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Monday, May 19, 2014

 
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‘Earn your own respect,’ La Russa tells graduates

Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa told the Class of 2014 that its Commencement ceremony May 16 was more impressive than Opening Day for the St. Louis Cardinals — high praise in a die-hard baseball town. He also advised the graduates to work to “earn your own respect,” and to become the leaders we need.

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Commencement 2014: Through the lens

Want to relive the joy of the Class of 2014’s Commencement celebration? More than 14,000 graduates, family and friends gathered for the big event in the Quad on May 16. Share in the moments our photographers captured.

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Painkillers may decrease susceptibility to recurring urinary infections

Women plagued by repeated urinary tract infections may be able to prevent them with help from over-the-counter painkillers, new research in mice shows. School of Medicine scientists found that inhibiting an immune protein that causes inflammation eliminated recurrent urinary tract infections in mice.

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Our Washington: serving students

WUSTL faculty and staff are urged to donate to Our Washington, Together We Make a Difference. Among other things, the campaign helps fund scholarships, support academic initiatives and build new facilities across the Danforth and Medical campuses. Longtime donor Michael Kass, MD, established a scholarship fund to ease the financial burden of medical school.

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Brown School career honor

Amanda Moore McBride, PhD, associate dean for social work at the Brown School and director of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, visits with Provost Holden Thorp, PhD (right). She was named the Brown School’s first career development professor, the Bettie Bofinger Brown Career Development Associate Professor. The honor was bestowed in a ceremony May 6.

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Calendar Highlights

10 a.m. Monday, May 19

Danforth Campus Staff Day begins

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7 a.m. Wednesday, May 21

Diversity Summit

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1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21

Medical Campus workplace safety session

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9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 27

Return to Work seminar

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WUSTL Campus Voices

Orthopedic hand surgeon blogs on ‘robohand’

Charles Goldfarb, MD, writes in his blog about his work with WUSTL students to create a prosthetic arm for a child.

Announcements

Medical School brown-bag lunch WUSTLnomics forum May 27

School of Medicine faculty and staff are invited to a brown-bag lunch WUSTLnomics forum on the university’s efficiency efforts. It will be held from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, in Moore Auditorium.

Record shifts to summer schedule

Today’s issue marks the last daily Record email of the academic year. The next issue will be published Wednesday, May 28, and then at least weekly through the summer.

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