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January 2009
FEATURE 

!2 Days of Winter BreakTop Stories of 2008

A wave of new deans, controversies about cartoons and signs, election fever and an economic chill helped define the past year

Where Am I?Where Am I?

Identify the photo for a chance to win a bookstore gift card!

LIFESTYLE 

Kitty LandersWho is Kitty Landers?

Regina Taufen (Col '99)
creates wacky artist for TV pilot
Includes video!

UNIVERSITY NEWS 

Gilly Sullivan, longtime association director, dies

U.Va. named best value among public schools

University set to lose $23 million in state funds

Scientists use supercomputers for 3-D art models

ALUMNI PROFILE 

Preaching ActivismPreaching Activism

Brad Braxton (Col '91) assumes mantle at renowned Riverside church in Manhattan
Includes video!

ETC. 

Elephant Speak Includes video!
The 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people, but few animals—and no elephants—perished. Michael Garstang is studying elephant communications to understand why.

Picture This
Images in the Virginia Magazine Photo Contest capture the spirit of the University.

UPCOMING EVENTS 
ON GROUNDS
Thu 1/22 Online Career Workshop: Pink SlipNow What?
Fri 1/23 U.Va. vs. Florida State women's basketball
Mon 1/26 Miller Center Forum: "Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terror" Alumni & Friends Calendar
Tue 2/10 Broadway in Charlottesville: Hairspray at John Paul Jones Arena
REGIONAL
Thu 1/22 UVaClub of Los Angeles: U.Va. Business Networking Group Launch
Sat 2/7 UVaClub of Maryland: Annual Bull Roast and Silent Auction
Thu 2/28 UVaClub of Richmond: Annual Walter N. Ridley Scholarship Dinner
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