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Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008

Fall 2008 Explorations

U.Va. Inventors Work to Advance Cancer Treatment Discovery

University of Virginia researchers Kevin R. Lynch and Timothy L. Macdonald have developed novel therapeutic compounds that could aid in the fight against cancer.

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Forum Focuses on Investment Strategies in Turbulent Times

With all eyes on the nation's troubled economy, more than 1,000 alumni, students and friends turned out for the McIntire School's Fall Forum, "Investment Strategies in Turbulent Times."

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For Journalists: Click here for a list of U.Va. experts who are available to discuss the current financial crisis.	Amy Fairchild of Columbia University will speak today at 5 p.m. as part of the lecture series on "Liberty and Coercion in Public Health."	UVA-WorkMed staff will administer the flu vaccine at multiple times and locations across Grounds to eligible employees from Oct. 10 through Oct. 31.	For the next three months, U.Va. employees will have the option to switch to University staff status as part of the new human resources restructuring plan.

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Headlines @ U.Va.

Preventing Tragedy / Three new studies examine the mystery of SIDS—a condition that takes thousands of infant lives every year.
Newsweek
Extinction Stalks One in Four of the World's Mammals
Environment News Service
Princeton Review Reports Law and Business School Rankings Based on 37,000 Student Surveys
Princeton Review

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