Check out a new research article co-written by Belmont resident Diana Chu, an assistant biology professor at San Francisco State University, in today’s edition of the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics.

If you remember, I wrote about Chu in July. She won a five-year grant of $655,000 from the National Science Foundation. The money will support her research on the role of proteins in sperm production.

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About 70 freshman students from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, or nearly half the class, will travel Sunday to Soledad to put up a carnival for the children of migrant farmworkers.

The project is part of the university’s service-learning and social-justice focus, which encourages students to get involved in the community.

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