IN HIS first published novel, unknown author Larry Baker gave aspiring writers like myself advice on how to write a good novel.
When the smoke began to lift after the deadliest terrorist attack in history, Americans were left wondering what would lead people to kill thousands of innocent civilians and destroy U.S.
A new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the number of United States college professors over the age of 70 should continue to increase in the coming years. According to the report, after the 1994 elimination of mandatory retirement, retirement rates of professors ages 70 and 71 years old fell by at least 50 percent. In 1984, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Congress abolished forced retirement laws.
University Police are investigating a report that two patients used heroin and had sex while checked into the psychiatric unit of the University Medical Center last week. A female patient reported to police July 24 that she and a male patient had sex in the laundry room and injected heroin in her bathroom at the hospital, University Police Captain Michael Coleman said. Earlier that week, Medical Center employees suspected illegal drug use by the same male patient and he consented to a search of his room.
Managed health care company Coventry Health Care, Inc. announced Monday that it plans to purchase the parent company of QualChoice of Virginia Health Plan, Inc. QualChoice is the University-sponsored health care plan for students who do not have their own health insurance and is the plan provided for staff members. As part of the definitive agreement, Coventry will pay the Medical Center and the University Health Services Foundation $12.5 million for Blue Ridge Health Alliance, Inc. and its HMO subsidiary, QualChoice, and will enter into a five-year provider contract with the University.
Lawyers representing the University Medical Center met last Friday with five former employees who are suing the University on grounds they were unjustly fired.
U.S. News and World Report's2001 "America's Best Hospitals" issue included eight medical specialties of the University Medical Center as among the finest of their kind. The specialties and their rankings are cancer, ranked 22nd; endocrinology (hormonal disorders), sixth; geriatrics, 49th; nephrology (kidney disease), 49th; neurology, 29th; otolaryngology, (ear nose and throat), 22nd; pulmonary (respiratory disorders), 34th; and urology, 23rd. "It's always good to be recognized by your peers," said Paul Levine, director of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, at the Medical Center.
Two committees of the University's Board of Visitors recently discussed fund-raising and higher athletic ticket prices and student activity fees as possible ways to increase the revenue of the athletics department.
Two committees of the University's Board of Visitors recently discussed fund-raising, increased athletic ticket prices and student activity fees as possible avenues for increasing the revenue of the athletics department. At its annual retreat in Prince George County over the weekend, the Board considered multiple options, including changing the giving levels for Virginia Student Aid members.
Although the sites are hidden behind large wooden walls, students have surely noticed an abundance of construction at the University, the most visible of which is the huge addition to Clark Hall. Construction on this building, which began last July, includes nearly 60,000 square feet of new space and renovations on about 99,000 square feet, said Randy Porter, a project manager and construction administrator. The new building space will be used primarily for environmental science research and there will be a new reading room for the engineering library.
