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The Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work hosted the 18th annual Pow Wow on April 5 at the Washington University Athletic Center.

New York architect Nikole Renee Bouchard has won Washington University’s 2008 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition. The biennial competition, sponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, is open to young architects from around the world and carries a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — the largest such award in the United States.

Photo by David KilperAs a scholar of Italian literature, culture and women’s issues, Rebecca Messbarger never expected her research would involve the dissection of human cadavers at the School of Medicine.

Ramki Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., Michael Brent, Ph.D., Lynette Cegelski, Ph.D., Eric Duncavage, M.D., and more…

The Assembly Series closes its 2007-08 seasons with lectures on Tuesday, April 15, from Alvin Poussaint, M.D., speaking on race relations, tolerance and diversity; and on Wednesday, April 16, from Helen Fisher, Ph.D., speaking on the biology of romantic love.

The 2008 NCAA Division III National Champion basketball team will be recognized at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at the Field House. Festivities will include unveiling the championship banner, a presentation of the championship trophy and comments from the team. Free pizza, championship posters and 2008 NCAA Championship T-shirts will be available while supplies last.

Joseph Levitt, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, died Sunday, March 30. He was 86.

WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources cordially invites faculty and staff to Financial Education Seminars conducted by TIAA-CREF and Vanguard consultants. The seminars will last about 90 minutes and will feature a discussion of basic investment choices and a review of some simple strategies and concepts to make sound investment decisions. Topics will include: • assessing […]

Photo by Joe AngelesRobin Shield (left) helps her daughter, Jolona, prepare for the grand entry of dancers during the 18th annual Pow Wow on April 5 in the Athletic Complex.

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.