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The Record will not publish next week due to spring break. Look for our next issue March 18.

Photo by Joe AngelesA luncheon was held for Nicholas Pruitt, a University employee who received care packages from WUSTL employees while he was in Iraq.

To construct a tunnel east of Big Bend Boulevard, Metro is receiving deliveries of materials on extremely large trucks.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Clothesline Project, part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, was a visual display of shirts that bear witness to violence.

The exploration-themed conference will encourage attendees to “Map Your Course With Math, Science and Technology.”

The program helps integrate faculty members into undergraduates’ residential life; more volunteers are needed.

The court periodically holds sessions in law schools as part of an educational program; the public is invited to hear cases.

Photo by Robert BostonInvestigators Charles Hildebolt (right) and Dean Faulk hold a cast of the skull of the “Hobbit,” likely a new species of prehistoric humans.Medical school researchers performed a detailed comparison of the fossil’s brain case with those of other human ancestors. More medical news

Photo by Mary ButkusFrances H. Foster was installed as the Edward T. Foote II Professor of Law Feb. 17 in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Mammograms could more frequently bear good news if researchers develop an effective breast cancer vaccine.Progress toward development of a breast cancer vaccine has been reported by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis. Physicians believe a vaccine-induced immune response could be used to supplement other cancer therapies or to immunize high-risk people against cancer.