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From: Sharron Rush
Date: Aug 29, 2008 12:20PM

Update on the closing for the Accessibility Institute:

Andrew Dillon, Dean of the I School has renewed his proposal to take
John's work into that school and build on it. We are petitioning UT
to seriously consider this option....the petition is online
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SavetheInstitute

Thanks to Jared and all who have already signed, please distribute freely.

Best,
Sharron


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>Mike,
>Thank you for the heads-up on this sad news. Is the decision purely based
>on financial and funding issues? Do you believe that the university had all
>pertinent information before them when they made this decision? So much is
>going on in the US and the world that I am surprised that the university is
>taking itself out of the loop.
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>Best regards,
>Cynthia Waddell
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