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Throughout history, people have been fascinated by extremes, whether it’s the tallest mountain, the longest river or the deepest sea. Julian Edison is no exception — only instead of things large, it’s small books that fascinate him. Edison, a noted miniature book collector, is displaying approximately 200 of his volumes in the exhibition “Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures,” which opened at Olin Library March 17.

The Center for Research on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CRIE) at the School of Law will host “Open-Source and Proprietary Models of Innovation: Beyond Ideology,” April 4-5 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Open-source is a set of principles and practices on how to write software. When IBM contributed 500 patents for use […]

Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D., has been named the first Gerty T. Cori Professor at the School of Medicine. Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, made the announcement. The Gerty T. Cori Professor is named in honor of a University faculty member who shared the Nobel […]

WUSTL physics professors will review some fundamental ideas in physics — from thermodynamics to quantum mechanics — during the regular Saturday Science seminar series sponsored by the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences and University College. This semester, the theme of the lectures will be “Concepts in Physics.” The full exploration of these topics […]

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences is organizing the 19th annual St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture. “Consuming News: Newspapers and Print Culture in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800)” will be held April 3-5. “We are thrilled to, once again, organize the German department’s biennial International Symposium on German […]

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Photo by Mary ButkusFour facilities workers receive empty pill bottles — their “medication” — from volunteers during the University’s Strategic National Stockpile drill March 18.

Chris MatthewsChris Matthews — host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” on MSNBC and of “The Chris Matthews Show,” a syndicated weekly news program produced by NBC News, and regular commentator on NBC’s “Today” show — has been selected to give the 2008 Commencement address, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Go to BearSports The men’s and women’s track and field team had four student-athletes provisionally qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at the Washington University Invitational March 28-29. The women’s team won the meet and the men’s team placed fifth overall. For the women, seniors Morgen Leonard-Fleckman and Tyler Mulkin posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks […]

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 26-April 2. 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 26 12:41 p.m. — A […]