A&S Online Archive 2004

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December 2004

Bowled over
Wes Colley (Astronomy, Physics ’93)
Posted 12/01/04
Judging Jackie Kennedy
Barbara Perry’s new book examines the enigma of a fascinating first lady.
Posted 12/01/04
Building a new generation
After 20 years in education, Eugene Hickok is shaping policy at the national level.
Posted 12/01/04
Jefferson’s dream come true
Bruce Hayden plans a national network of ecological observatories.
Posted 12/01/04
A second year in Scotland
Kirsten Beattie’s House play went on almost without a hitch.
Posted 12/01/04

Afropop
Even if you didn’t make it to the African Popular Music Festival, this first-person account will make you feel as if you were there. The five-day event provided a forum for exposure to, and open dialogue about, the culture, history and traditions surrounding African popular music.
Posted 11/01/04
Liberal Arts
What is it good for? Absolutely everything.
Posted 11/01/04
Searching for peace in Sudan
Ross Kane (Forgein Affairs ’02)
Posted 11/01/04
Clean water
To find low-cost, sustainable ways to purify water, Julie Guyenet looked at solutions made out of whole cloth.
Posted 11/01/04
A second year in Scotland
Fall brings diminishing daylight and an epidemic of mumps.
Posted 11/01/04

The puzzle of participation
Politics professor Charles A. Kromkowski says we’ve been looking at the numbers all wrong and concludes that voter participation is actually at an all-time high. Could our country be more democratic now than ever before?
Posted 10/01/04
Finding the female voter
Alumna Torrey Strohmeier, founder of she19, wants to see more people like her head to the polls next month.
Posted 10/01/04
Supporting Democrats
From Al Sharpton to Wesley Clark: third-year Matt Sonneborn’s experience as a delegate to the DNC.
Posted 10/01/04
Supporting Republicans
Kate Obenshain Griffin (English ’91) juggles home and politics as head of Virginia’s Republican Party.
Posted 10/01/04
A second year in Scotland
Ever wondered what a presidential election looks like to an American watching from abroad?
Posted 10/01/04

What are you looking for?
Wilkinson can help you find it — or get rid of it — on eBay
Posted 09/01/04
The baby universe’s first cry
A million years in five seconds
Posted 09/01/04
If you seek historic buildings, look around you
and not just at the Rotunda
Posted 09/01/04
Intense internship
Glass grad helped with 9/11 report
Posted 09/01/04
A second year in Scotland
Kirsten paints her flat, visits the States and ponders the differences between American and Scottish teenagers.
Posted 09/01/04

Students get gills wet
Taking Biology 350 in the “Academical Village Tropicale”
Posted 08/01/04
Bob Marley and the Great Thar Desert
Peace Corps volunteer Steve Iams takes a life-altering camel journey.
Posted 08/01/04
When sax and computer collide
It’s Metasaxophone Colossus
Posted 08/01/04
Levy leads Cultural Center
La TaSha Levy (History, African-American Studies ’00)
Posted 08/01/04
A Second Year in Scotland
Beattie and two friends go on holiday and hike the 95-mile West Highland Way.
Posted 08/01/04

His and her books tattle on marriage
Daniel Jones (English ’85)
Posted 07/01/04
College strikes high-tech deal
Tablet PCs and digital course materials will make paper and pen obsolete — and improve student learning — thanks to support of IT giants
Posted 07/01/04
My favorite course
Teaching Feminist Political Theory invigorates politics professor Lawrie Balfour, engages students
Posted 07/01/04
Students explore diversity, race
Sustained Dialogue group thrives on Grounds
Posted 07/01/04
A Year in Scotland
Looking back, looking ahead
Posted 07/01/04

Helping humans hear
What do fish, amphibians and birds have in common?
Posted 06/01/04
Jonathan Finch, tornado man
Meteorologist Jonathan Finch has made a name for himself as a student and chaser of severe storms.
Posted 06/01/04
Greek vases
Where art and archaeology meet.
Posted 06/01/04
Hairy contributor
Brian Barthelmes gives all he’s got to U.Va. and Locks for Love
Posted 06/01/04
A Year in Scotland
As her year in Scotland draws to a close, Kirsten Beattie looks back and faces a big decision.
Posted 06/01/04

The ends of the earth
Far-flung adventures in archaeology
Posted 05/01/04
Best foot forward
Would you feel more positive anticipating a meeting with a romantic partner or a stranger? A study by psychology graduate student Liz Dunn reaches some surprising conclusions.
Posted 05/01/04
What matters
Students and faculty involved in the Designing Matter common course, a collaborative learning experiment, are seeking to understand matter in all its forms.
Posted 05/01/04
Roaming Rome, Wylie focuses on material and light
Assistant professor of photography William Wylie spent three weeks photographing Rome.
Posted 05/01/04
College hires nearly 50 faculty; supports research, advising
A message to alumni from Dean Ayers
Posted 05/12/04
A year in Scotland
In this month’s report, UK Fellow Kirsten Beattie hosts two visitors on a whirlwind tour of the Continent.
Posted 05/01/04

The accidental novelist
Williams turns beauty into fiction
Posted 04/01/04
Pink Floyd or Shakespeare?
What makes a good admissions essay
Posted 04/01/04
The minds of champions
Bell gets inside the heads of buzzer beaters
Posted 04/01/04
A look at collage
U.Va. partners with Phillips Collection
Posted 04/01/01
A year in Scotland
In this month’s report, UK Fellow Kirsten Beattie dissects “Death of a Salesman,” finishes spring term and runs a 10K.
Posted 04/01/04

Fighting back
The link between political involvement and mental health
Posted 03/01/04
Ayers wins Bancroft Prize
Award honors authors of distinguished books on history
Posted 03/17/04
Call for Applications for Pilot Research Projects on Aging
To stimulate research about aging, and to encourage the formation of collaborative teams to pursue innovative approaches to topics relevant to later life, the U.Va. Institute on Aging is funding new research projects.
Posted 03/08/04
Lindners create endowment for Art History
$2.8 million gift will support teaching and research
Posted 03/04/04
To the rescue
Greenhalgh delivers compassion in the aftermath of disaster
Posted 03/01/04
Flat broke
The failures of welfare reform
Posted 03/01/04
Feeling blue?
The colorful world of synesthesia
Posted 03/01/04
A year in Scotland
Watching a year unfold for a UK Fellow
Posted 03/01/04

Mitman’s Marshall scholarship
Kurt Mitman ('04)
Posted 02/01/04
Former A&S Dean Dies
Robert Kellogg’s vision endures
Posted 02/01/04
The truth about Euripides
Kovacs translates ancient dramatist for modern readers
Posted 02/01/04
The science of the vine
Fourth-year student turns from water to wine
Posted 02/01/04
A Year in Scotland
Watching a year unfold for a UK Fellow
Posted 02/01/04