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Highlights former Professor Robert Spekman’s book, My Journey with Parkinson’s Disease, which chronicles his fight with Parkinson’s disease

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Effectuation, the influential and accessible framework for entrepreneurial action, is a breakout star in the world of academic research

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The Myositis Association announces the launch of its newly redesigned website, making it easier for visitors to access evidence-based information about all forms of the rare autoimmune muscle disease known as “myositis.”

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Darden School of Business alumnus Warren Thompson (MBA ’83); the Thompson Hospitality founder, president and chairman runs one of the largest retail food and facilities management firms in the United States.

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On Tuesday, June 5, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam visited the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and met with the Foundation’s staff as well as with members of the Foundation’s Board and Council, and donors. Virginia House of Delegates Leader David Toscano, representatives from the University of Virginia, and members of the local media were also in attendance.

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Copper exposure’s link Alzheimer’s disease, the effects of consumer microbials on the colon, a potential prostate-based activation of a carcinogen in cooked meat, and the impact of hydraulic fracturing mixtures on the immune system featured in latest issue of Toxicological Sciences.

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Nine more participants have been selected for the prestigious Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP), a behind-the-scenes immersive experience at five astronomical observatories in Chile from June 10 to 18.

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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam will visit the Focused Ultrasound Foundation to discuss the impact of the State’s investment in pioneering this revolutionary technology. Invited guests will include the media, Foundation Board members, physicians and health industry leaders, and Foundation friends and supporters.

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The latest research and features in cell biology in the Cell Biology News Source

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Virtual colonoscopy (CT Colonography) — shown to increase colorectal cancer screening rates at a lower cost than standard colonoscopy — can help jump-start the transition to screening Americans starting at age 45 as new American Cancer Society Screening guidelines recommend.

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The University of Virginia is now officially accepting applications for its new Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA). The program received formal approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) on 22 May.

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The race is on for companies to present their driverless cars to the public, but recent collisions involving autonomous vehicles developed by Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla Inc. have led consumers to questions whether these vehicles can alleviate traffic issues and increase safety. A new study published in Risk Analysis examined the question “How safe is safe enough for self-driving vehicles (SDVs)?”

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The W.L. Lyons Brown III Innovation Laboratory (i.Lab) at the Darden School of Business welcomes 23 new ventures to its flagship 2018 i.Lab Incubator program. This summer’s startups include founders from six UVA schools.

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The American College of Radiology Foundation (ACRF) presented its 2018 Global Humanitarian Award to Michael T. Nelson, MD, FACR, of Minnetonka, MN. The award, honoring Dr. Nelson’s global impact of radiology services, was announced at the recent ACR 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

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The proceeding expands upon Making the Ask, Part 1: The Key to Entrepreneurial Success, which introduces the importance of the effectual ask to entrepreneurship.

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Researchers evaluated the usefulness of biomarker testing in determining the potential extent of brain trauma suffered from repetitive subconcussive head impacts sustained over the course of a college football season.

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The latest research and features on sex in the Sex and Relationships News Source

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The latest research, features, and experts on HIV and AIDS.

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Professor Greg Fairchild will be the first director of northern Virginia operations for the University of Virginia.

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The Comprehensive Stroke Center at University of Virginia Health System recently performed its 1,000th telestroke consultation, enabling patients across Virginia to get treatment sooner and help prevent death or permanent disabilities.

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In the new book, Can Business Save the Earth? Innovating Our Way to Sustainability (Stanford University Press, 2018), Darden School of Business Professor Mike Lenox and Fuqua School of Business Professor Aaron Chatterji dissect the shortcomings of sustainability efforts and detail a path on which business innovation could lead to a truly sustainable future.

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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business welcomed more than 460 new graduates to its alumni ranks on 20 May during a hot and sunny graduation ceremony on Darden’s Flagler Court.

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The world is expecting more and more from business. In response, companies are being called on to disclose long-term strategies for how they will make a positive contribution to society.

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The Darden School of Business joined the Judge Business School and their new partner, the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business and Economics (HKU), to co-host the 9th annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference in Hong Kong on 9-10 May.

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Three neurosurgeons from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, set out to examine Michael Jackson's antigravity tilt, introduced in the music video “Smooth Criminal,” from a neurosurgeon’s point of view.

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The American College of Radiology announced that Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS, FACR, will assume the role of editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) beginning in January 2019. Dr. Carlos succeeds Bruce J. Hillman, MD, FACR, the founding editor of the JACR.

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The latest in space and astronomy in the Space News Source

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A new open-access white paper discusses the practical aspects of attribute selection and ranking, a critical first step in biosimilar drug development. These updated analytical standards were compiled by an international, multidisciplinary team involving FDA and pharmaceutical industry experts, and The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), which published the paper today in The AAPS Journal.

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Applications are now open for the American College of Radiology (ACR) Bruce J. Hillman Fellowship in scholarly publishing. This year, for the first time, residents and fellows are also welcome to apply in addition to staff radiologists.

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Like many of her peers, Charlotte Robertson (Class of 2018) began working in restaurants to help pay her way through the University of Virginia as an undergraduate student. Unlike those who dabbled, Robertson, working at Charlottesville’s iconic C&O, fell in love with the industry, devoting her career to service and hospitality in what has been a series of high-volume, internationally renowned venues.

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As the value of the cryptocurrency bitcoin surged on an exponential curve last winter, investors, the media and even the general public were swept up in a mania that many compared to a modern day Dutch tulip bubble.Through it all, more than one University of Virginia Darden School of Business finance professor remained skeptical of the real underlying value of any cryptocurrency.

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This week UVA Darden’s Batten Institute released the second in a series of sector-focused research reports – Path to 2060: Decarbonizing the Electric Utility Industry – that looks at the role of technology and innovation in addressing climate change and the levers that can help facilitate the shift to cleaner electricity generation. We explore four zero-emission technologies: hydropower, nuclear, wind, and solar.

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Inside every proton in every atom in the universe is a pressure cooker environment that surpasses the atom-crushing heart of a neutron star. That’s according to the first measurement of a mechanical property of subatomic particles, the pressure distribution inside the proton, which was carried out by scientists at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

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GALAXY 13.28 BILLION LIGHT-YEARS AWAY SHOWS SURPRISING SIGNS OF CHEMICAL MATURITY

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he American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is pleased to announce the availability of the open-access white paper entitled “Rational Selection, Criticality Assessment, and Tiering of Quality Attributes and Test Methods for Analytical Similarity Evaluation of Biosimilars.”

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Scientists at two of Virginia’s largest universities, working with clinicians from the two major health systems and a growing Virginia-based biotechnology company, have teamed up to address an important medical challenge — how do you accurately diagnose a mild traumatic brain injury that has subtle or no physical signs but can cause long-term damage?

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The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued the following statement in support of findings from an ASTRO-commissioned task force to review opportunities to improve outcomes for cancer patients by expanding the number of clinical trials that include radiation therapy in combination with new cancer drugs. The recommendations were published in the May 2018 issue of The Lancet-Oncology.

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The innovative and intensive eight-week “Economic Inequality and Social Mobility” seminar co-taught by Professors Jim Freeland and Ed Freeman was named as a winner of the 2017 Ideas Worth Teaching Award by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, which highlights 20 exceptional courses that “inspire and equip future business leaders to tackle the issues of our time.”

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Speaking at a University of Virginia Darden School of Business Reunion Weekend panel devoted to serving on corporate boards, four Darden alumni with extensive experience as both executives and board members — Mastercard CFO Martina Hund-Mejean (MBA ’88), veteran investor and former Foundation Medical Partners General Partner Harry Rein (MBA ’73), Instart Logic Chairman and former Citrix CEO Mark Templeton (MBA ’78) and Thompson Hospitality Corp. Chairman and CEO Warren Thompson (MBA ’83) — charted the opportunities and potential headaches that a board position can bring.

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Corbin Norman will soon graduate from the Darden Executive MBA program, after which he plans to move to Sweden to start a new venture.