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The following incidents were reported to University Police June 14-July 11. 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. June 28 8:36 a.m. — The director of custodial services reported an unknown person(s) accessed a locked closet in Urbauer Hall, Room 209, and emptied a container of 341 sealant and refilled the container with water. This occurred sometime between 6 a.m.-10 p.m. June 26. There were no signs of forced entry. The container of sealant was valued at $100. 10:18 p.m. — A person reported his bike was stolen from the Monsanto Archway bike rack. The bicycle had been secured with a cable lock that was also missing. The incident occurred between 8:15 a.m.-8:30 p.m. today. July 6 2:37 p.m. — A graduate student reported the theft of a silver Canon digital video camera. The theft occurred sometime between noon July 2 and 9 a.m. July 6. The camera was kept inside a canvas bag in an unlocked cabinet in Whitaker Hall, Rom 350. The camera is valued at around $390. July 7 1:22 p.m. — Between 4:30 p.m. July 6 and 6 a.m. July 7, an unknown person(s) broke into the trailers owned by Aschinger Electric Co. and Bell Electrical Contractors at the University Center construction site. Initial inventory shows that copper and wiring was taken. University Police also responded to nine larcenies, four auto accidents, two parking violations, two chemical spills and one report each of suspicious person, burglary, institutional vandalism, assault, property damage, judicial violation, drug offense and disturbance.

Head coach Leticia Pineda-Boutté — along with her staff — guided the Bears to a 35-7 overall record in 2007, the third-most wins in school history.

Carlene Nicholson Juncker, instructor in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences from 1973-1981 and a 1959 alumna, died of cancer Sunday, May 13, 2007.

When then-students Jason Hill and Leon Scott performed a spoken word piece about health disparities and the roles of physicians during the 2004 Medical School class show, the audience was captivated by what became the highlight of the show. So when fourth-year student Kathy Lee was planning a training conference on preventing hepatitis B, she recruited Hill and Scott to create a spoken word performance piece. Spoken word is an innovative performing art that intertwines elements of rap and poetry.

(Left to right) Damien Fair, Binyam Nardos, Sam Craig, Rahel Nardos, and Tracy Nicholson show the books delivered to medical students in Ethiopia.Several student groups and administrators at the School of Medicine and residents at Barnes-Jewish Hospital have collected nearly 500 medical textbooks to help their counterparts in Ethiopia. The textbooks will replace outdated books at the medical school at Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University, the main teaching hospital in the country’s capital city. Rahel Nardos, a native of Ethiopia and a fourth-year resident, came up with the idea after spending a week working in Addis Ababa University’s hospital last year.

Samuel Isaac Weissman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry who had worked on the Manhattan Project, died Tuesday (June 12, 2007) at 2 McKnight Place at the age of 94. He was a longtime resident of St. Louis.

Bernard Harris, first African American to walk in space, visits science camp for middle school students at Washington University in St. Louis on Wednesday, June 20, 2007.

Cornerstone: The Center for Advanced Learning has received a one-year, $44,800 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study student migration patterns in and out of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

The Department of Athletics finished fifth in the 2006-07 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup Division III standings — the Bears fifth straight Top 10 appearance.

Photo by Mary ButkusFive graduating members of the softball team receive their diplomas in a special ceremony led by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (left) May 24 at Whittemore House.