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• Various lane closures are scheduled between Bellevue Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard through Oct. 12. • Hawthorne Place at Highland Terrace closed due to excavation work, beginning 9 a.m. Oct. 11. • Tamm Avenue bridge is scheduled to open Oct. 20.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 3 – Oct. 9. 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. Oct. 3 9:04 p.m. — Student reported he lost his wallet when he left a classroom in the Lab Sciences Building. The wallet contained his student ID, two credit cards and $12. Neither of the credit cards had been used and both were cancelled. Oct. 5 10:11 a.m. — License tabs stolen from complainant’s vehicle between 9/23 – 10/1. 12:03 p.m. — Staff member reports walking into her office and finding an unknown black male subject going through her desk. Individual attempted to steal her bag, but she wrestled it away from him. Individual ran through the building, pursued by several students who were just getting out of class. Search of area conducted and suspect located on Big Bend. Oct. 9 10:15 p.m. — Suspicious person found sleeping on a bench outside Graham Chapel. A record check of the subject indicated two active warrants out of St. Louis City Police Department. University police also responded to two larcenies, one accidental injury, one report of lost articles, one report of trespassing, and one burglary.

Dance Marathon’s 2007 “Dance-In,” aimed at generating excitement for November’s annual Dance Marathon, will start at 10 a.m. Oct. 11 in Bowles Plaza and continue Oct. 12 until $1,000 has been raised for the Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis.

Photo by David KilperDuring National Fire Prevention Week, the Environmental Health and Safety Department is focusing on educating the University community. Mark Bagby, University disaster coordinator, discusses the success of Monday’s fire drill at the North Campus with Mary Dillender, real estate coordinator and chair of North Campus’ Safety Committee.

Elizabeth Borgwardt, J.D., Ph.D., Daniel Bornstein, Ph.D., Gerrit De Geest, J.D., Ph.D., Michael Lewis, Ph.D., And more…

This year’s Mathematics Department’s William H. Roever Lectures will be a two- day event, October 19-20 in 201 Lopata Hall on the Danforth Campus. There will be four lectures on the recent solution of the very famous Poincare’ Conjecture. John Morgan, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Columbia University, and Gang Tian, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Princeton University will give these lectures. Their book, “Ricci Flow and the Poincare Conjecture, “has just appeared. It gives a detailed exposition of the solution posted as manuscripts on the Web server arXiv in 2002 and 2003 by the Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman.

An extra degree of precision will be added to radiation treatments for prostate cancer at the School of Medicine following the installation of two new technologies.

Parents Weekend 2007 will be held Oct. 12-14. Activities include parents joining their sons and daughters for classes, art exhibits, open houses, tours, musical productions and a tailgate party before the football game.

Thomas Ferkol, M.D., director of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine, is one of a handful of pediatric pulmonologists in the country who study primary ciliary dyskinesia.