Heritage Theatre Festival Launches Online Season Ticket Sales, Sets Kick-Off Party
May 24, 2010 | UVAToday
Heritage Theatre Festival launched sales on Monday for its 2010 season ticket sales and its season kick-off party.
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U.Va. Art Museum Presents 'Man Ray, African Art, And The Modernist Lens,' Featuring Recently Discovered Photographs and Reuniting Images With Original Objects
May 26, 2010 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia Art Museum will present "Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens," a groundbreaking exhibition exploring the pivotal role of photography in changing the perception of African objects from artifacts to fine art, from Aug. 7 through Oct. 10.
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Miller Center National Debate on Whether the Internet Threatens Democracy May 14, 2010 | UVAToday
The founder of Wikipedia will be among the participants in a Miller Center National Debate on whether the Internet is threatening democracy.
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U.Va. One of 10 Winners in National Digital Media and Learning Competition
May 13, 2010 — The digital fabricator, a key feature of the Children's Engineering Initiative at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, is at the center of its winning entry in the 2010 Digital Media and Learning Competition.
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Kluge-Ruhe Collection Undertaking New Conservation Initiatives
May 12, 2010 |UVAToday
May is National Museum Month and Virginia museums are focusing on the conservation of collections, a critical function of the museum.
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Tip of the Month: Dating and Domestic Violence
May 11, 2010 | UVAToday
In his remarks at the candlelight vigil for University of Virginia student Yeardley Love , U.Va. President John T. Casteen III charged members of the U.Va. community to recognize abuse and act on it, whether experiencing it firsthand or observing it in others.
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Free Skin Cancer Screenings Set for May 15 at U.Va. Medical Center
The University of Virginia Medical Center's Dermatology Clinic will hold free skin cancer screenings on May 15 from 8 a.m. to noon.
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Dawn Culpepper: Devoted to Mentoring Girls in Leadership
May 10, 2010 | UVAToday
"Sometimes we are so very fortunate to 'discover' individuals who exemplify the academic and personal characteristics that portend a meaningful commitment to public service," said Jennifer Merritt, director of mentoring and diversity at the University of Virginia Women's Center.
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'Mount Liebig Photography Project 2004' Opens at Kluge-Ruhe
May 6, 2010 | UVAToday
"Mount Liebig Photography Project 2004" will be on display at Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection from May 11 through Aug. 15. An opening reception will be held May 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; no reservations are required.
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U.Va. Students to Help Local Charities Through Sofa Shuffle
May 05, 2010 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia's annual Sofa Shuffle helps off-Grounds students support area charities by encouraging them to donate and recycle unwanted furniture and household items at the end of the academic year. To participate, students should bring their items to one of seven collection points on May 24 and May 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, where collection trucks from the Salvation Army and The Habitat Store will receive them.
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U.Va. Art Museum's Saturday Tour to Focus on Highlights from the Collection
May 05, 2010 | UVAToday
University of Virginia Art Museum director Bruce Boucher will give a Saturday Special Tour on May 15 at 2 p.m. to discuss pieces in the museum's exhibition, "Highlights from the Collection: From Rodin to Warhol."
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U.Va. Art Museum Family Program Explores African Masks
May 05, 2010 | UVAToday
Families are invited to an afternoon of fun and hands-on creativity as the University of Virginia Art Museum continues its monthly children's program, the Family Art JAM. On May 16, the museum will offer "Exploring African Masks" for children ages 5 to 12.
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Visiting Woodson Professors Bring Diverse Perspectives
May 04, 2010 | Arts & Sciences
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American & African Studies at the University of Virginia hosted two visiting professors this semester who are well-known in the study of African-American literature and related topics.
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New Book by Scott DeVeaux is All About Jazz
May 03, 2010 | UVAToday
Scott DeVeaux teaches a class on jazz in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences to hundreds of students each year. His new book, "Jazz," co-authored with jazz critic and former Village Voice contributor Gary Giddins, grew out of his need for a well-written, up-to-date textbook that told the story of jazz in context.
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Don't Want to Take It Home? Chuck It for Charity and Help the Community April 30, 2010 | UVAToday
University of Virginia students living on Grounds will again have an opportunity to donate their unneeded furniture, clothing and household appliances to local charities.
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Miller Center Debate: Is the Business Model of Higher Education Broken?
April 29, 2010 — According to the College Board, median family income in the United States increased by 147 percent from 1982 to 2006. However, tuition and fees at American colleges during that time skyrocketed by 439 percent.
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Cavaliers Care: Service Projects Help Local Communities from C-ville to London
April 13, 2010 | UVAToday
This Saturday, University of Virginia students, alumni and faculty will volunteer in more than 25 sites in the area, from the Discovery Museum to Riverview Park.
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U.Va.'s Sorensen Institute and PVCC to Host Public Discussion on Virginia Politics and Policy
April 28, 2010 — The University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership and Piedmont Virginia Community College will host a public discussion about politics and policy in Virginia. The event will be held May 3 at 7 p.m., in the Main Stage Theater at Piedmont's V. Earl Dickinson Building.
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Va. Foundation for Humanities, U.Va. to Host South Atlantic Studies Forum
April 23, 2010 | UVAToday
The first South Atlantic Studies Forum – featuring panel presentations by 10 Ph.D. candidates at the University of Virginia, all of them writing dissertations within the broad area of South Atlantic studies – will take place April 28 in U.Va.'s Newcomb Hall Art Gallery, from 12:30 to 5 p.m.
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Home Energy Education Project Wins Student Sustainability Competition
April 22, 2010 — Top honors in the second annual University of Virginia Student Sustainability Project Competition went to a proposal to better educate local homeowners on saving energy.
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McCormick Observatory Today Marks 125th Anniversary
April 13, 2010 | UVAToday
Today, the birthday of University of Virginia founder Thomas Jefferson, marks the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the University's Leander McCormick Observatory – one of the oldest operating observatories in the world.
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U.Va. Art Museum Hosts Annual 'Flowers Interpret Art' Exhibition
April 14, 2010 — The University of Virginia Art Museum invites the public to its annual "Flowers Interpret Art" event, held in conjunction with Garden Week. On April 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the museum will be open without charge for visitors to enjoy an array of flower arrangements inspired by works of art on view – and to vote for their favorites.
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U.Va. to Honor Earth Week April 15-23
April 12, 2010 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia is expanding Earth Day, celebrated nationally April 22, into a weeklong series of events, activities and contests.
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Fluvanna County's First Annual PRIDE Community Health Fair April 10 to be Interactive and Feature Family Fun
April 09, 2010 | UVAToday
A local nonprofit organization, headed by a University of Virginia doctoral nursing student, is holding its first annual community health fair in Fluvanna County April 10.
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U.Va. Spring Dance Concerts Feature Music and Choreography Collaboration
April 08, 2010 | UVAToday
Students in the University of Virginia's College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences' Drama Department program in dance and in the McIntire Department of Music are collaborating on two dance concerts in mid-April and May 3.
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The 15th Annual Virginia Student Film Festival Will be Held April 9-10 at U.Va.
April 07, 2010 | UVAToday
The 15th annual Virginia Student Film Festival, presented by the Filmmakers Society at the University of Virginia, will be held April 9-10 in Newcomb Theater. Tickets will be available online through the Arts Box Office and at the door.
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U.Va. Launches Second Annual Public Service Conference April 16
April 07, 2010 | UVAToday
Members of the Charlottesville community are invited to join students and faculty at the University of Virginia's second annual Public Service Conference on Friday, April 16.
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U.Va. Art Museum Family Program Explores Floral Interpretations of Art
April 06, 2010 |UVAToday
The U.Va Art Museum celebrates spring with the Fourth Annual Flower Creations Family Art JAM: Flower Sculpture Inspired by Art on April 18. In this popular children's program, youngsters ages 5 to 12 and their adult companions visit the museum for an afternoon of fun, hands-on creativity and make-and-take art.
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Art Museum Saturday Tour Will Focus on 20th-Century Pieces in New Exhibit
April 06, 2010 | UVAToday
Matthew Affron will give a Saturday Special Tour at the University of Virginia Art Museum on April 17 at 2 p.m. Affron, curator of modern art, will discuss 20th-century pieces in the museum's new exhibition, "Highlights from the Collection: From Rodin to Warhol."
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U.Va. Art Museum Hosts 'Highlights of the Collection: From Rodin to Warhol'
March 31, 2010 | UVAToday
The desire to have an art museum at the University of Virginia was fulfilled by the gift of the Thomas H. Bayly Building by Evelyn May Bayly Tiffany in honor of her father, an alumnus.
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Miller Center Debate: Does the U.S. Need to Ration Costly End-of-Life Care?
March 26, 2010 | UVAToday
A man has an 86-year-old grandmother, who is dying from cancer and has less than a year to live. When she falls and breaks her hip, the man decides that the hip should be replaced at the cost of $45,000. However, the grandmother dies a couple of weeks after the operation.
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Virginia Film Festival Announces Dates, New Format for 2010
March 25, 2010 | UVAToday
The 23rd Annual Virginia Film Festival will return to Charlottesville from Nov. 4-7, a celebration of cinema and its unique power to inspire, enlighten and entertain.
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Virginia Quarterly Review Wins 'Digital Ellie' in First Year It's Presented
March 24, 2010 | UVAToday
The inaugural National Magazine Awards for Digital Media were announced March 18 in New York City, and Virginia Quarterly Review picked up the award in the News Reporting category for Jason Motlagh's "Sixty Hours of Terror," a blow-by-blow account of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
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U.Va. Art Museum Hosts 'Janine Antoni: At Home in the Body'
March 19, 2010 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia Art Museum hosts a new exhibition, "Janine Antoni: At Home in the Body," on view through June 13.
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McIntire Department of Art Continues Spring Lecture Series
March 18, 2010 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia's Carl H. and Martha S. Lindner Center for Art History spring lecture series continues April 1 with "Architecture and Good Government in Baroque Madrid," a lecture by Jesús Escobar of Northwestern University.
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U.Va. Drama Department Continues Season with Sarah Ruhl's 'Dead Man's Cell Phone'
March 15, 2010 | UVAToday
Are we dead when our hearts stop, or when our cell phones stop ringing? This is just one of the questions posed in Sarah Ruhl's smart and quirky comedy, "Dead Man's Cell Phone," which continues the 2009-10 University of Virginia Drama Department season.
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Virginia Book Festival Shows What Words Are Worth
March 10, 2010 | UVAToday
Hundreds of writers and millions of words will flow through Charlottesville during the 16th annual Virginia Festival of the Book, which runs from March 17 to 21.
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"Race and Repair" Brings together UVA Students and Charlottesville Community
March 09, 2010 | C-Ville Weekly
On most days, the Quality Community Council (QCC), a grassroots coalition located in a small space on West Main Street, attacks tangible problems facing Charlottesville’s most troubled neighborhoods—voter education, affordable housing and crime prevention, to name a few.
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Spring Breakers Choose Volunteer Work Over Beach
March 08, 2010 | WWSB ABC 7
Instead of hitting the beaches this spring break, several college students are volunteering their time to help clean up the Suncoast.
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U.Va. Medical Center Personnel Assist in Haiti Relief Efforts
March 3, 2010 | UVAToday
When the devastating earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, University of Virginia nursing professor Audrey Snyder was in St. Kitts and Nevis teaching a January term class on disaster preparedness.
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McCormick Observatory Astronomer Collects Climate Data for Weather Service
March 3, 2010 | UVAToday
When Charlottesville broke a 116-year-old record Feb. 10 with the winter's 55th inch of snow, Ricky Patterson was there to record it.
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Miller Center Debate: To Compete Globally, Do Americans Really Need College?
March 1, 2010 | UVAToday
The United States ranks 10th among industrialized nations in the number of 25- to 34-year olds with college degrees, behind Canada, Japan, Korea and several European countries. China and Japan are quickly catching up and potentially changing the global economic arena.
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University of Virginia Listed on Higher Ed Community Service Honor Roll February 25, 2010 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia has been named to the fourth annual 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
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JPC Students Combine Public Service, Research Efforts in Nicaragua
February 25, 2010 | UVAToday
Robin Kendall first felt a strong connection to Bluefields, Nicaragua, after a January Term trip during her first year at the University of Virginia. Struck by the warm, welcoming community and numerous opportunities for economic development, she knew she wanted to help the economically depressed area.
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U.Va. Art Museum Announces Weedon Asian Arts Lecture by Lewis Lancaster March 11
February 25, 2009 | UVAToday
The University of Virginia Art Museum will host Lewis Lancaster for the semi-annual Weedon Lecture in the Arts of Asia on March 11.
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The Virginia Film Society Continues with a Focus on Indies, Sports Movies February 24, 2010 | UVAToday
The Virginia Film Society, in collaboration with The Paramount Theater, continues its offerings with screenings featuring independent movies in March and sports films in April.
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Dolley Madison PBS Documentary Taps U.Va. Scholars
February 23, 2010 | UVAToday
A historical documentary on Dolley Madison will air Monday on public television stations and include expert commentary from two University of Virginia faculty members, John C.A. Stagg and Holly Shulman.
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U.Va.'s Nosek to Discuss Bias at Annual Ridley Distinguished Lecture March 23
February 23, 2010 | UVAToday
Brian Nosek, whose research interests include implicit cognition, stereotyping and prejudice, will deliver the University of Virginia's fifth annual Walter N. Ridley Distinguished Lecture on March 23. His talk on "Mind Bugs: The Ordinary Origins of Bias" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dome Room of the Rotunda, with a reception to follow in Pavilion I.
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U.Va.'s Miller Center Kicks off National Debate Series with Education Debate February 22, 2010 | UVAToday
Does the United States need more college graduates to remain an economic power, or is college just too expensive to benefit many Americans?
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U.Va. Institute on Aging Offers Talk March 19 on Caring for Aging Parents
February 17, 2010 — Virginia Morris, a nationally recognized authority on elder care and author of "How to Care for Aging Parents," will lead a discussion titled "Our Parents, Our Selves: The Later Years" on March 19 at 2 p.m. in the University of Virginia's Culbreth Theatre.
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U.Va. Bookstore to Host Reading by U.Va. Historian and Civil Rights Activist Paul Gaston Feb. 23
February 16, 2010 | Arts & Sciences
The University of Virginia Bookstore will host a reading by U.Va. professor emeritus Paul Gaston, author of a new memoir, "Coming Of Age In Utopia," at 5 p.m. on Feb. 23. The event will take place in the bookstore's mezzanine and is free and open to the public.
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U.Va. Conference Explores 'Cultural Crossings: China and Beyond in the Medieval Period'
February 15, 2010
The University of Virginia will host a three-day conference, "Cultural Crossings: China and Beyond in the Medieval Period," that will investigate exchanges between China and neighboring cultures during third through 10th centuries from cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives.
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Annual Myles H. Thaler Lecture to be Given at the U.Va. School of Architecture
February 15, 2010 | Architecture
Dirk Sijmons, former Dutch national landscape architect and co-founder of H+N+S LandscapeArchitects, will give the Myles H. Thaler Lecture, "The City and the World," at the University of Virginia's School of Architecture on Feb. 26, from 5 to 7 p.m., in Campbell Hall, room 153.
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U.Va. Art Museum's Family Program to Focus on Chinese Sculpture
February 11, 2010 | UVAToday
Families are invited to an afternoon of fun and hands-on creativity as the University of Virginia Art Museum continues its monthly children's program, the Family Art JAM. On Feb. 21, the museum will offer "Ritual and Tradition: Understanding Chinese Sculpture" for children ages 5 to 12.
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U.Va. Art Museum to Offer Saturday Special Tour Feb. 20
February 11, 2010 | UVA Today
Clarke Hudson, assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, will lead a tour of "Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture from the Sackler Collections at Columbia University" on Feb. 20 from 2 to 3 p.m.
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Award-Winning NBC Correspondent to Address U.Va. Women in Leadership Conference Feb. 18
February 11, 2010 | Arts & Sciences
Sara A. James, an award-winning correspondent for "Dateline NBC" who has covered some of the most compelling stories of the past two decades, will speak at the University of Virginia on Feb. 18. Her talk, "Live from Down Under: Lessons from Network News, Motherhood, and Oz," will begin at 2 p.m. in Newcomb Hall's South Meeting Room. The talk is free and open to the public.
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U.Va. Department of Drama Continues Season with Chekhov Classic, 'The Seagull'
February 10, 2010 | UVAToday
What do you get when you put a fascinating and disparate group of characters in a single house and watch as they wrestle unrequited love, lust, ambition, jealousy and the intoxicating allure of celebrity? When you put it all in the hands of one of the most gifted minds in theater history, you get Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," which continues the 2009-10 University of Virginia Drama Department season.
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U.Va.'s Lindner Center for Art History Continues Spring Lecture Series Feb. 25
February 09, 2010 |UVAToday
The University of Virginia's Carl H. and Martha S. Lindner Center for Art History continues its spring lecture series with "The Dream of the Moving Moses: Michelangelo and the Jewish Imagination."
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U.Va. Nursing Students Conduct Teddy Bear Clinic at Clark Elementary
February 08, 2010 | Nursing
Most children hate going for a health checkup because they are scared of being in an unfamiliar setting with foreign medical instruments. But introduce a teddy bear to the process, and suddenly a visit to the doctor's office is fun. On Jan. 29, University of Virginia nursing students and assistant professor Carol Lynn Maxwell-Thompson conducted a Teddy Bear Clinic at Clark Elementary School in Charlottesville.
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Prospective Students and Public Invited to Annual Engineering Open House at U.Va.
February 08, 2010 | Engineering
Prospective students and the public can learn about the wonders of engineering when the University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Science holds its annual Engineering Open House on Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Thornton Hall.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear U.Va. Law School Clinic Case
February 06, 2010 | Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a man represented by the University of Virginia Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. It will be the fifth of the clinic's cases heard by the Supreme Court in the past four years.
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U.Va. Demographers Improve State's 2010 Census List
February 04, 2010 | UVAToday
Under a grant awarded by the governor's office, demographers at the University of Virginia Cooper Center represented Virginia in the "Local Update of Census Addresses," or LUCA, program, sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau to develop the most complete and current address list for use in this year's decennial census.
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U.Va.'s Annual Tournées Francophone Film Festival To Be Held Feb. 18-21
February 02, 2010 | Arts & Sciences
The Department of French Language and Literature at the University of Virginia will present its annual Tournées Francophone Film Festival Feb. 18-21.
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U.Va. Professor Helps Students Examine Poetry 'For Better for Verse'
February 02, 2010 | Arts & Sciences
Herbert "Chip" Tucker, John C. Coleman Professor of English at the University of Virginia, has put together a Web site, "For Better for Verse," which he describes as an interactive learning tool that can help students understand what makes metered poetry in English tick.
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Patent Foundation Seeks Nominations for Inventor of the Year
February 02, 2010 | UVAToday
U.Va. The University of Virginia Patent Foundation is now seeking nominations for the 2010 Edlich-Henderson Inventor of the Year.
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Jones Lecture Brings Groundbreaking Young Designer to the U.Va. School of Architecture
February 02, 2010 | Architecture
Tom Wiscombe will give the Michael Owen Jones Memorial Lecture at the University of Virginia's School of Architecture on Feb. 5 from 5-7 p.m. in Campbell Hall, room 153.
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The Virginia Film Festival, Paramount Theater Host 'Oscar Night America' Celebration March 7
February 02, 2010 | UVAToday
The excitement and glamour of Hollywood are coming to Charlottesville on Oscar Night. Movie fans are invited to wear their best Hollywood-inspired attire and experience the 82nd Academy Awards on March 7 at Charlottesville's own "Oscar Night America" party to be held at the Paramount.
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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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