U.Va. Art Museum's Final Friday Celebrates Chinese New Year
January 8, 2010 | UVAToday
On Jan. 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the University of Virginia Art Museum hosts its Final Friday Chinese New Year Celebration in conjunction with the special exhibition "Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture from the Sackler Collections at Columbia University."
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University of Virginia Art Museum Installs New Acquisitions
January 4, 2009 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia Art Museum is featuring new acquisitions from its Print and African American collections.
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U.Va. Art Museum's Family Program to Focus on Animal Statuary
January 5, 2010 | UVAToday
Families are invited to an afternoon of fun and hands-on creativity as the University of Virginia Art Museum continues its popular monthly children's program, the Family Art JAM.
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Winners Announced for U.Va. Art Museum's 2009 Writer's Eye Contest
January 5, 2010 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia Art Museum has selected the winners of Writer's Eye 2009.
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U.Va. Art Museum to Offer Saturday Special Tours
January 4, 2010 | UVAToday
Guest curator Dorothy Wong will provide an overview of the University of Virginia Art Museum's exhibition "Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture from the Sackler Collections at Columbia University" on Jan. 16 from 2 to 3 p.m.
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Orchestra Bringing Classical Music to New Audiences
January 4, 2010 | UVAToday
Speaking to an audience of musical novices at one of his famous Young People's Concerts, Leonard Bernstein once vividly described composer Johann Sebastian Bach's construction of a fugue as "Bach's Erector Set."
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New Course Offers 'Local Food For Thought'
January 4, 2010 — Do you like local vegetables, but wish you could find them more easily? Are you stumped about how to cook them when you do find them? Is buying local produce more expensive or more hassle than shopping in a conventional supermarket?
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U.Va. Art Museum Hosts 'Treasures Rediscovered'
December 22, 2009 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia Art Museum is the final venue of a two-year tour of "Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture from the Sackler Collections at Columbia University," an exhibition organized by the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery of Columbia University.
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Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra Offers New Mini-Subscriptions
December 18, 2009 | UVAToday
The Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra is offering a new mini-series ticket package for the rest of the 2009-10 season.
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U.Va. Art Museum and Library Exhibits You Can See Over the Holidays December 21, 2009 | UVAToday
Looking for a way to while away a few hours during the winter break at the University of Virginia? Here are a few exhibits at the U.Va. Art Museum and Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, several of which close in January.
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Water Quality Improves in Meadow Creek, Dell Pond
December 17, 2009 | UVAToday
Biofiltration is cleansing runoff in the University of Virginia's award-winning stormwater management system.
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U.Va. Offers Public a Course in Local History
December 17, 2009 | UVAToday
Local Historian Coy Barefoot will offer a course in the history of Charlottesville, Albemarle and the University of Virginia through U.Va.'s School of Continuing Studies. The seven-lecture course begins in January.
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Save the Date: Annual Martin Luther King Event to be Held Jan. 25
December 14, 2009 | UVAToday
To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the University of Virginia's Luther P. Jackson Black Cultural Center is planning an event on Jan. 25. A documentary, "Greensboro: Closer to the Truth," will be screened, followed by a panel discussion.
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ecoMOD4 House in Charlottesville Dedicated; ecoREMOD is Kicked Off
December 14, 2009 | Engineering | Architecture
A crowd of more than 100 well-wishers braved the cold Saturday afternoon for a ribbon-cutting marking the fourth ecoMOD4 project. The house, located at 104 Elliott Ave., is a collaboration between the ecoMOD project at the University of Virginia, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and the City of Charlottesville.
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December Safety Tip of the Month: Winter Can Be Mighty Frightful
December 11, 2009 | UVAToday
Snow. Freezing temperatures. Strong winds. Ice. Rain storms. Winter weather in Virginia can knock out electricity and communications services, sometimes for days at a time.
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'Health House' Project Aimed at Reducing Costly Hospital Readmissions of Chronically Ill
December 11, 2009 | Medicine
Groundbreaking ceremonies on Dec. 15 will mark the launch of a unique project that exemplifies how new technologies are being used to address a key health care reform issue: the multi-billion dollar cost of repeatedly hospitalizing patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure, asthma and lung disease.
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Retired Law Professor Earl Dudley Publishes Memoir, 'An Interested Life'
December 04, 2009 | Law
One of Earl Dudley's first memories is the sky full of white parachutes as the U.S. Army arrived to rescue his parents and him and some 2,000 other prisoners of the Japanese in the Philippines. It was Feb. 23, 1945.
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American Democracy Conference Looks Ahead to 2010 Elections
December 1, 2009 | UVAToday
Leading journalists, political party insiders and political analysts will share their views on the 2010 midterm elections at an afternoon conference sponsored by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics and POLITICO.
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Virginia Film Society to Screen 'Peter and Vandy'
November 25, 2009 | UVAToday
The Virginia Film Society concludes its fall schedule with a screening of "Peter and Vandy" Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at Vinegar Hill Theatre, 220 Market St. in Charlottesville.
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U.Va. to Hold Ninth Annual Lighting of the Lawn on Dec. 8
November 20, 2009 | UVAToday
At the University of Virginia, most of the autumn leaves have fallen, the days are shortening, classes are ending and exams are looming. Clearly, it's time to lighten up. The University will host its ninth annual Lighting of the Lawn event on Dec. 8, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
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U.Va. Demographers Shed Light on Mexican-Virginians
November 19, 2009 | UVAToday
Virginians of Mexican descent are among the largest groups of Hispanics in the commonwealth. Mexican-Virginians make up less than 2 percent of the total population, and nearly 60 percent are U.S. citizens, either by birth or by naturalization.
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Palladian Chamber Orchestra Premieres Sunday
November 19, 2009
The University of Virginia's newest ensemble, the Palladian Chamber Orchestra, makes its debut Sunday at 7 p.m. with a free concert at the Forum, located at the back of the Observatory Hill Dining Hall.
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Art Exhibit Space Opens in Engineering School's Thornton Hall
November 18, 2009 | Engineering
The newest art gallery at the University of Virginia is in the second-floor foyer of Thornton Hall. It's hosted by the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Department of Science, Technology and Society.
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Exhibit of Sanda Iliescu's Paintings, Drawings and Collages on display in New Gallery at U.Va. Architecture School
November 16, 2009 | Architecture
"Lines," a compilation of work by University of Virginia associate professor of art and architecture Sanda Iliescu, is on display in the Dean's Gallery on the second floor of Campbell Hall through Jan. 29.
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VQR Blogs on Mumbai Terrorist Attacks a Year Ago
November 16, 2009
"Sixty Hours of Terror: Ten Gunmen, Ten Minutes" – a serial blog running on the Virginia Quarterly Review Web site today through Thursday – covers the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, that happened a year ago, the worst terror attack in the country, committed by Muslim militants.
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