UVA Today News Blog

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Lannigan Field, the University’s Outdoor Track, Sets New Hours for Varsity Practice and Public Access (Craig Littlepage)
• Astronomers Use Radio Telescope to Find Rare Supernova Explosion (Roger Chevalier)
• U.Va. Engineers Find Significant Environmental Impacts with Algae-Based Biofuel, Offer Alternative to Production (Lisa Colosi)

•Air Date: 2/3/2010

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Radio | Wednesday, February 3rd | By: kasher @1:05 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• U.Va. J-Term Course Shows Impact of Local Actions on the World (Josh Yates)
• U.Va.’s Observance of Black History Month to Focus on Film, Arts (Dion Lewis)
• Updated Outlook on Haiti (Robert Fatton Jr.)

•Air Date: 1/27/10

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Radio | Wednesday, January 27th | By: kasher @12:58 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• EcoREMOD Partners with Charlottesville on Sustainable Demonstration Project
• Medication Tested at U.Va. Proves Effective for Pre-Menopausal Women with Lack of Sexual Desire
• Martin Luther King / A documentary, “Greensboro: Closer to the Truth,” will be screened, followed by a panel discussion.

•Air Date: 1/20/10

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Radio | Wednesday, January 20th | By: kasher @1:01 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• U.Va. Art Museum Exhibits Chinese Treasures (Dorothy Wong)
• Snail Study Shows Benefits of Sexual Reproduction Over Asexual (Doug Taylor)
• Driving Safety Center Helps Motorists Face Their Fears (Daniel Cox)

•Air Date: 1/13/10

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Radio | Wednesday, January 13th | By: kasher @1:04 pm | 0 Comments     

This episode of the UVA Today Radio Show takes a look back at 2009 with some of the most interesting research by U.Va. faculty. Regular programming resumes on Jan. 13. All of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Astronomers Discover Largest Planetary Ring in Solar System
• U.Va. Curry Professor Recognized for Work on Language Impairment
• U.Va.’s Institute on Aging Teams University Researchers with Health Care Technology Company to Develop Novel Sensor Devices for the Elderly
• U.Va. Professor’s Book Reviews Slavery Re-enactments in Novels, Films and Real Time

Air Date: 1/6/10

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Radio | Wednesday, January 6th | By: kasher @1:03 pm | 0 Comments     

This episode of the UVA Today Radio Show takes a look back at 2009, and features stories about sustainability. All of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Learning Barge Christened in Portsmouth
• U.Va. Task Force Implements Energy Savings
• U.Va. Engineering Class is Creating Green Transportation Solutions
• Learning and Growing: Garden as Laboratory at U.Va.

Air Date: 12/30/09

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Radio | Wednesday, January 6th | By: kasher @11:18 am | 0 Comments     

This episode of the UVA Today Radio Show takes a look back at 2009, and features exhibits you can catch during the holidays. Look for another encore presentation of the radio show on Dec. 30. All of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• New U.Va. Library Exhibit on Darwin Illuminates the Man Behind the Theory
• U.Va. Art Museum Features ‘Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village: The Creation of An Architectural Masterpiece’ beginning Sept. 12
• U.Va. Offers a Modern Declaration of Independence Experience on July 4th
• Alexander Calder Sculpture on Display at U.Va.

Air Date: 12/23/09

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Radio | Wednesday, December 23rd | By: kasher @1:05 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Dreaming of a Green Christmas? Holidays Can Be Sustainable (John Quale and Jessica Wenger)
• Your Life Could Depend on Knowing Your Health Heritage (Dr. Bill Knaus)
• To Buy or Not to Buy? Either Way, Your Child Can Handle It, Expert Advises (Allison Pugh)

Air Date: 12/16/09

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Radio | Wednesday, December 16th | By: kasher @2:38 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Berry Urges Need for Local Economies of Farming and Forestry (Wendell Berry)
• New ‘State of Our Unions’ Report Focuses on Money and Marriage During Great Recession (Brad Wilcox)
• Retired Law Professor Earl Dudley Publishes Memoir, ‘An Interested Life’ (Earl Dudley)

Air Date: 12/9/09

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Radio | Wednesday, December 9th | By: kasher @1:01 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Zipcar Offers Transportation Options at the University of Virginia (Rebecca White and Matthew Malloy)
• Off the Shelf: Vivian E. Thomson (Vivian Thomson)
• Flotation Belt Creators Buoyed With $20,000 Victory at First U.Va. Entrepreneurship Cup (Adam Malcom, Scott Kasen and Tom Skalak)

Air Date: 12/2/09

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Radio | Wednesday, December 2nd | By: kasher @1:12 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Actor Richard Dreyfuss, Warning of Decline of America, Calls for Renewed Civics Education (Richard Dreyfuss)
• ‘100-Mile Thanksgiving’ Celebrates Local Food (Dana Smith)
• Study Shows African-American Children Cope Well With Behavioral Risks (Melvin Wilson)

Air Date: 11/25/09

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Radio | Wednesday, November 25th | By: kasher @1:01 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• U.Va. Professor Provides Insight into Victor Hugo’s Views on Things That Matter (Marva Barnett)
• U.Va. Offers First-Ever Animal Law Class This Fall (Mimi Riley)
• Elders Happier With Long-Term In-Home Care From Family Versus Professionals (Steven Stern)

Air Date: 11/18/09

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Radio | Wednesday, November 18th | By: kasher @1:02 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• National Archives Helps Founding Fathers Go Online (Susan Perdue)
• Nursing School Receives $1.2 Million Grant for Leadership in Rural Health Care Project (Doris Glick and Pamela Kulbok)
• Ending the ‘Endless Adolescence’: U.Va. Psychologists Tell How in New Book (Joseph Allen)

Air Date: 11/11/09

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Radio | Wednesday, November 11th | By: kasher @1:04 pm | 0 Comments     

“BackStory with the American History Guys,” a public radio history program produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, offers its programs as free podcast downloads from iTunes.

It currently is touting the latest episode, “Coming Home: A History of War Veterans,” which features Brian Balogh of U.Va.’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, on a special page of Veteran’s Day downloads.

Arts & Sciences, Radio | Tuesday, November 10th | By: Dan @3:54 pm | 0 Comments     

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted on iTunesU.

Read more about the stories featured in this week’s program:

• Health System Researchers Receive Grant to Study Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Dr. Christine Burt and Dr. John Marshall)
• Virginia Film Festival (Jody Kielbasa)
• U.Va. Historian Jennifer Burns Examines Rand’s Life, Philosophy (Jennifer Burns)

Air Date: 11/4/09

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Radio | Wednesday, November 4th | By: kasher @1:06 pm | 0 Comments