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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

 
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Breast cancer ultrasound benefits, risks studied by medical school researchers

Adding ultrasound exams to annual breast cancer screening can detect more cancers in women who have dense breasts and are at a higher risk of breast cancer, according to a three-year, multi-center trial appearing this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. But the scans carry risks that may outweigh their benefits.

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Senior Rubin named one of 18 Luce Scholars

Senior Daniel Rubin, a political science and history major in Arts & Sciences, is among 18 students nationwide to be selected as Luce Scholars. The competitive fellowship program aims to enhance understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society. Rubin will receive a stipend, language training and professional placement in Asia.

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Junior Azad named Newman Civic Fellow

Tej Azad, a junior in Arts & Sciences, was among 162 students nationwide named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact. The awards recognize inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the world.

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Inland Symposium studies culture in the heartland

Visual culture in the United States is often defined as coastal and urban. Yet large numbers of artists and designers have emerged from the unique population, landscape and economy of the American Midwest. Thursday and Friday, April 12 and 13, the Sam Fox School will study culture in the heartland with Inland Symposium: CST, the third annual Inland Visual Studies Center symposium.

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9 a.m. Tuesday, April 10

Dept. of Psychiatry Grand Rounds-Sansone Lecture

“Person Centered Psychiatry” by C. Robert Cloninger, the Wallace Renard Professor of Psychiatry. Free and open to the public. Wohl Clinic Bldg., Clopton Aud. fordge@psychiatry.wustl.edu or (314) 362-2462.

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WUSTL tweetup at Olin Library

University Libraries and the Alumni Association are hosting a “WUSTL Tweets, Tweetup” at 3 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Reading Room. A tweetup is an in-person networking event for Twitter users to meet their friends/followers in real life.

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Softball wins weekend tournament in Iowa

The softball team recorded 28 hits in two games as the Bears captured the Grinnell College Tournament Championship April 7. WUSTL had 12 hits in a 12-2 win in five innings over host Grinnell College, and then recorded 16 hits in a 13-2 six-inning victory over Nebraska Wesleyan University in the championship game.

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