UVA Today Headlines

Glaucoma Treatment

Glaucoma doesn't necessarily have to end in blindness, two new studies suggest. ... The second report found that even patients with end-stage glaucoma can be successfully treated. ...In the second study, Dr. Jason W. Much, from the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and his colleagues looked at the charts of 64 patients with end-stage glaucoma. ...

Faith-based progressivism / Democrats and religious groups are natural allies in the fight for social justice

By Charles Marsh, a professor of religious studies and director of the Project on Lived Theology
... As far as the evangelical vote is concerned, Obama's support of the faith-based movement is an effective way of connecting with a new wave of Christian activists and community builders who - in the wake of the moral implosion of the old guard (James Dobson, Pat Robertson et al) - have in a profound sense emerged as the public face of the evangelical movement. The faith-based initiative, launched by the Republicans, would seem to be more at home among the Democrats.

New Ear Tube Device Helps Treat Infections Faster

A new device meant to make surgical treatment of ear infections safer and faster has been developed by a University of Virginia team. The device, which combines three of the tools used in the surgical implantation of ear ventilation tubes, has shown promising results in clinical trials.

To Save or To Spend: One Man's Advice

We all deal with the struggle to save or to spend. But one professor at UVA's Darden School of Business says the decision should be an easy one. Professor Ron Wilcox's book "Whatever Happened to Thrift" was released just a few weeks ago. In it he offers practical ways to save but had no idea his timing would be so appropriate. ...

Locally grown PBS series airs

... a 10-episode PBS series [--"GardenStory," featuring U.Va. landscape architecture professor Reuben Rainey--] launched nationally in April, and the Hook belatedly realizes the last few shows are being shown this weekend on WVPT, where it began airing in April. ... GardenStory is in 70 percent of the households that get PBS... Episodes on the gardens of poet Anne Spencer, UVA’s Academical Village and St. Louis’ Missouri Botanical Gardens air over the weekend.

Today's Highlights:

U.Va. Alumni Serving in Iraq Share Their Stories
For many Americans, military life is an abstraction, something that takes place behind a walled base or in another country. But for these U.Va. alumni, war is a fact of day-to-day life. From the latest issue of the U.Va. Alumni Magazine, read the stories of soldiers serving in Iraq.
http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.4101945/

The Story Behind The Declaration On Display
Need something to do before the fireworks start? Come see the document that started a revolution at the exhibit "Declaring Independence: Creating and Recreating America's Document," open on July 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library. It will also be open on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. but closed Sunday.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5670

New Technology Helps Engineers Expand Their Reach
With today's crop of students more digitally connected than ever, some U.Va. professors in the School of Engineering and Applied Science are using blogs, podcasts, wikis and other forms of interactive Web-based technologies to improve their research and teaching.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5625

Cooper Center Studies Profile of Foreign-Born Virginians
Recognizing the importance of the foreign-born to Virginia, U.Va.'s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service released a study of all of Virginia's foreign-born residents, noting that new arrivals account for one-quarter of the commonwealth's population growth since 2000.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5638

Today's Faculty and Staff Quotes, Comments and Citations:

Brian Balogh
A history professor and co-chairman of the Miller Center of Public Affairs’ Governing America in a Global Era program
Why here? Why now?
Charlottesville Daily Progress / July 3
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/national/national_govtpolitics/article/why_here_why_now/24284/

Robert Bruner
Dean of the Darden School of Business
Banks: Everything must go!
CNNMoney.com / July 3
http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/03/news/companies/banks_assets/?postversion=2008070304
and
Business-school test maker seeks Web cheaters
Associated Press / July 2
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvaR7oiQ6NW1ods9RQENCHrSt_LgD91LTSTO1

Qian Cai
Director of the Weldon Cooper Center's demographics section
Study Shows More And More Virginians Are Foreign Born
WCAV CBS-19 / July 2
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/22836754.html
and
Study: N.Va. hub for immigrants
The Examiner / July 3
http://www.examiner.com/a-1470764~Study__N_Va__hub_for_immigrants.html

Anne Coughlin
A criminal law professor
Pharmacy owner accidentally shot self
Roanoke Times / July 3
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/168060

Rich Hynes
A professor of bankruptcy law
Is Circuit City Headed for a Blowout?
BusinessWeek / July 2
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jul2008/db2008072_040726.htm

Sidney Milkis
A politics professor
What Obama Can Learn From Bubba
Huffington Post / July 2
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/02/what-obama-can-learn-from_n_110512.html

Amalia Miller
Assistant professor of economics
Later Pregnancy Gives Women More Money—and More Caesareans
Discover Magazine / July 2
http://tinyurl.com/5xp6xu

Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Is McCain's War Record Sacrosanct?
TIME / July 2
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1819719,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

W. Bradford Wilcox
Associate professor of sociology
Faith Beneficial To Marriage
Idaho Examiner / July 3
http://www.idahoexaminer.com/columns/9736/faith-beneficial-to-marriage
and
Successful marriages celebrated
The Columbian (WA) / July 3
http://www.columbian.com/opinion/news/2008/07/07032008_Successful-marriages-celebrated.cfm

Why Interpreting the Constitution is so Complicated / An Explainer of Just What Makes the Supreme Law of the Land so Hard to Interpret and Apply

By Sam Leven, a law student
... So, if the purpose of my series is not to convince you of a viewpoint, what is its purpose? ... In politics today, especially in Constitutional interpretation, too often people resort to sound bites and oversimplification. The result is that our country has become more and more polarized. ... My point is merely to help people on both sides understand why an issue that they think is so simple really is not. I hope to introduce the arguments on each side of an issue in a simple, understandable, and non-judgmental way. ...

Column: Presidents have their own athletic backgrounds as well

By J.P. Stroman, a College student
... I often wonder why sports and politics converge so often. Maybe it's because many of our presidents were top athletes in their younger days. Take these examples: ...

Obama faces online backlash for centrist views

Mike Stark
A law student who started an online group on Obama's presidential campaign website urging him to vote against a domestic wiretapping bill that he recently announced he would vote for