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Fri.-Sun.,
Jan. 6-8, 2006

KIDNEY DISEASE IS a life-threatening complication of diabetes — a disease marked by high levels of glucose in the blood caused by defects in the way the body makes or uses insulin. Research on one promising new treatment uses mounting evidence that substantiates the idea that inflammation may be a key cause of diabetic kidney disease. Dr. Mark Okusa, a nephrologist and professor of medicine at U.Va., has won two grants totaling $1.2 million over four years to test the effectiveness of certain drugs in interrupting this inflammatory process. Full story.

U.Va. Health System

There is a serious new Windows vulnerability currently being exploited by hackers. It can cause a great deal of damage if it gets on your computer. To protect yourself, ITC is urging all users of Windows-based PCs whose machines are not centrally managed to follow these steps:
• Run Windows update immediately.
• Run Live Update or get updated virus definitions from Software
Central.
• As soon as possible, download the latest version of Symantec (Norton) AntiVirus (version 10) which checks for new virus definitions daily instead of weekly.
For questions or assistance, please contact the ITC Help Desk at consult@virginia.edu or call 434-924-3731.

U.Va. News Services

Irena Lasiecka and Roberto Triggiani are leaders in the development of control theory for partial differential equations, each bringing to the issue their own perspectives and expertise. Partial differential equations are used to predict the evolution of a process in space and time. But, more so than devising ways to trace this evolution accurately, they are interested in finding the means to control it. “We are not content to watch nature take its course,” said Triggiani. “We want to find out how we can exert specific kinds of control over a process.” Full story.

Explorations/Photo: Tom Cogill

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT:
• Associated Press Correction — 12/02/2005
• Letter to the Editor of The Daily Progress — 11/27/2005
• Cavalier Daily Correction — 10/10/2005
• Cavalier Daily Correction — 10/05/2005
• CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS

ALSO IN THE NEWS:
• U.Va. Becomes Academic Sponsor for Semester at Sea
• Ivy Foundation Gives $45 Million to Support Medical Research at U.Va.
• U.Va. President John T. Casteen III Announces the Appointment of James L. Hilton as New Head of IT

Visitors’ Night
Fri., 7-9 p.m., Leander McCormick Observatory • Sponsored by U.Va.’s Astronomy Department.

Inside UVA
is the University’s Faculty and Staff Newsletter.
Published every other Friday by the Office of University Relations.

Governor Proposes Major Spending on Research at Virginia Colleges
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Ivy Foundation Gives $45 Million to Medicine
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Women’s Golf:
Six Cavaliers Play in Harder Hall Invite
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Virginia Improves to 11-1 with a 64-56 Win at Marquette
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Virginia Drops 78-68 Decision to Western Kentucky
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