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After infecting a susceptible cell, the human immunodeficiency virus hijacks that cell‘s normal machinery to produce carbon copies of itself. New HIV particles roll off the cellular assembly lines, burst like bubbles out of the cell, and float off to invade other cellular factories. Read More

Investigators at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center have identified the first major gene that increases a person‘s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Read More

David F. Dyer, president and chief executive officer of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, has been selected to receive the 2005 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University School of Engineering. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵers at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center are looking beyond waistlines and into the role visceral fat plays in type 2 diabetes. Read More

Bernard Rollin, a philosopher who developed the first university course on veterinary ethics, will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University March 23 about "Animal Rights as a Mainstream Phenomenon." Read More

A bipartisan program called Congress to Campus will bring former national lawmakers James Broyhill and Butler Derrick to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ March 17-18 to meet with students and faculty. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University will welcome the Rev. Al Sharpton, Ann Coulter and Howard Dean to its 41st annual Impact Symposium March 21-23. Read More

Works by women writers offer a significant resource to those searching for the connection between intellectual work and practical spiritual practice, says Harvard theologian Stephanie Paulsell, who will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University March 17. Read More

James W. Bradford, a distinguished corporate executive turned educator, has been named dean of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Owen Graduate School of Management and Ralph Owen Professor for the Practice of Management, announced Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Nicholas Zeppos today. Bradford had served as acting dean of the Owen School since last June. Read More

A federal education official, state education commissioners and academic researchers will come together at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University March 8 and 9 to discuss how to apply current educational research to K-12 classrooms to improve teaching and meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University‘s Alternative Spring Break program, one of the largest in the nation, will send 460 students to 39 volunteer sites across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala when the university observes Spring Break March 7-11. Read More

A philosopher from Emory University will deliver ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University‘s Berry Lecture, an annual community lecture designed to show how philosophy can impact our lives. Read More

Three African American women who undermined prejudices about race and gender in the 19th century by pursuing an education in the classics will be profiled during a lecture marking Women‘s History Month at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

Busy executives often put off professional development because schedules are already too tight or they can‘t afford to leave their jobs to go back to school full time. Read More

Construction will begin next month on a four-floor, state-of-the-art facility in the old emergency room parking lot between the A and B wings of Medical Center North that will house the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS). Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Chancellor Gordon Gee and a delegation of university faculty and staff will travel to Mexico next week to convene with officials from that nation‘s academic, political and business arenas. The visit will be an important step toward strengthening the partnership with Universidad de las Amercias (UDLA), formalized 14 months ago. Read More

Children are being used as soldiers in 40 percent of the world‘s armies, says author Peter W. Singer, who speaks at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University on Thursday, March 17. Read More

Robert Stutman, a 25-year veteran of the national Drug Enforcement Agency, will address the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ community on the dangers of even casual drug use in a talk titled "What Did I Take? The Truth Behind Ecstasy, Coke and Other Drugs" on Monday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Read More

Robin Jensen, the Luce Chancellor‘s Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Divinity School, will elaborate on the potential of arts in Christian worship at two events, a community breakfast on Thursday, March 3, and an all-day forum on Saturday, April 9. Read More

Journalists are encouraged to apply to attend a media fellowship, "Autism: Rates, Causes and Treatment," hosted by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University in conjunction with the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education April 10-13 in Nashville, Tenn. At this fellowship, journalists will have an opportunity to meet with leading autism researchers and affected families to learn about the latest advances in understanding this complex disorder. Read More