Kathy Thornton is Associate Dean in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Thornton took four trips aboard the space shuttle, and has been in Charlottesville since 1996. She was a guest on the July 7 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot. Topics include how she became an astronaut, how to encourage kids to study math and science, and what her first flight was like in 1989.
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Weldon Cooper expert examines demographics of American veterans
Amanda Walters is a social statistician at the Weldon Cooper Center’s Demographic and Workforce Section at the University of Virginia, an an alumnna of UVa. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about her article in the Center’s new publication Stat Chat which examines the demographics of American veterans.
Weldon-Cooper expert explains why Virginia’s Hispanic population has tripled since 1990
Qian Cai is the director of the Demographics and Workforce unit at the Weldon-Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. She joined Coy Barefoot on the February 6 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the Center’s recent study of Virginia’s Hispanic population.
“Virginia’s Hispanic population tripled from 150,000 in 1990 to more than 460,000 in 2006,” Cai said.
Karin Agness discusses the Network for Enlightened Women
Second-year U.Va law student Karin Agness is the founder of the Network for Englightened Women, an organization that claims to be “the nation’s premier club for conservative university women.” Agness talks about the alternative perspective provided by NEW, and offers her perspective on the Hillary Clinton campaign.
UVa Provost Garson on the health care debate
Dr. Arthur “Tim” Garson is Provost of the University of Virginia, and the former Dean of the Medical School. He joins Coy Barefoot on the February 14th edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to weigh in on the health care debate currently going on in the U.S. Presidential Race. Garson is also the author of Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality.
Charlottesville–Right Now: Weldon-Cooper’s Meredith Gunter on the recent population conference at U.Va
Meredith Gunter is the outreach specialist with the Demographics and Workforce Section at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. Gunter joins Coy on the October 13th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about the population milestone crossed in the United States. As of this past Tuesday, the U.S. Census bureau lists the population as being over 300,000,000 people. Gunter’s unit sponsored a major conference on the topic last week.
U.Va Astronomer Ed Murphy explains why Pluto was demoted
U.Va astronomer Ed Murphy drops by WINA to talk with Coy Barefoot for his regular update on space and the solar system. Ed explains the International Astronomical Union’s decision last week to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet. Pluto lacks the mass to “clear out its neighborhood” and is no longer considered to be a full planet. Ed gives his opinion on this, and also gives an update on the two Voyager probes and the Pluto Express mission.