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Joseph T. Strong, a research engineer in the Genome Sequencing Center at the School of Medicine, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006.

The Snow Way Garage Phase II parking facility is now open. The extension adds 327 new parking spaces to Snow Way Garage.

Photo by Tim ParkerPete and Jenny Ferrill of Danville, Ill., hold Kieran, one of their quintuplets born Dec. 21 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and talk with Michael Paul, M.D., the physician who delivered the quints.The “Ferrill Five” quintuplets born in December were the first quints to be delivered through the Washington University Center for Multiple Births.

William Lawrence Bolles, a former visiting professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006.

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the University’s debt rating to Aaa from Aa1 and assigned an Aaa rating to the Series 2007 A and B fixed-rate bonds to be issued through the Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority. The Aaa rating is the highest level offered by Moody’s.

Henry Schaerf, Ph.D., associate professor emeritus of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, in Seattle.

The University’s updated Web site recently went online, replacing the previous design that had been used for about three years. Visit the page at wustl.edu.

The policy, recently reviewed by the University Council and formally adopted by the Board of Trustees, is the result of a consensus-building process that started last spring.

WUSTL has received an Award of Excellence from the Health Improvement Institute for the merger of its multiple Institutional Review Boards.

Fuel-efficient technologies and vehicles from General Motors Corp. will be discussed in a program from 3-5 p.m. Jan. 25 in Whitaker Hall. Following the program, vehicles will be available for test drives.