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Have you ever heard the phrase, vDjnjI didnvDj(tm)t fall far from the tree.vDjkj Well, this can be especially important in the plant world. When habitat changes, animals migrate, but how do immobile organisms like plants cope when faced with alterations to their environment? This is an increasingly important question in light of new environmental conditions brought on by global climate change.
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Narrated by Professors Molly Bishop and George Cohen, the Newscast highlights Law School news and events from the fall 2007 semester.
As environmental scientist Karen McGlathery slips from the side of the boat into the shallow, murky waters of Hog Island Bay, one of three major lagoons on the oceanside of VirginiavDj(tm)s Eastern Shore, the chill of the morning water hits her, she exclaims vDjnjOh, thatvDj(tm)s cold,vDjkj McGlathery is the University of VirginiavDj(tm)s lead investigator on a project to restore sea grasses to the region…
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Imagine you are on a voyage to the bottom of the sea, or simply looking along the bottom of a clear stream observing lobsters or crayfish waving their antennae. Looking closer, you see them feeling around with their legs and flicking their antennules vDj” the small, paired sets of miniature feelers at the top of their heads between the long antennae. While the long antennae are used for getting a physical feel of an area, such as the contours of a crevice, the smaller antennules are there to both help the creature smell and also to sense motion in the water that could indicate the presence of food, a mate or danger. The legs also have receptors that detect chemical signatures, preferably those emanating from a nice hunk of dead fish.
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On December 2, 2007, the Kluge-Ruhe Collection hosted a panel discussion: Sacred or Profane? The Australian Government’s Intervention in Aboriginal Communities. Panelists shared different aspects of the intervention and the changes already felt in Aboriginal communities. The audience was invited to participate in a Q & A following the panel presentations. Panelists included:
* Dr. Howard Morphy, Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at Australian National University
* Frances Morphy, Fellow at the Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
* Josh Wheeler, Associate Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
* Will Owen, author of the blog Guv,!E”Aboriginal Art – An American EyeGuv,!Vkj
* Margo Smith, Director and Curator, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVA
TIMELINE:
1:00 – Introduction from Margo Smith
17:44 – Dr. Howard Morphy
27:57 – Will Owen
43:20 – Frances Morphy
1:08:49 – Josh Wheeler
1:26:13 – Question and answer period
With the holiday season upon us, traditional meals are a big part of the celebration. Meat, vegetables and breads are a big part of these feasts. Breads and the assortment of carbohydrates have become a big concern for individuals worried about their weight and health. The latest common wisdom on carbohydrates claims that eating so-called vDjnjbad carbsvDjkj will make you fat. But University of Virginia professor Glenn Gaesser, professor of exercise physiology and director of the kinesiology program in the Curry School of Education says, vDjnjthatvDj(tm)s just nonsense. Eating sandwiches with white bread, or an occasional doughnut, isnvDj(tm)t going to kill you, or necessarily even lead to obesity.vDjkj
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Kevin Doyle is the facilitator for a new group at the University of Virginia called Hoos in Recovery. He and fourth-year student “Kate” join WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the program, which helps students, students and faculty who are seeking to break their addictions. Find out more information at the U.Va Center for Alcohol and Substance Education.
Are you happy? Well donvDj(tm)t try to be happier; you might become less happy. That is the essence of a multi-cultural study published this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The study was produced by University of Virginia psychology professor Shigehiro Oishi and his co-authors Ed Diener, University of Illinois at UrbanavDj”Champaign and The Gallup Organization, Dong-Won Choi of California State University, East Bay, Chu Kim-Prieto of the College of New Jersey, and Incheol Choi of Seoul National University. Professor Oishi and his colleagues found that, on average, European-Americans claim to be happy in general, more happy than Asian-Americans or Koreans or Japanese. But it is much easier for them to become less happy by negative events. And they tend to recover at a slower rate from negative events than their counterparts in Asia or with an Asian ancestry. On the other hand, Koreans, Japanese, and to a lesser extent, Asian-Americans, are less happy in general, but recover their emotional equilibrium more readily after a setback than European-Americans.
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How did you react the last time you had a fight with that significant someone in your life? With couples, the woman might apologize, or the man might make a joke or express understanding. By doing this, they subtly and briefly lighten the tension as they work their way through a disagreement.
Psychology professor James Coan discovered a long time ago that by doing this, even when couples fight, they take care of each other. This interplay was significant when Coan designed a study exploring what happens in people’s brains when they behave emotionally or observe other people’s emotions. Coan said, “what we are learning is our emotions are more heavily involved in our day-to-day physical health than we previously thought. How we deal with our relationships is closely tied to how long we live, how frequently we go to the doctor, how rapidly we recover from injury, how happy we tend to be in our lives.”Vkj
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When social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, joined the University of Virginia in 1995, he prepared by reading Thomas Jefferson’s writings and making the requisite pilgrimage to Monticello. Little did he realize the impact this Jeffersonian indoctrination would have on his own research.
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Across the United States hundreds of elections were held Tuesday November 6th and thousands of Americans voted. Did you? According to the research of Ross Baird, voting has been on the decline for the past several decades. A University of Virginia Government and Foreign Affairs major from the class of 2007, Baird researched this trend to find out why it has continued, especially among the young voting population…
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Paul Bibeau is the author of Sundays with Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man’s Quest to Live in the World of the Undead. And if those aren’t enough subtitles, Paul’s blog has this caption: “Paul Bibeau’s funny book about vampires, Dracula, globalization, bad Romanian roads, ruined honeymoons, and the horrors of funnel cake.” He recently spoke about his book to the Jefferson Society at the University of Virginia, and was introduced by local author Jonathan Coleman.