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KlarmannCosmic-ray astrophysicist Joseph Klarmann, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, at St. Mary’s Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., of complications from a bicycle accident in Forest Park last September. He was 78.

Researchers at the Genome Sequencing Center at the School of Medicine were major contributors to the monkey’s genome, made publicly available this month.

What you know, but don’t know you know, affects you more than you know, suggests Larry Jacoby, Ph.D., professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences. “Memory plays a very powerful role in how we see and interpret the world, even in situations where we are completely unaware of the events that gave rise to these […]

Subsequent speakers for the Monday-night series include Ben van Berkel, Inaki Abalos, Rainer Mahlamäki, William Valentine and Marcelo Ferraz.

A highlight of the event will be a rare performance of the complicated Herzgewächse by students and faculty in the Department of Music.

She’s a professor of Romance languages & literatures and of comparative literature; other speakers are Peter Kastor, Martha Sandweiss, Erin McGlothlin & Mariët Westermann.

He’s been described by CBC Radio as “one of the leading Baroque oboists in North America whose fine instruments are played around the world.”

Police and transportation staff will check tire pressure, fluid levels, wipers, headlights and taillights; local businesses have donated windshield-washer fluid and oil.

“It is vitally important to the entire St. Louis region that we support the learning of science and mathematics in our school districts,” says education Chair William Tate.

A group of 994 students involved with New Student Orientation now officially holds the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people to play Simon Says.