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University students are doing their part to help beautify the U. City area as they have adorned the community with various public art projects.

Men’s tennis extends win streak to 16 The No. 8 men’s tennis team went 3-0 at home to extend its home winning streak to 16 matches. Senior Ari Rosenthal notched his 39th and 40th win of the season to lead the Bears to a 6-1 victory over Lindenwood University April 11. WUSTL followed that with […]

Connie Diekman, director of University nutrition, has been named president-elect of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). “The honor of being chosen by my peers to serve the association is tremendous,” Diekman said. “The privilege of having the opportunity to lead the 65,000-member organization is overwhelming, exciting and rewarding. I’m eager to share with the organization the skills I’ve developed as a member of ADA to achieve our mission of ‘Leading the Future of Dietetics.'”

The Washington University Chamber Choir and the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will present the 2005 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 30, in Graham Chapel. The concert will honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) with a performance of the composer’s popular Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339, for chorus and orchestra. Also on the program are the Russian Easter Festival Overture by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844—1908); and Symphony No. 2 (“The Romantic”) by Howard Hanson (1896-1981).

Max PucciarielloGiuseppe ScoteseRenowned Italian pianist Giuseppe Scotese will present a piano recital featuring the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) at 8 p.m. Monday, May 1, in Graham Chapel. The program will juxtapose parallel works by Bach and Busoni, the latter of whom is probably best known for his grand transcriptions of Bach’s organ music for the modern piano. (Vladimir Horowitz and other great 20th century pianists regularly included Busoni’s transcriptions in their concert repertoire.)

“Incorporating more frequent classroom testing into a course may improve students’ learning and promote retention of material long after a course has ended,” Roddy Roediger says.

Photo by Joe AngelesChancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth assist in the planting of a Valley Forge Elm in Brookings Quadrangle marking Earth Day.

The Salmonella riboswitch is the first to sense and respond to a metal ion, expanding the types of molecules that riboswitches can detect to help cells assess and react to their environment.

More than 120,000 people from the St. Louis area are expected to attend the annual Thurtene Carnival from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on the North Brookings parking lot April 22-23. This year’s theme is “Let Your Imagination Ride.” Already the oldest and largest student-run carnival in the nation, this year it aims to be better for the environment as well.

YamaguchiWashington University orthopaedic surgeon Ken Yamaguchi, M.D., has been elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). He will serve the academy as member-at-large.