Book Considers American Slave Trade Through Art
Although the international slave trade was abolished in the United States in 1808, the trading of slaves within the states remained big business, boosting the economy by tens of millions annually in the 1850s. A new book by U.Va. art history professor Maurie McInnis tells the story of the slave trade from the vantage point of British artist Eyre Crowe's paintings and drawings.

Dozier Honored as 2012 U.Va. Distinguished Alumna
Journalist Kimberly Dozier is lucky to be alive today. The U.Va. alumna was seriously injured in 2006 in a car bomb explosion in Iraq that killed everyone else in her group. Dozier will be honored this fall with the 2012 U.Va. Distinguished Alumna Award.

Federal Official: Government Can Be Test Lab for New Ideas
Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration Martha Johnson was the keynote speaker at last week's kickoff of the two-day Darden Business in Society Conference. The event was co-sponsored by Darden's new Initiative for Business in Society.

Employees Set New Records in Giving Through CVC
U.Va. employees donated a record $982,000 through the 2011 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign, an annual workplace-giving program that allows state employees to support charities. More than 3,900 donations were received this fall -- an increase of more than 17 percent over the 2010 campaign and the largest number of donations ever made through the CVC at U.Va.

U.Va. Again Ranks As a Top 10 'Best Value' Among Publics
The educational value that U.Va. offers its students ranks second among the nation's public institutions, according to the Princeton Review's "Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition," released Tuesday.

University Observes Black History Month 2012
U.Va.'s Office of African-American Affairs and other offices and groups around Grounds will offer several opportunities to participate in and attend events to be held in observance of Black History Month.

DNA Excludes U.Va. Innocence Project Clinic Client
Bennett Barbour, a Williamsburg man convicted in 1978 of raping a College of William and Mary student, has been excluded from the crime on the basis of DNA evidence, according his legal team at the U.Va. School of Law's Innocence Project Clinic. The clinic is now working to have the man's conviction vacated.