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:

• ‘Class Matters’ Lecture Series to Focus on Common Ground of Economic Issues (Claudrena Harold)
• Lineup Announced for 2010 “More Than the Score” Pre-Game Lecture Series (Althea Brooks)
• Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Reopens Aug. 31 With New Exhibit (Margo Smith)

•Air Date: 9/1/2010

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Alumni, Arts, Radio | Wednesday, September 1st | By: brevy @2:12 pm | 0 Comments     

We get a lot of e-mail here at UVA Today headquarters seeking publicity for this or that — well, maybe not a lot, but some — and it rarely makes it verbatim into the News Blog. But today, we make an exception.

This from the very enthusiastic Nick Rubin, over at WTJU (with a couple of minor edits):

U.Va.’s eclectic community radio station WTJU — on the radio at 91.1 FM and streaming live on the Internet at wtju.net — welcomes students back with a free concert in the U.Va. amphitheater, featuring three bands from Charlottesville whose reputations far exceed the boundaries of the World-Class City.

Andrew Cedermark , U.Va. class of 2008, made his name with indie rock heroes Titus Andronicus, and is currently getting slobbered on by the likes of Pitchfork.com. Catch his perfect slacker shoegazer anthems locally while you still can!

Invisible Hand, led by C’ville native Adam Smith, have been called the best, best-looking and hardest-working band in town, infusing tight, catchy, art-rock hooks with furious energy. They will rock your face off, grow you a new face, and rock off your new face.

Caninos are a bona-fide U.Va. band! Fresh-faced gentlemen who seem like your unassuming classmates until they transform into irresistible pop-country-rock charmers. Show up to wish them well before their NYC gig opening for Pavement! No lie!!

Kick off your Labor Day weekend with free rock in the amphitheater, this Friday, Sept. 3, from 5-7:30 p.m.!!

No word yet whether Student Health will offer face transplants afterward.

On Grounds, Radio, Student Life | Wednesday, September 1st | By: Dan @9:33 am | 2 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. Awarded $2.5 Million to Study and Prevent Elderly Drivers’ Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries (Donna Hearn)
• Worldwide, Women’s Income Brings Host of Benefits, U.Va.’s Blumberg Finds (Rae Blumberg)
• ‘From a Distance’: U.Va. Program Helps Sign Language Interpreters Hone Classroom Communication Skills (Kathleen O’Varanese and Laurie Shaffer)

•Air Date: 8/25/2010

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Arts & Sciences, Diversity, News, Radio, research | Thursday, August 26th | By: brevy @4:31 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:

• Youth-Nex: The U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development (Patrick Tolan)
• U.Va. to ‘Boot’ Delinquent Illegal Parkers (Rebecca White)
• Architectural Historian Sheds Light on Link Between Michelangelo’s Architecture and His Figurative Drawings (Cammy Brothers)

• Air Date: 8/18/2010

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Radio | Wednesday, August 18th | By: kasher @12:16 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:

• Photographer William Wylie’s Book Captures Kansas Landscape Along Route 36 (William Wylie)
• U.Va. Environmental Scientist Studies Health of Coral Reefs (Matt Reidenbach)
• Summer Reading III: The Many Faces of Leaders and Followers (Harry Harding)

• Air Date: 8/11/2010

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News, Radio | Wednesday, August 11th | By: kasher @8:09 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:

• Dementia Patients Express Themselves Through Art at U.Va. Architecture School Dean’s Gallery (Lauren Catlett)
• New Service Dog at Alderman Follows in Famous Forebear’s Pawprints (Robbie Bingler)
• Summer Reading, Part IV: a Time for Pleasure (Thomas Skalak)

• Air Date: 8/4/2010

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Radio | Wednesday, August 4th | By: kasher @12:14 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:

• Faulkner Speaks: U.Va. Launches Audio Archive of Author’s Time at University (Steve Railton and Michael Plunkett)
• University of Virginia Biotech Start-Up MicroLab Diagnostics Acquired by ZyGEM (James Landers)
• Summer Reading, Part IV: A Time for Pleasure (Theresa Carroll)

•Air Date: 7/28/2010

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Arts & Sciences, News, Radio, Science, engineering, library, research | Wednesday, July 28th | By: brevy @3:24 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. Meets Energy Reduction Goal in Electric Emergency Test (Armando deLeon and Nina Morris)
• Educators Learn to Teach Chinese at U.Va.’s STARTALK Academy (Miao-fen Tseng)
• Summer Reading, Part II: Genre-Bending Selections (Jon Bowen)

•Air Date: 7/21/2010

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News, Radio | Wednesday, July 21st | By: kasher @1:46 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:

• Math and Mentoring Mingled in ‘M3′ Program for Boys (Robert Berry)
• Large Binocular Telescope Achieves Optics Breakthrough (Robert O’Connell)
• Summer Reading, Part III: The Many Faces of Leaders and Followers (Debbie Ryan)

•Air Date: 7/14/2010

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Arts & Sciences, News, Radio, Science, research | Wednesday, July 14th | By: brevy @2:10 pm | 0 Comments     

Judging from the media coverage and the hundreds of comments on the WTJU Forum website, there are lots of strong feelings about proposed changes to the format of U.Va.’s public radio station.

Just a reminder: If you want to be heard face-to-face, today’s the day. The public forum is scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 5) at Zehmer Hall, which is located off of Alderman Road sort of behind St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. The address is 104 Midmont Lane; here’s a map.

On Grounds, Radio | Monday, July 12th | By: Dan @11:23 am | 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:

• Summer Session Class Asks ‘Is Anyone Out There?’ (Nicole E. Gugliucci, Porter V. Bralley and Anna K. Safigan)
• U.Va. Student Starts Organization to Build Schools in Haiti (Ania Turnier)
• Summer Reading, Part I: Adventurous Reading (Gregory Fairchild)

•Air Date: 7/7/2010

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News, Radio | Thursday, July 8th | By: brevy @10:57 am | 0 Comments     

Most of us learned “We hold these truths to be self-evident …” many years ago. But have you ever read Thomas Jefferson’s entire Declaration of Independence? National Public Radio started a tradition 22 years ago of having its hosts read aloud the whole text in honor of the Fourth of July; you can listen to this year’s reading here, and follow along in the text below (after the break).

Continue reading…

Radio, Thomas Jefferson, politics | Friday, July 2nd | By: Dan @5:08 pm | 0 Comments     

As Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings near a close and a final vote looms, the American History Guys at the “BackStory” public radio show take on a timely topic: “Scales of Justice: A History of Supreme Court Nominations.”

(For the uninitiated, “BackStory with the American History Guys” is a history-focused public radio show produced by the U.Va.-affiliated Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. It is hosted by three current or former U.Va. history professors.)

News, Radio, politics | Thursday, July 1st | By: Dan @12:09 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:

• ‘The Figure in Photography, 1995-2005′ at the U.Va. Art Museum (Andrea Douglas)
• Innovative University of Virginia Technology Could Make Fat the Cure for What Ails You (Dr. Adam Katz)
• Summer Reading 2010 (Benjamin Cohen)

•Air Date: 6/30/2010

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Radio | Tuesday, June 29th | By: kasher @10:53 pm | 0 Comments     

U.Va.’s Public Affairs division, which is charged with keeping the WTJU radio station alive, has launched a new website to gather feedback.

Clearly, changes are on the way. The site advises, “We are at a juncture in the life of 53-year-old WTJU where change is needed in order to build listenership, student involvement and revenue. This is your invitation to help shape the station.”

The online forum will remain open until July 23. If face-to-face communication is more your style, there will be a town hall meeting on July 12 from 5:50 to 6:30 p.m. in U.Va.’s Zehmer Hall.

Radio | Thursday, June 24th | By: Dan @4:38 pm | 3 Comments