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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

 
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Youth with autism face barriers to employment and education after high school

Compared with youth with other disabilities, young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) face a disproportionately difficult time navigating work and educational opportunities after high school, finds a new study by Paul Shattuck, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School.

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Outstanding Graduate Akhila Narla:
College of Arts & Sciences

Akhila Narla will be among WUSTL’s inaugural class of environmental biology graduates when she receives her degree Friday, May 18. Narla, an Outstanding Graduate from the College of Arts & Sciences, plans to go to medical school but first will spend two years on a Navajo reservation through Teach for America.

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Gates Foundation gives WUSTL $8 million to lead international childhood malnutrition effort

The School of Medicine’s Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, will lead an international team of scientists to find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children. The work is funded by an $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Turning Danforth Campus food waste into fertilizer

Diners can toss a used napkin and food scraps into a campus compost bin, and 4-6 months later, their trash might be feeding the tulips in front of Brookings Hall. With the help of the campus community, WUSTL Dining Services and the Office of Sustainability are working to turn food scraps and trash into fertilizer through composting.

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Knight Center site of ‘gifted’ wedding

The Knight Center courtyard was the venue for the wedding of Kelly Ayers and Eric Patterson April 27. The couple, whose 8-year-old daughter was diagnosed at birth with a rare genetic disorder, was given a “gifted wedding,” for which 35 local vendors — including Olin’s Knight Center — donated time, talents and products.

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9 a.m. Tuesday, May 15

Dept. of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Fellows Lectures and Award Presentations

“A Case Series Examining the Efficacy of Right Unilateral ECT for Catatonia,” Delaina Jewkes, resident in psychiatry; and “Relationship Between Maternal Support and Amygdala Volume,” Natasha Marrus, resident in psychiatry. Free and open to the public. Wohl Clinic Building, Clopton Auditorium.
(314) 362-2462

Announcements

Circus Flora Washington University Day June 9

The WUSTL Alumni Association will be hosting a “Washington University Day at Circus Flora” at
2 p.m. Saturday, June 9, that will be open to all members of the WUSTL community, including alumni, faculty and staff.

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Sophia Hayes, PhD

Studying the behavior of nuclear spins FULL STORY

In the Spotlight: Faculty, Staff and Studet News & Achievements
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Sports Highlights

Women’s golf finishes 13th at nationals

Freshman Olivia Lugar highlighted the final round with a two-over 74 and earned All-America honors as the Bears concluded play at the NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championship May 11 in Angola, Ind. WUSTL fired a four-day total of 1,297 to finish in 13th place in the 19-team field.

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