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The following incidents were reported to University Police April 12-18. 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. April 19 2:14 p.m. — A resident of Millbrook Apartments reported money and a watch missing from her room. The room had been left open by contractors working on the doors in the building as part of the fire repairs. The theft occurred between 2:30-7 p.m. April 18. Total loss is estimated at $360. April 23 1:08 p.m. — A classroom manager in Louderman Hall reported that between 3 p.m. April 16 and 1 p.m. April 18, an unknown person took a black wireless Shure bodypack microphone. Total loss is estimated at $278. April 24 9:53 p.m. — Eight pairs of blue jeans were stolen from a storage closet in Gregg Residence Hall between 2 p.m. April 23 and 9 p.m. April 24. Total loss is estimated at $285. Additionally, University Police responded to two larcenies, two lost articles, two assaults and one report each of DWI, drug offense, false fire alarm, auto accident and property damage.

Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg, passionate supporters of artistic, educational and cultural organizations throughout the St. Louis region, received the eighth annual Jane and Whitney Harris Saint Louis Community Service Award at a ceremony at the Harbison House on Feb. 20. Their prize, a $50,000 cash gift, will be distributed to six non-profit organizations of their choice. The award is the gift of the late Jane Freund Harris and Whitney Harris. In 1999 they established the award, to be given to a husband and wife who are dedicated to improving the St. Louis community.

James T. Little, Ph.D., became the first recipient of the Donald Danforth, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Business in a ceremony at the Charles F. Knight Center. The professorship was established last year in the John M. Olin School of Business to honor Washington University alumnus and distinguished community and business leader, Donald Danforth, Jr., and to recognize the many contributions of the Danforth Foundation, which he helped guide as a trustee

Dickson Street stationA collaborative light-rail master plan involving close to 50 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the University of Arkansas has won a national Education Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects. The award, one of only three given this year, will be presented in May during the AIA National Convention in San Antonio.

Scientists gathered at WUSTL to find ways to protect the public from bioterrorism and potentially deadly pathogens.

School of Medicine scientists have identified a protein that helps accelerate brain tumor growth.

Photo by Joe AngelesThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present The 78th Annual Fashion Design Show featuring student works at Saint Louis Galleria May 6. The fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza will feature more than 50 professional and volunteer models wearing more than 150 outfits created by 19 seniors and 12 juniors from the school’s Fashion Design program.

Photo by Robert BostonChance encounter led Michael Valente to forego law and take on audiology

F. Patrick Ross, Ph.D., research professor of pathology and immunology, received a two-year $368,500 National Institutes of Health National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) grant for research titled “Proteomics of Regulated Exocytosis in Osteoclasts.” … Arie Perry, M.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology, received a three-year, $258,675 Department of Defense subcontract with SARC for “Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Sporadic and Neurofibromatosis Type I Associated High Grade Unresectable Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.” … Rakesh Nagarajan, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, received a one-year, $258,675 NCI contract from SAIC-Frederick Inc. to produce an analysis application “Function Express Gold: a caGRID-enabled Microarray Analysis Application.”

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