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With warm weather approaching, the inclination to spend time outdoors is strong – especially for children who have been cooped up all winter. But parents should be vigilant about sunscreen. And teenage girls might want to rethink tanning. A new study from the Brown School, led by senior author Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, looks at the increase of melanoma in children and adolescents.
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Scientists at the School of Medicine have shown they can coax cells to move toward a beam of light. The feat is a first step toward manipulating cells to control insulin secretion or heart rate using light.
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Holden Thorp, PhD, who will become WUSTL’s provost in July, has been named chair of a new National Research Council committee charged with establishing and promoting a culture of safety in academic laboratory research.
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WUSTL GIS Director Aaron Addison has traveled to the Galąpagos repeatedly to map the lava tubes on the famed archipelago. He appears in a new IMAX film, Galąpagos 3D. Not yet released in the U.S., it stars David Attenborough as well as the archipelago’s fantastic geology and biology.
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Multicultural Celebration Weekend, today through Saturday, April 11-13, welcomes admitted students for a campus visit focused on diverse student life and learning opportunities. Freshman Lela Prichett, right, shows off one of the shirts marking the weekend.
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4 p.m. Thursday, April 11
“Immigration and the Role of the Government Attorney.” Stephen H. Legomsky, chief counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and John S. Lehmann University Professor. Free and open to the public. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310. Event details. Contact: (314) 935-6430.
8 p.m. Friday, April 12
The Kemper Art Museum and KDHX Media Arts will screen entries in the Braque Film Challenge. Music by Indie pop band Scarlet Tanager (6 p.m.) and a gallery talk by John Klein, assoc. prof. of art history (7 p.m.). Free and open to the public. Steinberg Hall Aud.
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Essayist and American culture critic Gerald Early, PhD, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters, gets inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame at 11:30 a.m. today, April 11. Reception follows, 2 p.m., Women’s Bldg. Formal Lounge.
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