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Arts & Sciences freshman Claire Glasspiegel helps Baili Min, a graduate student in mathematics in Arts & Sciences, light a candle during the University’s gathering April 19 in the Brookings Quadrangle to show support for those impacted by the Virginia Tech tragedy.

Photo by Joe AngelesDavid Kloeckener, a Cherokee from St. Louis, and Chris Knoxsah of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas, join the first grand entrance of the 17th annual Pow Wow at the Athletic Complex April 14. The Pow Wow, sponsored by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, various University departments and groups from around St. Louis, was a festival of dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food.

Photo by Tim ParkerOccupational therapy students discuss staying active with older adults at the Jewish Community Center.

Roberto Civitelli, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $50,000 Bridge Grant from The Endocrine Society. … Rajalaxmi Natarajan, Ph.D., research associate in genetics, has received a two-year, $40,000 grant from the Children’s Discovery Institute for research titled “Identifying Interactors of Sanpodo Essential for Notch-Mediated Asymmetric Divisions in Drosophila Nervous System.” … Todd Druley, M.D., clinical fellow, has received a two-year, $40,000 grant from the Children’s Discovery Institute for research titled “Genomic Analysis of p53 Hypermutability in High-Grade Pediatric Astrocytoma.”

Seventy-five presentations — more than double the number from last semester — make up the spring 2007 Undergraduate Research Symposium, billed as the “biggest and best yet,” April 28 in the Athletic Complex.

A pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the School of Medicine has shown early success in correcting a congenital foot defect with minimal surgery.

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Photo by David KilperBiblical scholar Pamela Barmash leads Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ph.D., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, will deliver the keynote address for the 12th annual Chancellor’s Fellowship Conference at 2 p.m. April 26 in Graham Chapel.

Yoel Sadovsky, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named president-elect of the Perinatal Research Society. The international society fosters scientific interchange and collaboration among established investigators whose research interests are in the area of perinatal-neonatal medicine and developmental biology.