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Smoking while pregnant combined with genetic factors greatly increases the risk of severe ADHD.Past research has suggested that both genes and prenatal insults — such as exposure to alcohol and nicotine — can increase the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But the identified increases in risk have been very modest. Now, a team of Washington University scientists has found that when those factors are studied together, risk of a severe type of ADHD greatly increases.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses the University community in the first in a series of occasional messages from key University leaders as a part of the Plan for Excellence process that will guide the development of Washington University in the next era.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 28-April 4. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Crime Alert On March 28, University […]

Michael J. Howard, Ph.D., associate professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $21,200 grant from the Mike Utley Foundation for research titled “Functional CNS Remyelination by Transplanted ES Cell-derived Oligodendrocytes.” … Leesa M. Galatz, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, has received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons for research titled “The Role of Stress Environment on Formation of Tendon-Bone Insertion.” … Tatiana Efimova, Ph.D., research assistant professor of dermatology, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the American Skin Association for research titled “Role of p388 MAPK in Skin Carcinogenesis.”

Photo by David KilperMistaken identities, hidden lovers, mischievous servants and duels in the dark highlight “House of Desires” at Edison Theatre for two weekends starting April 13. The show is the spring mainstage production for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Social activist, educator and one of the Little Rock Nine, Minnijean Brown Trickey will present “Return to Little Rock” for the Women’s Society annual Adele Starbird Lecture at 11 a.m. April 11 in Graham Chapel. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the event that made Brown Trickey part of American history.

Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping, or diminishing, deep in the Earth’s mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground water reservoir at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean — the first evidence for water existing in the Earth’s deep mantle.

A School of Medicine clinical study is investigating the link between blood fat and heart health in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Courtesy photo*Jestem (I Am)*Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies will host their Third Annual Children’s Film Symposium Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature screenings of three children’s films — Greyfriars Bobby, The Black Cauldron and Jestem (I Am) — as well as talks by historian Stephen Watts and filmmaker Sandy Tung.