Few student leaders at WUSTL have done more to promote issues of diversity awareness on campus than senior class president Fernando Cutz, this year’s student Commencement speaker. FULL STORY

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Collage artist John Witty, the Record's 2010 Outstanding Graduate in Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has studied the Renaissance and could be called a bit of a Renaissance man himself. FULL STORY

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Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified a parasite protein that has all the makings of a microbial glass jaw: It's essential, it's vulnerable, and humans have nothing like it, meaning scientists can take pharmacological swings at it with minimal fear of collateral damage. FULL STORY

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Students kicked off Commencement Week May 17 with an evening of celebration in downtown St. Louis. More than 1,200 graduating seniors gathered for the Chancellor's Dinner and Senior Gala. FULL STORY

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• Five Commencement events take place today. For a listing of Commencement events, visit commencement.wustl.edu/ceremonies/individual.

• Staff Day Sidewalk Sale at Bear Necessities Bear Necessities will host a Sidewalk Sale on Staff Day from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, May 24. Many items will be buy one, get one free. Bear Necessities is located in Umrath House on the South 40 and sells WUSTL apparel, gifts and other items.

• The softball team concluded its season with a 7-3 loss to Ohio Northern University May 16 at the NCAA Division III regional at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind.