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The University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, it is a public university with strong alumni support. U.Va. is top-ranked among public universities and all national universities, public and private. The University of Virginia Health System is a nationally renowned academic medical center.
The University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, it is a public university with strong alumni support. U.Va. is top-ranked among public universities and all national universities, public and private. The University of Virginia Health System is a nationally renowned academic medical center.
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The long voyage out
Alice Bowman is the mission operations manager (M.O.M.) for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, now on course for a rendezvous with the (former) planet Pluto in 2015. It's her job to watch over the health of the spacecraft, to manage continuing upgrades and...Tags: Applied Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Music, NASA, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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W & M board decides Reveley should keep reins
757-247-4635The Wren bell broke a lingering silence on the College of William and Mary's campus Friday afternoon when it rang 27 times to signal the appointment of a new university president. But W. Taylor Reveley III is actually the same president who assumed the...Tags: Society, Michael K Powell, National Government, Ceremonies, North Carolina
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Report: Lalich will play
247-4636 | 247-4642University of Virginia quarterback Peter Lalich faces a September court date after violating terms of his probation for a recent charge of underage possession of alcohol, according to documents filed Thursday in Charlottesville General District Court....Tags: Drunk Driving, Justice System, Football, Court Administration
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Now for the main event
Chicago Tribune correspondentST. PAUL—New characters are onstage. Scripts have been revised with a fall audience in mind. And now that the back-to-back political conventions are over, the longest-running presidential campaign in memory enters its home stretch—finally&#...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Alaska, John McCain, Executive Branch, Elections
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William and Mary to retain Reveley as president
Associated Press WriterThe College of William and Mary's board has appointed W. Taylor Reveley III as president for a three-year term, ending his interim status in a vote of confidence for his leadership after a predecessor abruptly resigned months ago. The Board of...Tags: Michael K Powell, National Government, North Carolina, College of William and Mary, Government
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School news
Achievement •Sarah Elder, a 2008 graduate of Warwick High school, has been picked as the 2008 recipient of a $500 scholarship, established by the Warwick High Class of 1952. Elder plans to attend the University of Virginia, where she has been chosen to be...Tags: Adult Education, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Levi has plenty of company when it comes to famous political paramours
msweeney@am-ny.comLevi Johnston, the self-proclaimed "redneck" fiancé of Gov. Sarah Palin's teenage daughter, is one of the most original political paramours, but he's not the first. Henry Hager, Jenna Bush's husband - A graduate of Wake Forest University and currently...Tags: The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Executive Branch, Parliament, Chelsea Clinton, Government
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NYC mom posts unusual ad for live-in nanny
It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, beginning with the sentence, "My kids are a pain." Maybe that's why it took on a life of its own, making the rounds of parenting blogs and e-mail inboxes and meriting an article in Thursday's New York...Tags: New York Times, Illnesses, Manhattan (New York City), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Mental Illness
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Dismissed U.Va. player says he'll try to play pro abroad
The Associated PressFormer University of Virginia basketball player Lars Mikalauskas says he's pursuing professional basketball opportunities abroad. The Cavaliers dismissed the 6-foot-8 Lithuania native earlier this month. Coach Dave Leitao had said Mikalauskas didn't live... -
Mikalauskas to pursue career abroad
Former University of Virginia basketball player Laurynas Mikalauskas says he's pursuing professional basketball opportunities abroad. The Cavaliers dismissed the 6-foot-8 Lithuania native earlier this month. Coach Dave Leitao had said Mikalauskas didn't... -
UVa. basketball team heads to Canada
The University of Virginia men's basketball team is heading to Canada this week for three exhibition games in Montreal. The Cavaliers leave on Friday and play two games on Saturday and one game on Sunday before returning home. The team is scheduled to...Tags: Basketball, Colleges and Universities
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Pulitzer Prize winner named Va.'s poet laureate
Governor Tim Kaine is appointing University of Mary Washington professor Claudia Emerson as Virginia's new poet laureate. Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called "Late Wife." The book uses a collection of handwritten letters to...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Awards and Prizes, North Carolina, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Virginia
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