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Paul B. Manning

PAUL MANNING
Dec 1, 2025

Manning defends U.Va. negotiations with DOJ

Charlottesville investor and University of Virginia board member Paul B. Manning sent a letter Monday to U.Va.'s Faculty Senate and fellow board members defending his actions in university negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Mark T. Esser is the incoming head of the University of Virginia's Manning Institute of Biotechnology. Photo courtesy UVA Health
Apr 10, 2025

U.Va. hires AstraZeneca exec to lead Manning biotech institute

Mark T. Esser, vice president for vaccines and immune therapies at pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, will be the inaugural chief scientific officer and leader of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Virginia, U.Va. announced Thursday. Esser, who will join U.Va. May 1, earned a Ph.D. in microbiology in 1998 from […]

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