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Courtesy PhotoThe Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum exhibit “Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future,” the first retrospective to explore the complete career of the acclaimed Finnish-American architect of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, closes its St. Louis run Monday, April 27.

Three WUSTL professors have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are: Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences; James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences and director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy; and Wayne Yokoyama, M.D., the Sam J. Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Chair for Research on Arthritis, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Arthritis and Related Disorders.

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Donating unused food is one way WUSTL tries to “reach out” to the St. Louis community, said Feed St. Louis president Karin Underwood, a sophomore biology major in Arts & Sciences.

Photo by Whitney CurtisLinda Pike, Ph.D. (right), associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and her husband, J. Evan Sadler, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, receive wrapped silver platters from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton in recognition for both professors’ 25 years of service to Washington University during a reception April 14 at Harbison House.

The following incidents were reported to University Police April 15-21. 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. April 16 12:39 p.m. — A woman […]

Martin Jacobs, Ph.D., acting director of the Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies Program in Arts & Sciences and associate professor of rabbinic studies, will present a lecture titled “Hebrew Belles Lettres and the Memory of Spain: Ibn Verga’s ‘Staff of Judah’ — An Early Printed Book from Washington University’s Shimeon Brisman Collection in Jewish […]

The No. 2-ranked men’s tennis team captured its first-ever University Athletic Association (UAA) championship with a 5-4 victory over top-ranked Emory University April 19, extending its school-record winning streak to 16 matches and ending Emory’s 19-year run as conference champion. Junior Danny Levy clinched the match with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Oliver Lopp […]

Paul Morigi/BrookingsThe Brookings Institution and Washington University will begin offering joint programs, including internships, lectures and other educational activities, the institutions announced April 21. The Olin Business School also will lead management of Brookings’ executive education activities, effective July 1. Strobe Talbott (left), president of the Brookings Institution, meets with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton in Washington, D.C., the day the new partnership was announced.

As the Record went to press, we learned of the passing of Benjamin Edwards III, trustee emeritus and former CEO of A.G. Edwards Inc., April 20 from prostate cancer.