Danforth Campus employees are invited to relax, have fun and celebrate with co-workers during Staff Day Monday, May 24. Drawings, golf and tours are just a few of the many activities offered at Staff Day. FULL STORY

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Lisa Chaffee mastered multitasking while working full time, raising four teenagers and earning an advanced degree through the Sever Institute. Chaffee, who will receive a master's in information management degree May 21, has been chosen by the Record as an Outstanding Graduate in the School of Engineering & Applied Science. FULL STORY

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Washington University has awarded five Bear Cub Fund grants totaling $165,000 to support innovative research that has shown commercial potential. FULL STORY

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Evidence suggests when there are savings and assets in the household — particularly savings in a child’s name — that children have greater educational attainment, are more likely to do well in high school, attend college and graduate from college, says Michael Sherraden, PhD, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School. FULL STORY

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• 11 a.m. Dept. of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Lecture. “Atmospheric Aerosols in the United States: Observation From Space, Interactions With Climate.” Daniel Jacob, Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Harvard U. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

• Free asthma screening at Science Center Saturday, May 8. As part of a nationwide program, Washington University School of Medicine physicians will be at the Saint Louis Science Center Saturday, May 8 to test lung function and answer questions about asthma. The screening is free.

• The WUSTL men's tennis team will hear Monday if it will receive an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division III championships. First-round action begins Friday, May 14.