With the theme “Celebrate the Magic of Community,” the annual Thurtene Carnival will transform the North Brookings parking lot into a vista of thrilling rides and dramatic facades. The carnival, which students have been working on for weeks, will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday, April 15, and from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.  Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17. FULL STORY

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Civil rights leader Julian Bond makes a point during a panel discussion April 1 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge that followed his Assembly Series lecture, “Post Racial America: Fact or Fiction?” Bond’s talk was the keynote address for the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Program 20th Anniversary Conference and Alumni Reunion, held on campus March 31- April 1. MORE

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The WUSTL Bouchet Honor Society Selection Committee has chosen its fifth class of Bouchet Fellows. The 2011 fellows are Pascale Guiton, a doctoral student in the Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, and Natecia Williams, a doctoral student in the Neuroscience Program in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. FULL STORY

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The Department of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences has announced the results of two competitions, the national William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition and the Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition. The WUSTL team placed 19th out of 442 teams in the Putnam, and two teams finished first and third at state. FULL STORY

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Larry J. Shapiro, MD, gets outfitted with a T-shirt supporting Japanese earthquake relief from Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD, April 6 in the Shell Lobby. Members of the Japanese Happy Hour, a scientific study group of Japanese researchers, organized the sale, which is designating 100 percent of proceeds to relief organizations, including the Japanese Red Cross. MORE

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• 3:30 p.m. Dept. of History Colloquium. “Making Sense of Demonic Possession in Early Modern Europe.” Brian Levack, John E. Green Regents Professorship in History, U. of Texas, Austin. Free and open to the public. Reception follows. Busch Hall, Rm. 18. (314) 935-5450.

• Uniting to end violence against women. The Public Service Advisory Board at the School of Law is co-sponsoring a program titled “Campuses and Friends Uniting to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault” from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. For more information, contact Katie Crank at kcrank@wustl.edu.

• Men’s tennis finishing strong. The No. 5 men’s tennis team picked up three wins at home last week to improve its overall record to 11-4. The Bears picked up wins over Lindenwood University, McKendree University and Principia College. The team hosts Division II University of Missouri-St. Louis at 4 p.m. today at the Tao Tennis Center, and then travel to Waltham, Mass., for the University Athletic Association championships beginning Friday, April 15.