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Paul Morigi/BrookingsThe Brookings Institution and Washington University will begin offering joint programs, including internships, lectures and other educational activities, the institutions announced April 21. The Olin Business School also will lead management of Brookings’ executive education activities, effective July 1. Strobe Talbott (left), president of the Brookings Institution, meets with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton in Washington, D.C., the day the new partnership was announced.

As the Record went to press, we learned of the passing of Benjamin Edwards III, trustee emeritus and former CEO of A.G. Edwards Inc., April 20 from prostate cancer.

While public officials aim to establish Missouri as an attractive place for emerging life sciences companies to start, a study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis indicates that high school science proficiency in the state, especially among high-minority and poverty populations, is greatly dependent on having a core group of certified teachers who are highly qualified to teach courses in their content area.

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The Bear Necessities store in Wohl Student Center will be having a final sale April 22 in its current location. The store will be moving this summer to the new Umrath residence hall.

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of six individuals at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards on Friday, April 17, in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Dis-tinguished Law Alumni Awards, and two […]

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will host a symposium titled “‘Damnation of Faust’ by Hector Berlioz” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 18, in Wilson Hall. The event coincides with a pair of performances Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, in Powell Hall by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted […]

Photo by Mary ButkusTheater, dance, carnival rides and music are just some of the attractions that will be featured at the annual Thurtene Carnival, scheduled for 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, on the Danforth Campus.

Seniors Charlie Cutler and Chris Hoeland teamed up for a win at No. 1 doubles and had two convincing singles victories to lead the No. 2 men’s tennis team to an 8-1 win over the University of Chicago April 11 at the Tao Tennis Center. WUSTL extended its overall winning streak to 11 matches, the […]

The Freshman Reading Program steering committee has announced that the Class of 2013 will be reading Julie Otsuka’s “When the Emperor Was Divine,” a novel set in a Japanese-American internment camp in World War II.