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Three WUSTL scientists are among the 84 members and 21 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer.
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Young adults with an autism spectrum disorder are more likely to never see friends, never get called by friends, never be invited to activities and be socially isolated. That’s the finding of new research released online in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The study is part of a pioneering research program on adolescents and adults with autism led by Paul T. Shattuck, PhD, associate professor at the Brown School.
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WUSTL will award six honorary degrees during its 152nd Commencement May 17. The ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle. The recipients are Cory A. Booker, Marilyn Fox, Martin L. Mathews, Juhani Pallasmaa, Peter Rosen, MD, and Howard Wood.
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WUSTL faculty, staff and students rode from the Danforth Campus to Forest Park for the first “bike-in” movie April 25, as part of the 2013 Earth Week celebration.
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Tony Award-winning Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz will headline a benefit concert for The Angel Band Project at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the 560 Music Center. The Angel Band Project, which supports survivors of sexual violence, was founded in memory of Butz’s sister, Teresa, who was murdered in 2009.
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Noon Wednesday, May 8
“Should We Make Obesity the New Normal for Black Women? Managing Obesity Through Weight Gain Prevention,” Gary G. Bennett, assoc. prof. of psychology, Global Health & Medicine; dir., Duke Obesity Prevention Program, Duke U. Co-sponsored by Siteman Cancer Center and Inst. for Public Health. Free and open to the public. Event details. Taylor Ave. Bldg., Room 2131 E&W.
6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8
“Climbing the Ladder of Success in Academic Medicine: Life Lessons to Keep You on Track,” Courtney W. Houchen, the Frances and Malcolm Robinson Chair and prof. of medicine, U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Free and open to the public. Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, 520 S. Euclid Ave., Holden Auditorium. hsteinbe@wustl.edu.
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John Exton, MD, PhD, the author of Crucible of Science — a book about the history of a unique laboratory at WUSTL and of Carl and Gerty Cori, the biochemists who established it — will make opening remarks at the Carl and Gerty Cori Lecture Wednesday, May 8.
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