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Photo by Robert BostonKelly Mushill, a second-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy; Suzanne Cornbleet, DPT, assistant professor of physical therapy and of orthopaedic surgery; and Marie Harper, a second-year doctoral student in the Program in Physical Therapy, evaluate Maplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School fourth-grader Zackery Kottkamp’s posture and flexibility.

As the Record went to press, we learned of the passing of Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science, on April 8 from esophageal cancer. He was 89.

Patterns in the Midwest this spring are eerily reminiscent of 1993 and 1994, back-to-back years of serious flooding. But Midwesterners have not learned “geologic reality,” says Robert E. Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences.

The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have learned. The researchers used a drug to shut down the intake process, known as endocytosis, in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The change led to a 70 percent drop in levels of amyloid beta, the protein fragment that clumps together to form Alzheimer’s plaques.

Celebrated Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno will address the challenges of filmmaking in Africa as a follow-up to African Film Festival. Teno will speak at 6 p.m. Monday, April 14, in Lab Sciences 300 on “Filmmaking in Africa: An Ongoing Struggle.” Teno will place the filmmaking industry in Africa in a global context, examining both issues […]

WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources cordially invites faculty and staff to a Financial Education Seminar conducted by TIAA-CREF and Vanguard consultants. The seminar will feature a discussion of basic investment choices and a review of some simple strategies and concepts to make sound investment decisions.

Byron L. Williams, Ph.D., affiliate professor of engineering and policy from 1989-1992, died Sunday, March 16. He was 87.

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of seven individuals at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner Friday, April 11, at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Distinguished Law Alumni Awards and three will receive […]

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will honor six outstanding architecture and art alumni at its first annual Awards for Distinction dinner April 17 at the Coronado Ballroom in the Coronado Hotel. The awards recognize graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to the practices of art […]

One mark of a great novel, it’s been said, is its ability to stand the “test of time,” to remain captivating to readers from generation to generation. Washington University will honor such a novel Friday, April 18, with two campus events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of “The Tale of Genji”, a central pillar of the Japanese literary canon.