Author: Neil Schoenherr

Photo by Mary ButkusJon Dumpys, vicar, and Brittany Kosloski, administrator, both with Lutheran Campus Ministry, look over the organization’s display at “Faces of Hope” April 5 in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building Formal Lounge.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses the University community in the first in a series of occasional messages from key University leaders as a part of the Plan for Excellence process that will guide the development of Washington University in the next era.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 28-April 4. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Crime Alert On March 28, University […]

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Photo by Joe AngelesNirmal Choradia, a sophomore biomedical engineering major in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, takes the driver’s seat in the Save a Life drunk driving simulator April 2 in Mallinckrodt Student Center.

Photo by Kevin Lowder(From left) Junior Genna Steinberg, freshman Jasmine Taylor and junior Jessica McLean, members of the WUStyle Step Team, perform at Jive-a-licious March 28 in Graham Chapel.

Photo by Kevin LowderMembers of the Catholic Student Center’s Cod Squad (from left) Chris McGee, Patty Navarro and Dan Combest are served cod at the Friday night fish fry March 30 at St. Gabriel Parish in south St. Louis.

A mandible from a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China and being studied by Erik Trinkaus Ph.D., the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences.Researchers at WUSTL and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing have been studying a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China and have determined that the “out of Africa” dispersal of modern humans may not have been as simple as once thought.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 21-28. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. March 25 9:29 a.m. — A student reported that on between 2:30-6:30 p.m. March 24, an unknown person(s) took his Roadmaster silver mountain bike which was secured with a University issued Krytponite lock to the bike-rack located on the south side of Anheuser-Busch Hall. A search of the area by the student met with negative results. No suspects or witnesses could be located. Total loss is estimated at $200. 12:57 p.m. — A student reported that while playing basketball between 5-6:30 p.m. March 24 in the Swamp area, an unknown person(s) took his black leather wallet and cell phone which had been laying unattended nearby. Total loss is estimated at $280. March 26 8:29 a.m. — A person reported that between 7:30 a.m. March 24 and 8:28 a.m. March 26 an unknown person(s) took an overhead projector located in Simon Hall, Room 104, from an unsecured cabinet. No suspects or witnesses could be located. Total loss is estimated at $400. University Police also responded to one report each of lost article, trespassing, investigation and larceny.

(From left) Andrew Krainik, M.D., Daniel Cooper, M.D., Sam Lubner, M.D., and Hilary Reno, M.D., Ph.D., all instructors in medicine and assistant directors of medical services in the Division of Medical Education and editors of the 32nd edition of “The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics,” held a book signing recently at the Washington University Medical Bookstore. The Washington Manual, published by the Division of Medical Education, is used extensively by students, residents and physicians in medical schools worldwide and is published in 10 languages.