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The following incidents were reported to University Police March 28-April 4. 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. Crime Alert On March 28, University […]

A mandible from a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China and being studied by Erik Trinkaus Ph.D., the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences.Researchers at WUSTL and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing have been studying a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China and have determined that the “out of Africa” dispersal of modern humans may not have been as simple as once thought.

Fiction writers Elizabeth Graver and Edward Schwarzschild, both alumni of Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from their work at 8 p.m. Friday, April 13. Graver (MFA ’90) is the author of a short story collection, Have You Seen Me? (1991), and three novels: The Honey Thief (1999), Unravelling (1999) and Awake (2004). Schwarzschild (Ph.D. ’94, MA ’89) is author of the novel Responsible Men (2005).

The Washington University Concert Choir will perform music based on Old Testament texts at 8 p.m. Friday, April 13, in Graham Chapel. John Stewart, director of vocal activities, directs the program, which will include the music of William Byrd, Josquin Despres, Johannes Brahms and Randall Thompson.

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 at Washington University. Gates, also director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard, will talk on “African Americans and Documentary Film.”

Lisa KohlerCharles MacKayCharles MacKay, general director of Opera Theatre of St Louis, will speak on “The Next Four Hundred Years of Opera” for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences. MacKay has led Opera Theatre for more than 20 years, during which time the company has won national and international acclaim for its innovative repertory and discovery of important young singers.

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced Monday that it has received proposals from 19 potential 2008 debate sites, including Washington University in St. Louis. The CPD will conduct site surveys during the next several months and plans to announce the final sites in October.

The University has added a link to its Web page for easy access to the latest information on the Interstate 64/Highway 40 construction project.

Arts & Sciences juniors A.J. Singletary and Paul Moinester have been awarded 2007 Harry S. Truman scholarships. Open to juniors interested in public-service careers, the scholarships provide $30,000 toward graduate study. Truman awarded 65 scholarships this year, selecting from among 585 candidates nominated by 280 colleges and universities. Washington University is one of only eight colleges to have more than one student selected for 2007.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 21-28. 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 25 9:29 a.m. — A student reported that on between 2:30-6:30 p.m. March 24, an unknown person(s) took his Roadmaster silver mountain bike which was secured with a University issued Krytponite lock to the bike-rack located on the south side of Anheuser-Busch Hall. A search of the area by the student met with negative results. No suspects or witnesses could be located. Total loss is estimated at $200. 12:57 p.m. — A student reported that while playing basketball between 5-6:30 p.m. March 24 in the Swamp area, an unknown person(s) took his black leather wallet and cell phone which had been laying unattended nearby. Total loss is estimated at $280. March 26 8:29 a.m. — A person reported that between 7:30 a.m. March 24 and 8:28 a.m. March 26 an unknown person(s) took an overhead projector located in Simon Hall, Room 104, from an unsecured cabinet. No suspects or witnesses could be located. Total loss is estimated at $400. University Police also responded to one report each of lost article, trespassing, investigation and larceny.