Author: Neil Schoenherr

As the Record went to press, we learned of the passing of Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science, on April 8 from esophageal cancer. He was 89.

Theatre, dance, carnival rides, dog adoptions, poetry and a capella music are just some of the attractions to be featured at Thurtene Carnival, scheduled 11 a.m.-8 p.m. April 12-13 on the Danforth Campus.

Beginning April 14, applications will be accepted for volunteer positions for the 2008 vice presidential debate, to be held at Washington University on Oct. 2. All full- and part-time WUSTL students, postdoctoral appointees, faculty and staff who will be on campus for the fall 2008 semester are eligible to apply.

Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis, died April 8 of esophageal cancer in St. Louis. He was 89.

Theatre, dance, carnival rides, dog adoptions, poetry and a capella music are just some of the attractions to be featured at Thurtene Carnival, scheduled 11 a.m.-8 p.m. April 12-13 on the Washington University Danforth Campus.

MaciasExecutive Vice Chancellor Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, has been named provost, effective Jan. 1, 2009, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced.

The Freshman Reading Program steering committee has announced that the Class of 2012 will be reading and studying “Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change” by Elizabeth Kolbert. Over the summer, incoming freshmen will receive copies of the book along with a reader’s guide and are expected to have completed the book […]

An international group of researchers, led by Fiona Marshall, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously thought.

WUSTL community members wishing to volunteer to help support the vice presidential debate at the University Oct. 2 can apply beginning April 14.

WUSTL has taken the lead in the 2007-08 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup Division III standings. The University accumulated 371.5 points during the winter season to move past Williams College, who led after the first set of winter standings were released. WUSTL sits in first place with 693.50 points, while Amherst College is second with […]