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WUSTL physics professors will review some fundamental ideas in physics — from thermodynamics to quantum mechanics — during the regular Saturday Science seminar series sponsored by the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences and University College. This semester, the theme of the lectures will be “Concepts in Physics.”

Throughout history, people have been fascinated by extremes, whether it’s the tallest mountain, the longest river or the deepest sea. Julian Edison is no exception — only instead of things large, it’s small books that fascinate him. Edison, a noted miniature book collector, is displaying approximately 200 of his volumes in the exhibition “Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures,” which opened at Olin Library March 17.

Photo by Mary ButkusFour facilities workers receive empty pill bottles — their “medication” — from volunteers during the University’s Strategic National Stockpile drill March 18, which was supervised by the St. Louis County Department of Health and simulated the department’s and WUSTL’s responses to an anthrax release in St. Louis.

A national review has revealed that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of cancer patients led clinicians to change treatment plans for more than a third of the patients, scientists report this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine unveiled the Gerty Cori U.S. Postal Service stamp March 17 in Moore Auditorium.

The School of Engineering Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner will be held April 1, at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. A reception will start at 6:30 p.m., with the dinner following at 7 p.m. Five alumni will receive Alumni Achievement Awards, one will be the recipient of the Young Alumni Award and one will be honored with the Dean’s Award.

School of Medicine research suggests that inactivating platelets could slow down or prevent metastasis of cancer.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — home to the nation’s oldest four-year fashion design program — will present its 79th Annual Fashion Design Show at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 30. The show, a fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza, is the concluding event of Saint Louis Fashion Week. The hour-long show takes place […]

Photo by David KilperIf you overheard just part of a conversation with Amanda Moore McBride, you might very well come away thinking she was either an architect or a carpenter. She talks a lot about building structures. But McBride, Ph.D., assistant professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, is focused on different kinds of structures — the kinds that engage citizens in their communities and in the world and encourage them to do things like volunteer, enter government service and vote.

The German Department in Arts & Sciences is organizing the 19th annual St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture. “Consuming News: Newspapers and Print Culture in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800)” will be held April 3-5.