Nutrition and longevity researchers at the School of Medicine, including Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD, have found more evidence that eating less may help people live longer. They report that individuals who significantly reduce their calorie intake have lower core body temperatures compared to those who eat more. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22291.aspx

Jeryl Hayes learned at an early age to speak up for her gender, and now she wants to devote her legal career to women’s issues. “Jeryl is passionate, quick, kind, organized, diligent and wholly committed to engagement with issues of power and privilege,” says Laura Rosenbury, JD, professor of law and associate dean for research and faculty development. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22273.aspx

Rice originated in China, a team of genome researchers has concluded in a study tracing back thousands of years of evolutionary history through large-scale gene re-sequencing. The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22263.aspx

Srinivasan Sridharan, PhD, professor of civil engineering at WUSTL since 1980, died April 24, 2011, at St. Johns Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis from complications of treatment for leukemia. He was 69. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22284.aspx

• Noon. Prevention and Control Program Seminar Series. “How Cancer Crossed the Color Line.” Keith A. Wailoo, Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton U. Sponsored by Siteman Cancer Center. Free and open to the public. Center for Advanced Medicine, Farrell Conf. Rm. 2. (314) 454-8981.

• Inaugural Lavender Recognition Ceremony May 18. The first Lavender Recognition Ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, in College Hall in the South 40 House. Co-hosted by LGBT Student Involvement and Leadership and the Social Justice Center, the ceremony honors the achievements and contributions of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer students and their allies. For more information, visit lgbt.wustl.edu.

• Women’s golf begins NCAA tournament play. The women’s golf team is making its second-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III championship. The Bears earned an at-large bid to the tournament, which will be played through Friday, May 13, at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.