Washers, golf, bingo, softball and tours are just some of the many activities offered Monday, May 23, at Staff Day, a daylong celebration organized by the Office of Human Resources to recognize Danforth Campus staff members and show the university’s appreciation for their work throughout the year. FULL STORY

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Jessica Davie, one of the Record’s three Outstanding Graduates in the College of Arts & Sciences, took her experiences as an inner-city high school student and began a program at WUSTL mentoring area students called Learning to Live. She graduates May 20, but the mentoring program endures. FULL STORY

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A protein that helps the brain develop early in life can fight the mental fuzziness induced by sleep deprivation, according to Paul Shaw, PhD, a researcher at the School of Medicine. The findings appeared online May 5 in Current Biology. FULL STORY

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Steven Perlberg, a sophomore in Arts & Sciences, and other students from the “Just Do It! Turning Your Passion into Policy” class at WUSTL answer questions from John Hancock, former head of the Missouri Republican Party, in the St. Louis County Council Chambers in Clayton, Mo., May 2. The students offered mock testimony on a range of issues to a group of civic leaders posing as a committee of the Missouri Senate. FULL STORY

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The Kemper Art Museum presents two new exhibitions beginning today and running through Monday, Aug. 1. Along with Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation, the 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition will feature projects by 24 graduating master of fine arts candidates in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts like the one at right. FULL STORY

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• Noon. Dept. of Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. “Cholesterol Homeostasis: A Matter of Keeping ‘Active’.” Daniel S. Ory, prof. of medicine/cardiovascular. Free and open to the public. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. (314) 362-6950.

• 19th annual W Club golf scramble June 13. The Department of Athletics will host the 19th annual W Club golf scramble on Monday, June 13, at the Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo. All proceeds benefit WUSTL’s student-athlete programs. For more information, call Joe Worlund at (314) 935-5247.

• Women’s golf earns second NCAA championship bid. The women’s golf team will make its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship. The Bears earned an at-large bid to the tournament, which will be played May 10-13 at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.