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The Earth’s orbital behaviors are responsible for more than just presenting us with a leap year every four years. According to Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, parameters such as planetary gravitational attractions, the Earth’s elliptical orbit around the sun and the degree of tilt of our planet’s axis with respect to its path around the sun, have implications for climate change and the advent of ice ages.

Photo by Whitney CurtisJennifer Holzum, (left) of St. Louis Carriage Company, and sophomore Scott Friedman, dressed as George Washington, ride through campus Feb. 20 on a carriage. The free horse and buggy rides for students were part of George Washington Week.

The Assembly Series hosts two speakers back to back: Legendary civil rights pioneer Charles Ogletree will present his views on the Roberts court at noon on Tuesday, March 4, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall. Philip Clayton will give a talk on bridging the gap between science and religion at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Both programs are free and open to the public.

Musicians from Washington University and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will join forces to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of French composer Olivier Messiaen. The concert — sponsored by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Community Partnership Program and KWUR 90.3 FM — is free and […]

Photo by Mary ButkusThe School of Medicine dedicates the Christopher Wells Hobler Laboratory for ALS Research in the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders Feb. 18.

Photo by David StradelThe Olin Young Leaders Association (OYLA) held its inaugural event, “Managing the Changing Face of Business,” Feb. 20 at the Knight Center. The event featured a panel discussion with three distinguished St. Louis businesspeople, including Jim O’Donnell, MBA ’74, president of Bush O’Donnell, pictured here talking with (clockwise) Andy Nichols, MBA ’08 and OYLA executive board president; Leslie Onkenhout, MBA ’09 and OYLA executive board member; and Dorothy Kittner, director of corporate relations for Olin.

Go to BearSports The No. 7 men’s basketball team received an at-large bid to the 2008 NCAA Division III Championship. WUSTL will play No. 11 College of Wooster Friday, March 7, in its first-round game at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. This will be a rematch of the NCAA third-place game in 2007, in […]

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Minot P. Fryer, M.D., died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at Deaconess Hospice Care Center in Evansville, Ind. He was 92.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking staff volunteers to greet visiting high-school seniors at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport March 27 and April 10.