<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I saw the following on the U's home page this afternoon and thought it might be of interest to some members:<br> <p><b><font color="black">U receives $22.5 million to study avian flu</font></b><br> A new center at the U will receive $22.5 million over seven years to focus on disease and virologic surveillance of avian influenza viruses.<br> The full news release is at: <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/U_receives_2422.5_million_to_study_avian_flu.html";>http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/U_receives_2422.5_million_to_study_avian_flu.html</a><br> </p> <p>Kathy Confer<br> U of MN/Office of Information Technology<br> </p> </body> </html>
