 ABOUT
50 MILLION people each year suffer from amebiasis,
a disease caused by a gut-dwelling parasite that
wreaks havoc on digestive systems of children
and adults, causing diarrhea and dysentery. About
40,000 to 100,000 die annually from its effects.
An infectious disease research team at the University
of Virginia Health System, led by William Petri
(left), chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases
and International Health, has been awarded a
$4.2 million, five-year grant from the National
Institutes of Health to develop a vaccine against
this worldwide killer. Full
story.
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Art
works by McIntire
Department of Art alumni
from 1976 to 1996, as well as work from
this year’s Fifth-Year Fellows,
will be on display in the exhibit, “Past
Meets Present,” during reunions weekend,
which begins tomorrow at the University
of Virginia. Participating artists include
Viesturs Osvalds, 1976;
Anne Gregory Bepler, 1981; Judy Guy, 1986;
David Slatton, 1986; Clay Witt, 1991; Jayne
Matricardi-Burke, 1996; Mike Wartella,
1996; and Adam Wolpa, 1996; as well as
2005-2006 Fifth-Year Fellows Abigail Jenkins,
Kelsey Mosley, Margaret Sullivan and Britta
Bielak, whose work, “Berets,” is shown
at right. 
