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A mandible from a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China and being studied by Erik Trinkaus Ph.D., the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences.

Undergraduate tuition at Washington University in St. Louis will cost $34,500 for the 2007-08 academic year — a $1,700 (5.2 percent) increase over the 2006-07 current academic year tuition of $32,800. The required student activity fee will total $345, and the student health fee will be $679. The announcement was made by Barbara A. Feiner, vice chancellor for finance. Room-and-board charges for 2007-08 will be $11,632, an increase of $456 (4.1 percent) over the current year’s charges of $11,176 for the full meal plan and newer student housing.

The WUSTL Police Department again is assisting the Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation and their annual Warners’ Warm-up winter-coat drive. Through Dec. 3, the WUPD office on Shepley Drive in the South 40 will serve as a drop-off location for members of the University community to donate new or gently used winter coats. In […]

Arts & Sciences undergraduates made another impressive showing in their annual quest for prestigious national scholarships and fellowships, as three students receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and three receive the Morris K. Udall Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year.

(left to right) Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton chats with Patrick Eisenlohr, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences; and Michael Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, during the Feb. 28 Faculty Associates Program 10th anniversary celebration in the Liggett/Koenig Residential College main commons.

Do you have a colleague you think deserves some recognition? It’s time to nominate School of Medicine staff for this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a medical staff member. The award, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, recognizes a full-time medical school employee with at least three years of continuous […]

An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer. Researchers at the School of Medicine and Harvard University combined and analyzed several decades worth of data from past studies on how exercise affects colon cancer risk. They found that people who exercised the most were 24 percent less likely to develop the disease than those who exercised the least.

Superpowers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Take “Wonderboy,” the new collaboration by San Francisco choreographer Joe Goode and master puppeteer Basil Twist. Blessed with uncanny empathy and superhuman sensitivity, the title character is virtually paralyzed by everyday sights and sounds — the clash of bells, the glare of sunlight, a young man passing […]

The No. 2 men’s basketball team remained undefeated in conference play last weekend at home with a pair of victories over New York University (73-55) and Brandeis University (82-57). With five University Athletic Association (UAA) games remaining, the Bears have a three-game lead over Carnegie Mellon University (16-4, 6-3 UAA) and the University of Rochester […]

The following incidents were reported to University Police Feb. 3-9. 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. Feb. 6 9:01 a.m. — A facilities […]