  • Letter from Monticello
    Marie-Adélaïde Mol was so moved by the July 4 ceremony that she wanted to share her experience with fellow alumni.
    Posted 07/26/06

July 2006

  • A passion for public service
    New graduate Aaron Jennings loves government and working for social justice. U.Va.’s Sorensen Institute gave him an in-depth understanding of Virginia politics and government; now he’s headed to a fellowship that will focus on the national arena.
    Posted 06/28/06

  • Math girls
    For Irina Mitrea, there was no gender gap. She’s bringing middle school girls together this summer to show them that math isn’t for guys only.
    Posted 06/28/06

  • No complaints
    Frustrated with the lack of understanding about what it means to be disabled on Grounds, Gwen Archard chronicled the history of people with disabilities at U.Va.
    Posted 06/28/06

  • D.C. dean
    Mentors in U.Va.’s English department helped the Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III hear the call to the ministry.
    Posted 06/28/06

  • A&S readers respond
    Read the wise and witty, funny and philosophical advice your fellow ’Hoos have for the newest U.Va. graduates.
    Posted 06/28/06

June 2006

  • Celebration or candor?
    Telling the story of Colonial Williamsburg is more complicated than you might think. Anthropologist Richard Handler and colleagues looked at how a large corporation tells history to a large audience.
    Posted 05/24/06

  • Good vibrations
    You might take clocks for granted, but Brooks Pate can tell you how much they do besides tell time.
    Posted 05/24/06

  • Scholar, instructor, director, performer
    Graduating student Anne Holt (Interdisciplinary ’06) is ‘everywoman’ of opera.
    Posted 05/24/06

  • Academically strong and socially aware
    Jade Craig (French, Political and Social Thought ’06) has battled intolerance and promoted understanding.
    Posted 05/24/06

  • Letter from Singapore
    Steve Okun’s sons are learning Mandarin Chinese with their ABCs.
    Posted 05/24/06

May 2006

  • South Lawn gets green light
    The most ambitious construction project on the Central Grounds of the University in more than a century, the first phase of the South Lawn Project will add more than 100,000 square feet of academic space and will be the home of history, politics and religious studies.
    Posted 04/26/06

  • Return to Nicaragua
    A spring break service trip wasn’t enough. So three U.Va. students decided to walk across the country.
    Posted 04/26/06

  • Leading the way
    Explorations in Black Leadership charts a new course for public history studies.
    Posted 04/26/06

  • Revving up the history of NASCAR
    Filmmaker John Warner IV (History ’85) brings sport’s story to DVD.
    Posted 04/26/06

  • Letter from Charlottesville
    Jason Christy (Foreign Affairs ’06) reflects on his service as a U.S. Marine in Iraq and his time at U.Va.
    Posted 04/26/06

April 2006

  • Communicating Katrina
    Hoping to help hurricane evacuees, Constance Chatfield-Taylor came up with a plan to give them what they needed almost as much as food and water.
    Posted 03/22/06

  • From peace to war
    Justin Holcomb travels to Sudan to teach chaplains working in the midst of civil strife.
    Posted 03/22/06

  • Sound design
    Michael Rasbury’s specialty grabs theater audiences by the ears.
    Posted 03/22/06

  • Creative writing
    Fiction gives Spanish students a perspective they can’t get any other way.
    Posted 03/22/06

  • Letter from Morocco
    Serving in the Peace Corps, M Bruce learns — and lives — the meaning of the word “marhaba.”
    Posted 03/22/06

March 2006

  • ‘Edge of Empire’
    As the British Empire spread, the cultures of East and West mingled in surprising ways. In a widely praised new book, Maya Jasanoff, assistant professor of history, explores the early frontiers.
    Posted 02/22/06

  • Oh deer
    Economists find that changing hunting laws can be risky business.
    Posted 02/22/06

  • ‘Eyre Apparent’
    An exhibit shows the many faces of Charlotte Brontë’s beloved heroine.
    Posted 02/22/06

  • All in the family
    The University reaches out with a new parents’ organization.
    Posted 02/22/06

  • ‘This I Believe’
    Gregory Orr, professor of creative writing, read a personal essay as part of the National Public Radio series on Feb. 20, 2006.
    Posted 02/22/06

  • Letter from Haiti
    Elizabeth Whelan writes about her work with a public health organization. A slideshow of her photographs accompanies her essay.
    Posted 02/22/06

February 2006

  • ‘What Women Talk About’
    Lauren Seikaly (Drama ’98) happily finds herself in a place she never thought she’d be. Her improv show is unscripted, uninhibited, irreverent — and a hit.
    Posted 01/27/06

  • ‘And that’s my final answer’
    Cason Moore (Foreign Affairs, Philosophy ’03) and Meghan Serkes (Drama ’04) won wedding cash by getting the right one.
    Posted 01/27/06

  • Tikkun olam
    Hillel students make the world a better place.
    Posted 01/27/06

  • Journey to New Orleans
    J-term students looked at Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans from a variety of disciplines, then saw the aftermath firsthand.
    Posted 01/27/06

  • Letter from Europe
    UK Fellows Eliza Edel and Carroll Chancellor talked up U.Va., posed at Juliet’s balcony and sampled the gelato.
    Posted 01/27/06

January 2006

  • Exploration occasion
    January term is a time for discovery, on Grounds and beyond. In the program’s second year, course offerings have more than doubled.
    Posted 12/21/05

  • ’Hoos making movies
    U.Va. Arts & Sciences alumni “Chronicle” great success.
    Posted 12/14/05

  • Centenary gent
    William L. Duren Jr., former A&S dean and first University Professor, celebrates a major milestone.
    Posted 12/21/05

  • Scholar-athlete
    D’Brickashaw Ferguson (Religious Studies ’06)
    Posted 12/21/05

  • Letter from Japan
    “Lunch lessons” give an American teacher food for thought.
    Posted 12/21/05