WUSTL is hosting the Midwest Several Complex Variables Conference May 11-14 in honor of Steven Krantz, PhD (right), professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, and John Erik Fornaess, PhD, professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan. The conference is expected to bring to campus more than 80 mathematicians from around the country and the world. FULL STORY

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Sarah Fern, Outstanding Graduate in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, will graduate with honors in systems science and engineering May 20 and already has secured a job as a business technology analyst. But she also plays piano, and is “as talented as many students that you’ll find at a conservatory,” says Seth Carlin, professor of music in Arts & Sciences, and Fern’s piano teacher of four years. FULL STORY

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Her nose habitually buried in a Nancy Drew mystery, little Kathy Miller spent much of her girlhood trying to crack the case. Today, Kathryn G. Miller, PhD, professor and chair of biology in Arts & Sciences, still is playing detective. With Sherlock Holmes-like intensity, Miller studies cells the way a special agent scrutinizes a crime scene. FULL STORY

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Two School of Medicine scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. John E. Heuser, MD, professor of cell biology and physiology, and Scott J. Hultgren, PhD, the Helen L. Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology and director of the Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, are among the 72 new members and 18 foreign associates elected to the academy this year. FULL STORY

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At its spring meeting May 6, the Board of Trustees elected six new members and elected officers, among other actions, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The six electees are John D. Beuerlein, general partner of Edward Jones; Thomas J. Hillman, founder and managing partner of FTL Capital Partners LLC; Sanford C. Loewentheil, vice chairman of L+M Development Partners; Scott Rudolph, chairman of the board of NBTY Inc.; Gary M. Sumers, senior managing director of Blackstone Group; and Joyce F. Wood, owner of Wood & Associates Management Co. FULL STORY

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• 4 p.m. Dept. of Anthropology Lecture. “Neandertal and Modern Human Dietary and Behavioral Strategies: Evidence From Dental Microwear Texture Analysis.” Kristin Krueger, instructor in anthropology, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Free and open to the public. McMillan Hall, Rm. B7. (314) 935-5252.

• Severe weather alerts posted on WUSTL emergency website. Severe weather watches and warnings from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service will automatically be posted on the emergency website, emergency.wustl.edu. The alerts will be shown on the right-hand side of the page.

• Tennis, track teams take to the road. Men’s and women’s tennis traveled to Greencastle, Ind., Saturday for a match with DePauw University, while both the men’s and women’s track & field teams traveled to Monmouth, Ill., Saturday to participate in a meet at Monmouth College. Find out how these teams fared by visiting bearsports.wustl.edu.