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Three campus ensembles will join forces April 26 for the 2009 Chancellor’s Concert. The Washington University Jazz Band will open the program with a selection of big band scores. The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform music of Leonard Bernstein and Robert Schumann while the Washington University Concert Choir will present a selection of popular opera choruses. To conclude the program, all three ensembles will share the stage for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

Photo by Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-DispatchKathy and Natalie Ferrara prepare dinner. The Ferraras will be interviewed Friday by StoryCorps about Kathy surviving colon cancer.Three years ago, Kathy Ferrara was faced with the heartbreaking task of telling her children she had cancer. She carefully planned her message. Next week, Ferrara and her daughter Natalie will sit in a quiet room at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and talk in-depth about when mom found out she had Stage 2 colon cancer and cellular tests revealed a high risk for recurrence. The conversation will be recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit organization in Brooklyn that’s constructing one of the largest oral history projects of its kind.

Assisted hatching, a procedure commonly thought to improve pregnancy rates during in vitro fertilization (IVF), does not affect outcomes in most women younger than 38 years old, according to researchers at the School of Medicine. The findings are available online in Fertility and Sterility.

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of six individuals at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards on Friday, April 17, in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Dis-tinguished Law Alumni Awards, and two […]

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will host a symposium titled “‘Damnation of Faust’ by Hector Berlioz” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 18, in Wilson Hall. The event coincides with a pair of performances Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, in Powell Hall by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted […]

Photo by David KilperStudents and admissions staff members review informational packets to be distributed to visiting students during Washington University’s Multicultural Celebration Weekend, which begins Thursday, April 16.

Olin Library launched its Facebook page April 1, and now the WUSTL community can find scholarly resources, learn about upcoming library events and have their library questions answered by experts, all without leaving the Facebook Web site.

Photo by Mary ButkusTheater, dance, carnival rides and music are just some of the attractions that will be featured at the annual Thurtene Carnival, scheduled for 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, on the Danforth Campus.

Nationally recognized social entrepreneur Bill Strickland will be the featured guest when the winners of the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition are announced April 23.

William (Will) G. Donnelly, son of Terrence and Ruth Donnelly of St. Louis, Mo. (63139), recently was named the inaugural recipient of the Boeing/FIRST Scholarship at Washington University. A senior at Gateway Institute of Technology in St. Louis, Donnelly will enter the university’s School of Engineering & Applied Science as a freshman when the fall semester begins in August 2009.