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Photo by Joe AngelesJunior Dione Drew of Houston (right) begins a tour of the Danforth Campus for prospective students and their families in front of Brookings Hall. Tours will be a common sight on campus throughout April as WUSTL hosts April Welcome for prospective students from the Class of 2013.

To celebrate the dedication of the William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center April 17, events have been planned most days in April leading up to the event to generate student, staff and faculty interest.

Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III, Ph.D., the pre-eminent psychologist and expert on human memory, will give a talk for the Assembly Series’ Phi Beta Kappa Lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, March 30, in Graham Chapel.

Photo by Kevin LowderStudents perform an athletic and spirited dance native to the African nation of Mali at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work’s 15th annual International Festival March 22 in the Lab Sciences Building.

The Center for Research on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CRIE) at the School of Law will host a conference on “The Economics and Law of Innovation” April 2 and 3 in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day, with the keynote presentation at 12:20 p.m. Thursday, April 2. The goal of the […]

The annual Thurtene Road Race, which raises both money for charity and awareness of Thurtene Carnival, will be held at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 29, at Francis Field.

Alexandra Chakeres, Amy Fletcher and Danielle Porter, Henric S. Krawczynski, Ph.D., and Lisa Potts, Ph.D.

In the summer of 2008, it became very expensive to fill up a gas tank when gasoline prices hit close to $4 per gallon. A WUSTL engineer has come up with a solution to help.

Senior Divya Srinath, the 2008-09 WUSTL Interfaith Youth Core Fellow, will lead a group of University students, and students from Saint Louis University and Maryville University, in a national day of interfaith youth service March 29.

The annual Faces of Hope, sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, will be held at 4 p.m. April 2 in Whitaker Hall. A reception will follow. Faces of Hope, a University-wide celebration of civic engagement and community service, will feature a poster session with displays from student groups, service trips, community-based classes, and […]