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Week of 30 April 1999 Vol. II, No. 33 News & Features New promise for controlling lupus and diabetes BU scientists discover gene involved in inflammatory disease Satellite extends reach of effort to monitor global deforestation Htting the books and pounding the pavement Case, Melville, and Trustee Scholars honored for work in the classroom and the community SFA fund seeks donations Fire claims decades of work by eminent faculty printmaker Sargent College instructor spreads word about hearing loss among rockers Nobel prize-winning economist to deliver year's final Templeton Lecture What's hot on the BU web: What's new in the library Neighbor-stained steel: It was not an argument, or a matter of honor, that brought two students out on Alpert Mall for a little swordplay. They are members of the BU Fencing Club practicing for an upcoming competition. Photo by Vernon Doucette