<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:aands="http://web.clas.virginia.edu/ns/aands/"><channel><title>Arts &amp; Sciences News</title><link>http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu</link><description>News features from the College &amp; Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences, U.Va.</description><generator>Ingeniux Content Management System v6.0</generator><language>en-us</language><item><title>Evolutionary Road</title><description>Andrea Berardi, a second-year Ph.D. student in biology, dedicates herself to researching plants and teaching students, cultivating growth in both worlds.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16692.xml</link><author>Amy Woolard</author><pubdate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/BerardiAndrea1005TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Andrea Berardi</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>The Da Vinci Mode</title><description>Art history associate professor Francesca Fiorani’s work epitomizes a successful marriage of digital and traditional scholarship.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16694.xml</link><author>Deborah Heishman</author><pubdate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/VirginAndChildWithStAnne1005TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Virgin and Child with St. Anne</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Mapping Morven</title><description>U.Va.’s Morven Farm offers students and faculty of the College a chance to delve into history—firsthand.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16695.xml</link><author>John Kelly</author><pubdate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/Morven1005TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Morven</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Carter G. Woodson Institute</title><description>The Carter G. 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McDowell</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by LuAnn Williams</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Civil Rights Pioneer Presents a New Face</title><description>Julian Bond Interviews Benjamin Todd Jealous, President of the NAACP</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/woodson/x16450.xml</link><author>Anne Bromley</author><pubdate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. 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Kenan, Jr. Professor in the McIntire Department of Music</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Peter Schaff</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Pay to Play</title><description>Generous Gift for Distinguished Major Program</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/x16385.xml</link><author>Tim Arnold</author><pubdate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Music Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/images/music/OldCabellStagePianoTN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Concert Grand Piano on Stage at Old Cabell Hall</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Music For All Ages</title><description>Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra Outreach Endeavors</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/x16386.xml</link><author>Janet Kaltenbach</author><pubdate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Music Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/images/music/RichardWarnerTN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Richard Warner performs at Youth Concerts by Charlottesville &amp; University Symphony Orchestra</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Faculty News</title><description>Accomplishments and Accolades</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/x16389.xml</link><pubdate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Music Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/images/Teaching0804TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>teaching</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Graduate Student News</title><description>Awards, Conferences, Essays Accepted and Recordings Produced by Our Graduate Students</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/x16406.xml</link><pubdate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Music Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/images/GraduateUpdates0804TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Graduate Updates</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Alumni News</title><description>News from the Music Department Alumni</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/x16391.xml</link><pubdate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Music Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/images/music/graduation_mural_TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Lincoln Perry Mural in Old Cabell Hall  (Graduation Panel)</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Marcy Day</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Risk Adjustment</title><description>Study shows African-American children cope well with behavioral risks.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16366.xml</link><author>Fariss Samarrai</author><pubdate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. 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Legro</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Sean Gallagher</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Global Exchange</title><description>College cuts ribbon on new office at Peking University.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16286.xml</link><author>Kendall Wallace</author><pubdate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. 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Schutt</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Director's Note</title><description>A Tribute to Ann Lane</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/x16059.xml</link><author>Kath Weston</author><pubdate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Studies in Women and Gender Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/images/Westonkath0809TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Weston</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Dan Addision</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>SWAG Colloquium Series</title><description>Women and Gender in Transnational Perspective</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/x16062.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Studies in Women and Gender 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Press</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Faculty Staff News</title><description>Who's new to SWAG?</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/x16078.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Studies in Women and Gender Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/images/swag/LavieSmadar0910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Lavie</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo provided by Smadar Lavie</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Praise Song for the Day</title><description>Studies in Women and Gender 2009 Graduation Speech, University of Virginia</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/x16052.xml</link><author>Dr. Shireen Lewis</author><pubdate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Studies in Women and Gender 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Announcements</title><description>Courses, Gifts, and Honors</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/x16080.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Studies in Women and Gender Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/images/Textile0809TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Indonesian textile</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photograph courtesy of the University of Virginia Libraries</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Essay Contest Winners 2009</title><description>Undergraduates and Graduates Write Award-Winning Essays</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/womenstudies/x16081.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Studies in Women and Gender 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Start?</title><description>At The Desk of Kyle O'Connor.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/politics/x16230.xml</link><author>Kathleen Valenzi Knaus</author><pubdate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/politics/images/politics/ObamaBarack091101TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Barack Obama</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>A Journalist's Life: Reflections on Political Reporting.</title><description>Stephen Dinan, White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Times.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/politics/x16231.xml</link><author>Kathleen Valenzi Knaus</author><pubdate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics 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Tomes.</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Biology Outreach Pilot Project a Success</title><description>Department of Biology provides hands-on lab experience to local high school science teachers</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/x16267.xml</link><author>Krista Bajgier</author><pubdate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Biology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/biology/thumbnail_kittlesen.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>David Kittlesen</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Biology Professor Serves by Flying</title><description>How one faculty member spends his hours outside of Gilmer Hall</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/x16199.xml</link><author>Krista Bajgier</author><pubdate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Biology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/biology/FL09-WormingtonAirpatrol_thumbnail.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Wormington thumbnail</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>A Win-Win Relationship</title><description>This article was originally published in "Emeritus," a publication of the College Foundation Emeritus Society, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/x16269.xml</link><author>Karen Doss Bowman</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Emeritus, College Foundation Emeritus Society</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/biology/ransom_thumbnail.gif</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Tami Ransom</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>What Matters</title><description>Academic Prowess, Research Innovation, Next Generation Scholars</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16140.xml</link><author>Meredith Jung-En Woo</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/WooMeredith0910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Meredith Jung-En Woo</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Cade Martin</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Strategic Directions</title><description>Senior Associate Dean Rick Myers discusses the College’s challenges and opportunities.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16181.xml</link><author>John Kelly</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences 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them.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16171.xml</link><author>Tracy Breyfogle, Deborah Heishman and Samantha Lowery</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/PhysicalLifeSciences0910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of the Physical and Life Sciences Building</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Illustration by Al Forster</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Introducing the Associate Deans</title><description>The dean’s leadership team talk about how they plan to support the dean’s priorities.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16169.xml</link><author>John Kelly</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/Toussaint0910TN(0).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is an image of Toussaint l’Ouverture</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Wanderlust</title><description>Associate music professor Matthew Burtner takes his band of MICE around the world.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16186.xml</link><author>Deborah Heishman</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/MiceEnsemble020910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of the MICE ensemble</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Stretch Your Mind</title><description>A 45-year-old 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UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/MorseJay020910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Jay Morse</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Courtesy of Jay Morse/PricewaterhouseCoopers</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Not Horsing Around</title><description>Alumni profile: John Tredennick (Economics ’76, Law ’79)</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16207.xml</link><author>Bruce Goldberg</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/TredennickJohn020910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>John Tredennick</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Anne Gittins</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>When Breadpigs Fly</title><description>Alumni profile: Alexis Ohanian (History and Commerce ’05)</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16197.xml</link><author>Nathan Stovall</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/OhanianAlexis020910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Alexis Ohanian</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Mike Scrivener</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>College Chronicles</title><description>Memories from Ernest “Boots” Campbell Mead Jr.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16211.xml</link><author>Margaret G. Klosko</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/MeadErnest0910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Ernest Mead</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Jane Haley</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>New Life Science Building for the College of Arts and Sciences</title><description>State-of-the-art research facility will be erected in 2011</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/x15941.xml</link><author>Samantha Lowery</author><pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Biology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/biology/FL09-CASBuilding_thumbnail.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>CAS Building</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Composer and Installation Artist Peter Traub Explores Sound, Space and Time</title><description>Five compositions based on the dimensions of physical, virtual and hybrid spaces</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/x16407.xml</link><author>Jane Ford</author><pubdate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>UVA Today</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/images/music/TraubPeterTN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Peter Traub</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>New works of science nonfiction</title><description>U.Va. students are using 'BioBricks' to try to build an original life form</description><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102204628.html</link><author>Emma Brown</author><pubdate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Washington Post</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/biology/Tarjan_thumbnail.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Dan Tarjan, Biology Undergraduate</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Culture Watch</title><description>Anthropologist Michael Wesch talks new media and its effect on society.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16123.xml</link><pubdate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/WeschMichael020911TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Michael Wesch</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Recognizing “Genius”</title><description>MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” will buy writing time for English professor Deborah Eisenberg.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16121.xml</link><author>Anne Bromley</author><pubdate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences News, UVa</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/EisenbergDeborah0911TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Deborah Eisenberg</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Jane Haley</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Acting Globally</title><description>Professor’s estate gift will support international centers of the College.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16120.xml</link><author>Mary Carlson</author><pubdate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/GreensladeGertrude020911TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Gertrude Greenslade</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Student Spotlight</title><description>Chemistry major Colin McCrimmon collects prestigious awards for cutting-edge undergraduate research.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16022.xml</link><author>Matt Kelly</author><pubdate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/McCrimmonColin0910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Colin McCrimmon</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Dan Addison</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Fighting Hunger</title><description>Biology researcher identifies gene for resistance to parasitic “witchweed.”</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16031.xml</link><author>Fariss Samarrai</author><pubdate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/TimkoMichael020910TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of Michael Timko</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Tome Time</title><description>New director of Rare Book School doesn’t judge a book by its cover—or its text.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/x16032.xml</link><author>Anne Bromley</author><pubdate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/images/asnews/SuarezMichael020919TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Michael Suarez</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Jane Haley</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Prof. Michael Timko Discovers Parasite-resistant Cowpea Gene</title><description>University biology professor, researchers use viral induced silencing method to identify cowpea gene responsible for resistance to parasitic Striga plant</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/x16277.xml</link><author>Amanda Morgan</author><pubdate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Biology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/SU07-Timko THUMBNAIL.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height></item><item><title>Biology Undergraduate Publications</title><description>Scholarly work co-authored by undergraduates in 2008-09</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/x16185.xml</link><author>Krista Bajgier</author><pubdate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Biology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/biology/FL09-UndergradArticles_thumbnail.gif</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>publication image</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Undergraduate News</title><description>Undergraduate news, notes, and awards</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15906.xml</link><pubdate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks0605TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Weighty Tomes.</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Alumni News</title><description>Recent News from English Department Alumni</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15909.xml</link><pubdate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/EnglishAlumni0612TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Thumbnail of English alumni</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>New Faculty Interview:  John Parker</title><description>Graduate Student Julia Fuller interviews John Parker, who joins the English Department this fall, about his work and teaching</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15898.xml</link><pubdate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/english/ParkerJohn0907TN(1).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>89</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>John Parker</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Going Places</title><description>Placement results for our doctoral students</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15900.xml</link><pubdate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/BryanSketch0612TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Thumbnail of Bryan Hall sketch</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Letter from the Chair</title><description>Jahan Ramazani, Edgar F. Shannon Professor and Chair, writes on the state of things in the Department of English</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15870.xml</link><pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/RamazaniJahan0812TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of Jahan Ramazani</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>New Faculty Profile: Jennifer Greeson</title><description>Jennifer Greeson explores the invention of the American South</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15871.xml</link><author>Kirsten Paine</author><pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/english/GreesonJennifer0907TN(4).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>75</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Jennifer Greeson</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Figures of Thought</title><description>Brad Pasanek's Database of Metaphors Illuminates the History of Thought in Literature</description><link>http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=8031</link><pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>UVa Today</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/PasanekBrad0812TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is an image of Brad Pasanek</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Making the Past Present</title><description>U.Va. Professor's Book Reviews Slavery Re-enactments in Novels, Films and Real Time</description><link>http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=8448</link><pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>UVa Today</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/english/WoolforkLisa0709TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>77</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>100</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Lisa Woolfork (TN)</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>'Weird Science' Literature Course</title><description>Cynthia Wall Makes the Familiar Strange and the Strange Familiar in 'Weird Science' Literature Course</description><link>http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=8870#</link><pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>UVa Today</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/english/WallCynthia0907TN(0).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>67</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Cynthia Wall (TN)</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Faculty News</title><description>Latest news, notes, and accomplishments from the English Department faculty</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15878.xml</link><pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/LinotypeBook0605TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Linotype machine in operation.</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by David Vander Meulen.</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Graduate Student News</title><description>Essays accepted, awards and honors accrued lately by our current graduate students</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x15895.xml</link><pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/2bridge0705TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height></item><item><title>U.Va. Marching Band Visits Brazil</title><description>Students played to a standing-room-only crowd and performed the Brazilian national anthem</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/x16408.xml</link><author>Jane Ford</author><pubdate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 04:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>UVA Today</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/music/images/music/MusicStudentsInBrazil121909TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>U.Va. Music Students in Brazil</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Awards and Recognition 2008-09</title><description>Faculty and student achievement in the Department of Biology</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/x15685.xml</link><author>Krista Bajgier</author><pubdate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:45:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Biology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/biology/images/biology/FL09-Awards_thumbnail(0).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Awards Image</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>German House Traditions Continue and Evolve</title><description>From German films, to Oktoberfest, to karaoke</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/x15160.xml</link><author>Britta Bojahr and Cora Schenberg</author><pubdate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/images/ApplePicking0902TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is an apple-picking group photo</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo courtesy of Britta Bojahr</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>A Message from the Editor</title><description>German Studies Center celebrates fall kick-off.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/x15155.xml</link><author>Cora Schenberg</author><pubdate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/images/Reception0902TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of German Department reception</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Cora Schenberg</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Department News</title><description>Taking German studies beyond the classroom</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/x15156.xml</link><author>Cora Schenberg, Manuela Achilles and Chad Wellmon</author><pubdate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/images/Restaurant0902TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of a German Department restaurant outing</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Lila Jividen</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Faculty News</title><description>Publications, presentations and accolades</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/x15162.xml</link><author>Cora Schenberg</author><pubdate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/images/BennettBen0902TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Professor Ben Bennett</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo courtesy of the German Department website</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Gabriele Dietze Held Max Kade Lectureship in ’08</title><description>Professor focused on ethnicity, gender issues</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/x15163.xml</link><author>Cora Schenberg</author><pubdate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/images/DietzGabriele0902TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Professor Gabriele Dietze</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo courtesy of University of Graz</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Graduate Student News</title><description>Graduations, dissertations and the Conference</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/x15164.xml</link><author>Cora Schenberg</author><pubdate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/german/images/BakerAnna0902TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Anna Baker, Ph.D.</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo courtesy of Anna Baker</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Letter from the Chair</title><description>In a Time of Transition</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15095.xml</link><author>Susan McKinnon</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Anthropology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/McKinnonSusan0901TN(0).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Susan McKinnon</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Tom Cogill</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>H.L. Seneviratne Retires</title><description>From Sinhalese Poetry to an Anthropology of Political Engagement</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15097.xml</link><author>Susan McKinnon</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Anthropology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/SeneviratneHL0902TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>H.L. Seneviratne</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Philip McEldowney, Librarian, Alderman Library</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Road Trip</title><description>Kath Weston's Book on Bus Travel Reveals Portrait of America</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15098.xml</link><author>Anne Bromley</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/WestonKath0901TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Kath Weston</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Jane Haley</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Yarimar Bonilla</title><description>New Faculty Member Explores Caribbean Politics of Memory and Protest</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15099.xml</link><author>Susan McKinnon</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Anthropology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/BonillaYarimar0901TN(0).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of Yarimar Bonilla</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Forgotten Battlefields</title><description>Ancient Peruvian Hilltop Fortresses Offer Insights on War</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15100.xml</link><author>Elizabeth Arkush</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Anthropology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/Peru-ForgottenBattlefields0901TN(1).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Defensive Walls at Pucarani (“the monster”), a hillfort near Lake Titicaca dating to about AD 1350</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Elizabeth Arkush</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>On the Brink</title><description>Saving a Language from Extinction</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15101.xml</link><author>Maura Singleton</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Anthropology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/DobrinLise0901TN(0).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Lise Dobrin</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Tom Cogill</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Cuba from the Bottom Up</title><description>After Fidel, Life's Little Struggles Go On</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15102.xml</link><author>Roberto Armengol</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Anthropology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/Cuba0901TN(1).jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of Cuba</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Ophelia Lenz</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>Historical Notes on Brooks Hall</title><description>An Anthropological Analysis of an Origin Myth</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/x15103.xml</link><author>Jeff Hantman</author><pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Anthropology Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/anthropology/images/BrooksHall0901TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is an image of Brooks Hall</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Letter from the Chair</title><description>Jahan Ramazani, Edgar F. Shannon Professor and Chair, writes on the state of things in the Department of English.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14502.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:38:11 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/RamazaniJahan0812TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of Jahan Ramazani</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Recommended Reading</title><description>Faculty Reading Recommendations May Guide Book Lovers</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14506.xml</link><author>Matt Kelly</author><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:53:48 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/FeldmanJessica0812TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Jessica Feldman</aands:image-caption><aands:image-credit>Photo by Jane Haley</aands:image-credit></item><item><title>High Honor</title><description>U.Va.’s Rita Dove Received Library of Virginia Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 18</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14505.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:38:28 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>U.Va. Media Relations</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/DoveRita0810TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is a thumbnail image of Rita Dove</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>New Faculty Profile: Sandhya Shukla</title><description>Sandhya Shukla studies diasporic communities and cultures</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14504.xml</link><author>Kirsten Paine</author><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:32:50 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/ShuklaSandhya0812TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is an image of Sandya Shukla</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>New Faculty Profile: Brad Pasanek</title><description>Brad Pasanek brings digital humanities to bear on the Enlightenment</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14503.xml</link><author>Kirsten Paine</author><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:46:17 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/PasanekBrad0812TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>This is an image of Brad Pasanek</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Alumni News</title><description>Former students bring us up to date</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14511.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:27:40 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/GraduateStudentsTN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Thumbnail of graduate students</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Graduate Student News</title><description>Essays accepted, awards and honors accrued lately by our current graduate students</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14510.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:27:34 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/EnglishAlumni0612TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Thumbnail of English alumni</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Faculty News</title><description>Latest news, notes, and accomplishments</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14509.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:27:27 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/BryanSketch0612TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Thumbnail of Bryan Hall sketch</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Where has the English Major Taken You?</title><description>Former majors reflect on how the English major shaped their careers</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/x14508.xml</link><pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:24:17 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>English Department Newsletter, U.Va.</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/BryanHall0612TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Thumbnail of Bryan Hall</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>On Volunteering</title><description>An Economics Undergraduate Writes to Dean Meredith Woo</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/x14617.xml</link><author>John Pappas</author><pubdate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:37:38 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Economics Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/images/Pappas0811TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Pappas TN</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Changing the World ... One Deal at a Time</title><description>Liberal-arts grads invest in world-changing entrepreneurship.</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/x14615.xml</link><author>John Kelly</author><pubdate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:07:34 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Arts &amp; Sciences magazine</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/images/Biddle0811TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Biddle</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>International and Development Economics</title><description>Four New Faculty Members Bolster Department’s Strengths</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/x14603.xml</link><pubdate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:05:38 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Economics Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/images/Shastry0811TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>Shastry</aands:image-caption></item><item><title>Charles Holt</title><description>Interview with Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond</description><link>http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/region_focus/2008/spring/pdf/interview.pdf</link><pubdate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:11:36 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Economics Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/images/HoltCharles0804TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height></item><item><title>Letter from the Chair</title><description>Department Chair William R. Johnson writes about “interesting times.”</description><link>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/x14586.xml</link><author>William R. Johnson</author><pubdate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:11:25 UTC</pubdate><aands:publication>Economics Department Newsletter</aands:publication><aands:image-url>http://news.clas.virginia.edu/economics/images/JohnsonWilliam0804TN.jpg</aands:image-url><aands:image-width>72</aands:image-width><aands:image-height>72</aands:image-height><aands:image-caption>William Johnson</aands:image-caption></item></channel></rss>
