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The popular Travel Lecture Film Series, brought to campus each year courtesy of the Washington University Alumni Association, returns this season with eight travelogues that cover the world. The films are marked by gorgeous scenery and great storytelling, created by some of the most esteemed artists in the industry.

Courtesy PhotoAt its annual meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in June 2006, the Society for Economic Botany honored Memory Elvin-Lewis, Ph.D., and Walter H. Lewis, Ph.D., “in recognition of outstanding achievement, research and service to the field of economic botany.” This was the first time that two scientists have been simultaneously honored.

School of Medicine researchers found that volunteers’ brains produced electrical responses to erotic images that were stronger than those elicited by other material viewed.

A brain region that focuses on vision also receives signals that may help configure the operation of the brain, School of Medicine researchers found.

St. Louis area high school biology teachers accepted to the program can earn a master’s degree at no cost.

Mass excavation of the Central Underground Parking Garage is 80 percent complete.

In his book, the three-term former Republican senator from Missouri and ordained Episcopal priest calls for moderation and tolerance in religious and political life, and a return to the separation of church and state.

There will be 30 different meetings to ensure eligible faculty and staff thoroughly understand the plans.

The program includes several of his most popular chamber works, including “Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40”; “Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57”; and two scenes from the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

Photo by David Kilper