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Drug shows promise for treating diabetes
Researchers can induce Type I diabetes in 92 percent of mice
by giving them low doses of a certain drug. But when a U.Va. research
team also gave the mice a drug intended to be an infection-fighter
for cancer patients, only 25 percent developed diabetes. The findings
may offer hope to people at high risk for that disease.
(Top News Daily, April 30)
Archive
chronicles railroad’s impact on the Eastern Shore
When the railroad reached the Eastern Shore in the late 19th century,
it opened up new markets for the region’s watermen and new
vacation destinations for tourists. In the early 21st century,
an $85,000 grant to U.Va.’s Virginia Center for Digital History
will improve access to historical information about the shore.
(Top News Daily, May 2)
U.Va.
police open Darden Substation
Until recently, U.Va. police officers patrolling North Grounds
had to get in their cars and drive back to police headquarters
to fill out their paperwork — not a long drive, but a hassle
nonetheless. Now they have their own dedicated space at the Darden
School, which Capt. Michael Coleman hopes will encourage them
to spend more time on patrol and less time in transit. It should
also come in handy when the planned Groundswalk and multipurpose
arena add traffic to the area. (Top News Daily, April 30)
Law
student testifies about Cuba’s dissident crackdown
A group of U.Va. law students recently banded together to journey
to Cuba and investigate human rights conditions, especially with
regard to free speech issues. Their exhaustive report led to one
student’s appearance last month before the U.S. House of
Representatives’ Committee on International Relations, where
he discussed Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s crackdown on dissidents,
launched under cover of the U.S. preoccupation with Iraq.
(Top News Daily, April 29)
Speaker:
Diversity requires understanding
If white males don’t value the new perspectives that a diverse
community provides, affirmative action will never succeed, speaker
Steve Birdine told an appreciative U.Va. audience April 28. The
keys to getting along, he said, are valuing other viewpoints,
agreeing to disagree without being disagreeable, and being more
tolerant of mistakes made in ignorance.
(Top News Daily, April 30)
Center
aims to lessen environmental conflict
For several years, U.Va.’s Institute for Environmental Negotiation
has helped run the highly acclaimed Virginia Natural Resources
Leadership Institute, a program designed to move people from conflict
over environmental issues to collaboration. Now, that model is
going regional, with the founding of the Southeast Natural Resources
Institute. The institute, which will make its first offerings
in the fall, will serve a region that includes 13 states and the
commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (Top News Daily, April 24)
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