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A memorial service will be held for Oscar Chilson, Ph.D., adjunct instructor and professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences, at 4 p.m. March 19 in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building.

The Faculty Associates program is celebrating 10 years of connecting faculty members with students living on the South 40. The program, sponsored by the Office of Residential Life, started during the 1996-97 academic year in response to the realization that there was a growing gap between faculty members and undergraduate students.

If you’re particularly good with puzzles or chess, the reason may be in your genes, a team of scientists led by School of Medicine psychiatric geneticists finds.

School of Medicine research raises hopes for a new drug that could prevent small aortic aneurysms from enlarging to the point where surgery is necessary.

In May 2008, the School of Medicine will discontinue its Health Administration Program, which awards a master of health administration (MHA) degree.

The institute will expand the scientific expertise of the Danforth Center to speed up development of plant-based renewable biofuels.

The Record will not publish during next week’s spring break. The next Record Monday e-mail will arrive March 19. Additionally, daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. March 11.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 1-7. 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 4 10:30 a.m. — Subjects unknown broke a window on complainant’s vehicle, which was parked on the paved lot at the corner of Hoyt Avenue and Throop Drive, to steal items located therein. The theft occurred between 5:30 p.m. March 2 and 10:29 a.m. March 4. Total loss is estimated at $130. 1:52 p.m. — The victim was showing a potential buyer a vehicle. While test-driving the vehicle, the “buyer” stole same. A theft report was filed with the St. Louis City Police Department. 2:07 p.m. — The complainant reported the theft of eight microphones from The Gargoyle. Theft occurred between Nov. 15-Feb. 27. Total loss is estimated at #1,390. University Police also responded to one report each of larceny, trespassing, arrest warrant and property damage.

Registration is now open for the spring session of Mini Medical School, which begins the week of March 19 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center.

In his third book, Howard Brick attempts to answer the specifically historical question of how to understand the debate among American (and European) social theorists in the middle of the 20th century on how significantly the modern “welfare state” had altered the character of capitalist economies since the 19th century. More…