Track and Field sets sights on NCAAs

Go to BearSports The men’s and women’s track and field team had four student-athletes provisionally qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at the Washington University Invitational March 28-29. The women’s team won the meet and the men’s team placed fifth overall. For the women, seniors Morgen Leonard-Fleckman and Tyler Mulkin posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks […]

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 26-April 2. 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. March 26 12:41 p.m. — A […]

Italian Film Festival of St. Louis presents six films April 4 to 19

Courtesy photo*My Brother is an Only Child*The Film & Media Studies Program in Arts & Sciences will host the 2008 Italian Film Festival of St. Louis April 4 to 19. The festival will feature the St. Louis premieres of six recent Italian feature films, screened on Fridays and Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. All films will be shown in 35mm format in Italian with English subtitles.

Saturday Science seminar series to address concepts in physics

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.”

Miniature book collection opens at Olin Library

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.

Be prepared

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.

National champions

Photo by Joe AngelesSenior Troy Ruths scored 33 points to lead the Bears to their first NCAA Division III men’s basketball national championship. The title gave WUSTL its second national championship this academic year — along with women’s volleyball — and its first-ever men’s team national title in any sport.

American Indian Awareness Week begins March 31

An American Indian Pow Wow, a traditional food tasting and a discussion on the therapeutic benefits of tribal ceremonies are among the highlights of the University’s American Indian Awareness Week March 31-April 5. All events are free and open to the public. The celebration culminates April 5 in the Field House with the 18th annual Pow Wow, a festival of American Indian dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food.

Parvis, social work professor emeritus, 92

Richard J. Parvis, professor emeritus at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and leader in the area of international social development, died Sunday, Feb. 24. He was 92.
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