Older adults with evidence of amyloid in the brain but no clinical symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease have structures in the brain that don’t communicate readily with each other, according to School of Medicine researchers. The findings may be yet another indicator that Alzheimer’s damage to the brain may occur long before clinical symptoms. FULL STORY

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The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — home to the nation’s oldest four-year fashion design program — presents the 81st Annual Fashion Design Show "Fashion & Flash" at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 1, in Holmes Lounge. FULL STORY

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Most business travelers return from a trip with receipts for coffee and perhaps a glass or two of wine. Doug Wiens, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, once came back with receipts for several hundred dollars of kava root. FULL STORY

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WUSTL recycled 393,172 pounds of waste this spring to rank No. 35 out of 346 schools in the annual RecycleMania contest's Gorilla category. RecycleMania is a 10-week competition that pitted WUSTL against other colleges and universities to see which campus could prevent the most materials from ending up in a landfill. FULL STORY

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All campuses will be tobacco-free beginning July 1 — less than 10 weeks from today. To that end, WUSTL continues to offer tobacco-cessation resources for students, faculty and staff and is assisting supervisors with the transition. On Tuesday, April 27, in Seigle Hall, the Office of Human Resources is sponsoring a program for supervisors titled “The Tobacco-Free Environment: Understanding the Impact." FULL STORY

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Olin's Center for Research in Economics and Strategy welcomes its second annual Distinguished Women in Economics & Strategy speaker to campus April 26 and 27, Yale's Judith Chevalier, PhD. FULL STORY

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• Noon. Work, Families and Public Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Doubling Up When Times Are Tough: A Pilot Study of Obligations to Share a Home in Response to Economic Hardship.” Judith A. Seltzer, prof. of sociology, UCLA. Seigle Hall, Rm. 348. 935-4918.

• Thurtene Carnival parking restrictions The carnival is over, but Brookings Drive remains closed through Wednesday, April 28. Parking restrictions on Lot 4 at the corner of Skinker and Forest Park Parkway also remain through Wednesday, April 28.

• Celebration of champions tonight A Celebration of Champions honoring the 2010 NCAA Division III National Champion women’s basketball team and members of the swimming team will be held at 7 p.m. this evening, April 26, in the Field House.