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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

 
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WUSTL scientists help lead effort to map genes of human microbes

Some 200 U.S. scientists at the School of Medicine and elsewhere detail findings from the most comprehensive census of the microbial make-up of healthy humans. WUSTL and the Genome Institute played a major role in the new research, known as the Human Microbiome Project.

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Racial discrimination lessens benefits of higher socio-economic status

Racial discrimination could lessen the mental-health benefits usually associated with better socio-economic position for African-American men, finds a new study by Darrell L. Hudson, PhD, assistant professor of public health at the Brown School.

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Wright has an ear for music — and math

Math and music might seem a strange combination to some. But David L. Wright, PhD, chairman of the Department of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences, is gifted with an unusual, even eerie, ability to hear both the music and the math simultaneously.

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Watching Venus move across the sun

Crow Observatory was open June 5 for a viewing of the twice-per-century transit of Venus across the sun. The 154-year-old Yeatman telescope projected an image of the sun about two feet in diameter that several people simultaneously and safely viewed.

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Schaal wins AIBS Distinguished Scientist Award

The American Institute of Biological Sciences  honored Barbara Schaal, PhD, the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, with the 2011-12 AIBS Distinguished Scientist Award June 1.

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11 a.m. Friday, June 22

DUC BBQ Fridays

Great grilled food available for purchase on Fridays in the summer, weather permitting. Cash, meal points and campus cards accepted. Sponsored by WUSTL Dining Services. Open to the public. Edison Family Courtyard, Danforth University Center. DUC@wustl.edu.

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WUSTL, Cambridge organize International Privacy Law Conference June 26 and 27

Leading privacy law experts from around the world will gather in Cambridge, England, on June 26 and 27 for the first International Privacy Law conference, a joint effort between the School of Law and the University of Cambridge.

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Three earn all-America honors in tennis

WUSTL had three student-athletes named to the 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association all-America teams in Division III. The Putterman brothers, junior Adam and freshman Ross, each earned accolades for the men, while senior Natalie Tingir picked up the honor for the women’s team.

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