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Monday, May 9, 2016

Top Stories

Newborn screening test developed for deadly neurological disorder

A study led by the School of Medicine describes a newborn screening test that identifies infants with a progressive neurodegenerative disease, Niemann-Pick type C, an often fatal condition in which cholesterol builds up and eventually destroys brain cells.

Trustees meet, elect new board members and officers

At its spring meeting May 6, the university’s Board of Trustees elected six new members and re-elected eight members and its current officers, among other action, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Eliot Society members gather for annual gala

The William Greenleaf Eliot Society held its annual event last month recognizing members for their contributions to the university. Larry J. Shapiro, former dean of the School of Medicine, received the society’s Search Award. Former first lady Laura Bush was the keynote speaker.

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Events

9 a.m. Tuesday, May 10

Novel HIV vaccine strategies

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10

DUC Chamber Music Series

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Campus Announcements

Strunk memorial service planned May 21

A memorial service for Robert Charles Strunk, MD, a pediatric allergist at the School of Medicine, will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, May 21, in the Living World at the Saint Louis Zoo. Strunk died April 28.

The View From Here

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WashU in the News

Why America can’t quit the drug war

Rolling Stone

Ten things science says about being a mom in 2016

Smithsonian magazine

Concerns about baby powder safety after huge jury verdicts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Notables

Lerone Martin photoLerone Martin, of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, has been awarded a 2016-17 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for a research project titled “J. Edgar Hoover’s Stained Glass Window: The FBI and Christian America.”

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Class Acts

Windows to the soul

Lindy Drew photoThrough her photography, Lindy Drew engages and tells the stories of strangers through the “Humans of St. Louis” project. Drew is preparing to graduate with a master’s in social work and public health from the Brown School. Read more about outstanding graduating students on the Commencement website.

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