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April 28, 2005

The sooner you know, the sooner you can help

Most parents, and many family physicians, are unfamiliar with the early warning signs that can signal autism. Although new research shows these signs can be observed in infants as young as, or younger than, 12 months, children with autism are typically not diagnosed before the age of three. The Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University, a leader in autism research in Canada, hopes its autism awareness campaign will help to lower that age so interventions crucial to improving childrens outcomes can begin earlier.

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April 28, 2005

Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows

Canadian researchers have become the first to pinpoint specific behavioral signs in infants as young as 12 months that can predict, with remarkable accuracy, whether a child will develop autism. The preliminary findings, published this month in the International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, were taken from an ongoing study of 200 Canadian infants, the largest study of its kind in the world.

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April 27, 2005

McMaster improves financial reporting

McMaster's Financial Services Department is improving its financial reporting by eliminating and clarifying the use of expense subcodes. A subcode indicates the type of expense that has been incurred by the University, such as travel, telephone charges, book acquisitions or employee wages and benefits. Currently 1,400 subcodes exist for expenses, but the changes and revisions proposed for May 1, 2005 will likely eliminate these by more than half over the next few years.

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April 26, 2005

Graduating student art exhibition opens

McMaster's Museum of Art will present the School of the Arts' annual graduating students' exhibition, May 1-29. "Untitled no. 27" it celebrates the academic accomplishments of 27 distinctive, emerging artists. The exhibition includes artwork in a wide range of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, photography, video and ceramics.

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April 26, 2005

University recruitment by MP3

Engineering recruits at McMaster University are receiving more than admission papers this spring. They're getting invited to tune into one of the fastest growing developments on the Internet -- podcasting. McMaster's engineering faculty has launched a 20-minute podcast called Radio Fireball (after the Faculty's fireball logo). The lifestyle-oriented podcast provides listeners with a taste of campus life.

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