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Fruit fly article boasts 940 undergraduate authors

The author list for an article on the comparative genomics of a fruit fly chromosome, published online by the journal G3, includes 940 undergraduates from 63 institutions. It’s the result of an effort, led by Arts & Sciences’ Sarah Elgin, PhD, to provide many more students with a hands-on research experience than traditionally has been possible.

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Sexual orientation, gender identity linked to eating disorders

Transgender and non-transgender lesbian, gay and bisexual students are at greater risk for eating disorders, finds a new study by the Brown School and the School of Medicine. The study used data from 289,024 students at 223 U.S. universities. The Brown School’s Alexis Duncan, PhD, was the senior author.

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New insight into inflammatory bowel disease may lead to better treatments

A newly discovered link between bacteria and immune cells sheds light on inflammatory bowel disease, according to School of Medicine researchers. The autoimmune condition affects 1.6 million people in the United States.

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5 p.m. Thursday, May 14

Architecture year-end show opening reception

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8:30 a.m. Friday, May 15

Commencement

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2 p.m. Saturday, May 16

David Beebe memorial service

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‘Community justice courts can be an innovative reform’

The School of Law’s Karen L. Tokarz, JD, and student Sam Stragand write in a commentary for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the need for, and ways to, reform the St. Louis region’s municipal court system.

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Fuzhong Zhang, PhD, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, received an award from the Office of Naval Research to fund his synthetic biology research.
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