The chance discovery that spikes in seismometer noise recorded in Africa corresponded with soccer matches has led to the discovery that there’s a lot more buried in the noise, says a  seismologist and his adviser in the Department of Earth and Planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences. The findings include a signal from the famous storms of the Southern Atlantic Ocean, the bane of ships of sail. FULL STORY

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Senior Wandalyn Savala leads a discussion of the play The Giver with sixth-grade students from KIPP Inspire Academy in south St. Louis Jan. 14 at the Danforth University Center. KIPP students were on campus to view a performance of The Giver at Edison Theatre that morning and stayed for lunch and an activity centered around the themes of the play. FULL STORY

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Edward Ford is a writer and architect whose two-volume The Details of Modern Architecture provided the first comprehensive analysis of how detailing and construction techniques can distort, camouflage or enhance a building. Ford launches the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ spring Public Lecture Series Monday, Jan. 24.  FULL STORY

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Peter M.J. Burgers, PhD, has been named the Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biological Chemistry at the School of Medicine. FULL STORY

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The Code of Conduct governs members of the university community: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the university. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their decisions and actions as community members. FULL STORY

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• 4:15 p.m. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquium. “Consequentialist Agents: The Fitting and the Fortunate.” Richard Chappell, doctoral candidate, Dept. of Philosophy, Princeton U. Wilson Hall, Rm. 214. (314) 935-6670.

• Still time to submit plays for Hotchner contest. All WUSTL students are invited to submit scripts for the 2011 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition until tomorrow, Jan. 21. Selected plays will be workshopped over a two-week period this fall with a guest dramaturg, WUSTL actors and a Performing Arts Department faculty director. One winning play will be selected for production during the 2012-13 season.

• Women’s basketball on a roll. The No. 10 women’s basketball team improved to 11-3 overall and 2-1 in conference with a pair of home victories last weekend at the Field House. The Bears saw four players score in double figures in a 94-55 victory over Emory Jan. 14. Two days later, WUSTL used career-highs from seniors Kathryn Berger and Alex Hoover to hold off No. 5 University of Rochester in a 101-90 double-overtime thriller.