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There are no campus watch items for this issue of the Record.

They are interested in how humans learn motor skills incrementally.

Included in the changes is charging for printing at most University branches.

Though retired from the University since 1981, he remained a fixture on the area arts scene.

Many kids who may benefit from ADHD medications don’t get them.In contrast to claims that children are being overmedicated for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a team of researchers at the School of Medicine has found that a high percentage of kids with ADHD are not receiving treatment. In fact, almost half of the children who might benefit from ADHD drugs were not getting them.

K. Daniel Riew, M.D., has been named the Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor and Ken Yamaguchi the Sam and Marilyn Fox Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the School of Medicine.

Stephanie Novak devised the “Archosaurian Morphospecies Concept” and presented its details at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting.

A brain region that focuses on vision also receives signals that may help configure the operation of the brain, neuroscientists at the School of Medicine report. If the brain is thought of as an army, the new signals may give scientists a unique opportunity to trace messages from the high command all the way down to individual soldiers.

Doctors may soon be prescribing personalized menus for pregnant women.Expectant mothers may someday get a personalized menu of foods to eat during pregnancy to complement their genetic makeup as a result of new research at the School of Medicine. Researchers used transparent fish embryos to develop a way to discover how genes and diet interact to cause birth defects.

“His value to the University has been well-reflected in his numerous honors and awards,” Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton says.