INSIDE THIS ISSUE virginia.edu/insideuva SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 Vol. 36, No. 15 4 U.Va. Difference: Engaging constituents 6 U.Va. opens new Eastern Shore facility 9 Music good medicine for critically ill 10 Edmunds captures civil InsideUVA rights struggles of Danville 12 Scholar recovering music and traditions in post-Katrina New Orleans NEW POSTGAME POLICIES FOR SCOTT STADIUM A rush onto the field Stardust following U.Va.’s win over Eternal life of these particles Florida State on Oct. 15, 2005, injured 20 fans. To portrayed in new image prevent similar occur- rences in the future, new postgame policies will be BY FARISS SAMURRAI in effect this fall: I Strict adherence to the ACC policy prohibiting fans new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, an infrared on the playing field before, Aobservatory orbiting the sun, is helping astronomers understand during or after games. In how stardust is recycled in galaxies. the event that fans do Remy Indebetouw, a research scientist in U.Va.’s astronomy depart- enter the field, they will be ment, co-leads a team of scientists who created the unprecedented subject to criminal tres- image. Indebetouw’s team is working with NASA to study the hidden pass charges; birth of massive stars that drive and energize the ecosystem of the galaxy. I Increased staffing levels NASA Their cosmic portrait, which appears in the Sept. 4 issue of Time mag- for police and security COURTESY See NASA, page 2 throughout the games; I Closer monitoring of fan behavior on the hillside; I Review of security procedures with visiting Top 50 ‘U.Va. Today’: New home for news administration and coach- ing staff. If the field is breached, U.Va. makes national BY BRENDAN MATHEWS Combining bold graphics with streamlined nav- staff will focus on securing igation, U.Va. Today (formerly known as Top News the goal posts, team list of best colleges for new online home for news and information Daily) will continue to feature breaking news about benches and locker room from the University of Virginia debuted on faculty research, student awards and recognition, access. The fence and African Americans A Aug. 29 with the launch of U.Va. Today. The administrative priorities, staff accomplishments and hedges at the bottom of redesigned Web site spotlights an eclectic mix of the news of key hires and major gifts to the University. the hillside at the north STAFF REPORT news, people and events that make up the U.Va. But the expanded design also includes an updated end of the field were removed because that community. See U.Va. Today, page 2 barrier was considered or the third time in as many weeks, a major factor in the Fthe University of Virginia has been injuries sustained during included in a national magazine’s list of the Florida State game the nation’s top universities. In the Sep- incident. tember issue of Black Enterprise mag- TETEACHINGACHING & OOUTREACHUTREACH azine, U.Va. made the list of the 50 Top UPCOMING Colleges for African Americans. FOOTBALL GAMES This news comes on the heels of two I Sept. 9 Wyoming other magazine rankings. First came the Web site uses Spanish films to assist Curry launches program to assess I Sept. 16 Western Michi- U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Virginia teachers and students skills of Spanish-speaking children gan (Homecoming) Best Colleges ranking, which rated I Sept. 21 (Thurs.) at U.Va. the No. 2 public university in the STAFF REPORT BY ANNE BROMLEY Georgia Tech I Sept. 30 at Duke nation and No. 24 among all universi- I Oct. 7 at East Carolina ties, public and private. That followed n innovative Web site that uses Spanish- ne of the challenges facing teachers of chil- I Oct. 14 Maryland Newsweek’s special back-to-school A language films to teach language and culture Odren whose first language is Spanish is figur- I Oct. 19 (Thurs.) UNC issue in which U.Va. was named one of is being launched this month, providing Virginia ing out if those who need extra help learning to I Oct. 28 N.C. State “25 New Ivies.” high school teachers and students a unique read are having trouble with English, or if they I Nov. 4 at Florida State Earlier this year, U.Va. was singled out resource. have larger problems with literacy development. I Nov. 18 Miami by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Edu- Created over the past three years under the Thanks to a program developed at the Univer- I Nov. 25 at Virginia Tech cation for leading the nation’s public See Gies, page 8 See Spanish, page 8 See Rankings, page 2 Page 2 INSIDE UVA Sept. 8, 2006 U.Va. Today InsideUVA from page 1 Carol Wood, assistant vice president feed of outside news coverage of the University, for University Relations, [email protected] links to podcasts of recent speeches and panel Jeff Hanna, senior director of University Relations, discussions, and announcements of upcoming [email protected] events from around Grounds. Kathleen Valenzi, director of News Services, [email protected] Two new features have also been added to the Rebecca Arrington, assistant news mix: “Featured Faculty” and “The Clip File.” Fea- editor, [email protected] Brendan Mathews, assistant news tured Faculty turns the spotlight on faculty from editor, [email protected] a range of disciplines, sketching their research Anne Matthews, graphic designer [email protected] interests and providing links to media coverage Dan Addison, staff photographer of their work. Already featured were Jeanette [email protected] Lancaster, dean of the School of Nursing and a CONTRIBUTORS leader in the effort to address the national short- Karen Asher, Top News Daily editor, age of qualified nurses, and Bob Pianta, a profes- [email protected] Sally Barbour, Inside UVA online and sor in the Curry School and nationally calendar administrator, [email protected] recognized expert on improving the quality of Anne Bromley, [email protected] classroom instruction. Brevy Cannon, [email protected] The Clip File gives prominence to articles Mary Carlson, [email protected] Charlotte Crystal, about U.Va. that have appeared in the national [email protected] media — from the Washington Post’s story about Cathy Eberly, [email protected] Jane Ford, [email protected] Move-In Day (and the preparations made by ITC Matt Kelly, [email protected] staff for hooking up more than 3,000 computers Fariss Samarrai, [email protected] in one day) to an article on Voice of America E-mail story suggestions or address about the University’s College Guide Program. changes to [email protected] The upgrades to U.Va.’s online news presence Web site: www.virginia.edu/ insideuva/ go beyond the U.Va. Today home page. Each of Inside UVA is distributed free on the article pages can include a range of photo- University Grounds every other Friday. Subscriptions are $10 per graphs and links to multimedia content. The year. Info.: 924-7116 changes were made to more fully represent the A screen capture of the new U.Va. Today Web site, available at www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/. Second-class postage paid at Highlights from U.Va. Today and [email protected]., the daily e-mail service, appear in the Digest Charlottesville, VA (ISSN 0745-9432) richness of experiences that U.Va. offers in Postmaster - Send address changes section of Inside UVA on page 3. to: Inside UVA, Fontaine Research research, teaching, the arts, and other fields by Park, P. O. Box 400229, bringing to life the sights and sounds behind the Charlottesville, VA 22904-4229. Copyright 2006 by the Rector and stories. The technology allows not only inter- the song’s significance to her research. the 10 schools that comprise the University of Visitors of the University of Virginia views with faculty that can be downloaded for In addition, U.Va. Today now offers a PDF of Virginia. Inside UVA,theUniversity of Virginia’s staff and faculty use on radio, but a surprising range of other con- Inside UVA, the bi-weekly faculty and staff For questions about U.Va. Today, or to suggest newsletter,is published every other Friday by the Office of University tent. A recent story about a doctoral student in newsletter. content for any of the Web site’s regular depart- Relations. anthropology studying race and musical tradi- Communications offices from around ments, contact Brendan Mathews (mathews@ tion in New Orleans includes a recording of that Grounds can contribute content to U.Va. Today, virginia.edu) or Karen Asher ([email protected]). MAKING HEADLINES student – who also happens to be a professional making it a jumping-off point for finding break- U.Va. Today is available online at www. Weekday mornings the jazz singer – singing “Louisiana” and discussing ing news and profiles of the people from each of virginia.edu/uvatoday. V [email protected]. e-mail service compiles citations of faculty and staff in the news, and other news of interest to the University community. Headlines@ NASA scientific measurements from Spitzer, and he is Nebula; Michael Skrutskie is a key scientific U.VA. is e-mailed to from page 1 a member of the core group who wrote the adviser to the entire Spitzer project; Steve Majew- subscribers and posted observing proposal. ski and Skrutskie are studying the structure and online daily by 10 a.m. azine, shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf This research is part of a Spitzer program origin of the Milky Way; Indebetouw, Skrutskie To subscribe to the free galaxy. Astronomers are studying Spitzer’s view called Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy’s Evolu- and Jeffrey Bary are observing the formation of e-mail service visit www.