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The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 7-12. 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. Nov. 8 4:15 p.m. — An unattended […]

WUSTL sports teams are enjoying an unprecedented string of success. The men’s and women’s soccer teams, the volleyball team and women’s cross country all are competing this weekend in NCAA Div. III postseason play and still have a shot at a national title. And the men’s and women’s basketball teams begin regular-season play this weekend as preseason No. 1 teams in NCAA Div. III.

David A. Peters, Ph.D., James S. Schilling, Ph.D., Washington University

Peter A. F. Morrin, M.D., who conducted some of the first successful dialysis treatments at the School of Medicine while a postdoctoral fellow, died Wednesday, Oct. 3. He was 75.

• Various lane closures are scheduled through Nov. 16.

Photo by Maury PepperThis team of researchers restored the Laboratory Instrument Computer (LINC) — recognized by the Institute of Electical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society as the world’s first interactive personal computer — for display at the 10th Vintage Computer Festival Nov. 3-4 in Mountain View, Calif.

Subtle markers in obese children’s hearts can help physicians predict who could be at risk for heart disease and heart attacks.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the University Libraries’ Department of Special Collections will launch the new Modern Graphic History Library with a pair of exhibitions that open Friday, Nov. 16. “Highlights from the Modern Graphic History Library” will open with a reception at 5:30 p.m. in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Reading Room & Grand Staircase Lobby. A reception for “Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women’s Magazine, 1940-1960” will immediately follow at 7 p.m. in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Robert G. Kranz, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study pathways in bioenergy conversion. The first, for $1,203,250, is a long-term NIH R01 renewal that began Aug. 1 titled “Cytochrome c Biogenesis.” The renewal award means that NIH has funded Kranz continuously for 22 years.

Go to BearSports The No. 7 volleyball team won the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship with a 3-1 victory against No. 6 Carthage College Nov. 10, in Kenosha, Wis. The win means the Bears will make their eighth-consecutive appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals, which begin Thursday, Nov. 15, against Emory University in Bloomington, Ill. […]