WUSTL’s first all-campus food drive set a cash donation record and collected nearly 3 tons of food, much of which will go to the 135,000 St. Louis-area children at risk for hunger this summer. The PB&Joy Food Drive collected 5,700 pounds of food in April. Donations by check and a virtual food drive generated more than $14,500 to purchase food. FULL STORY

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Jennifer Hoefert always knew she wanted to spend her career helping people. It’s the “how” that changed. Hoefert, 26, a former deaf education specialist and second-grade teacher, will receive a post-baccalaureate certificate in premedical studies at Commencement May 20. FULL STORY

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Frank Yin, PhD (left), the Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, presents Yunfei Shi, a PhD student in biomedical engineering, with the grand prize in a Tsinghua University Alumni Photo Contest during the Tsinghua Centenary Celebration April 30 at WUSTL. MORE

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Three School of Medicine nurses received the 2011 Excellence in Nursing Award from St. Louis Magazine April 20. Award winners were Jeane Kuensting, nurse practitioner in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Bone Marrow Transplant division; Jennifer Seigel, nurse practitioner in the Department of Surgery; and Lori Watkins, head nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases. FULL STORY

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Rodolphe L. “Rudy” Motard, PhD, professor of chemical engineering and chairman from 1978-1991 of the chemical engineering department in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, died April 23, 2011. He was 85. FULL STORY

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• Noon. Dept. of Genetics Spring Seminar Series. “Genetic Analysis of Craniofacial Development and Evolution in Sticklebacks.” Craig Miller, asst. prof. of genetics, genomics and development, U. of California, Berkeley. Free and open to the public. McDonnell Sciences Bldg., Cori Aud. (314) 362-2139.

• Danforth Campus Staff Day May 23. Staff Day, the annual event that recognizes the efforts put forth by staff on the Danforth Campus throughout the year, has been set for Monday, May 23. Visit staffday.wustl.edu for information about this year’s event. Some activities require advance registration, so early sign-up is encouraged.

• Men’s tennis ends regular season with victory. The No. 6 men’s tennis team concluded its regular season with an 8-1 win at No. 17 DePauw University May 7. WUSTL jumped ahead 2-1 following doubles play after a pair of 8-6 wins by seniors Isaac Stein and Max Woods and sophomores Gary Parizer and Adam Putterman. A pair of hard-fought victories at No. 1 and No. 2 singles by Stein and Woods, respectively, highlighted six singles wins for the Bears.