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The following incidents were reported to University Police Feb. 28-March 7. 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. Feb. 28 9:53 a.m. — A […]

A study found no new cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy & confirmed the 3 previously identified cases of PML associated with use of the drug.

The Record will not be published next week due to spring break. Look for our next issue March 24.

He played a key role in the development of the Washington University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; he died Feb. 12 after a brief illness.

Photo by Robert BostonThese pieces of art are part of the Student, Faculty and Staff Art Show at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center through March 15.An exhibit on the Medical Campus features paintings, photographs, sculptures and 3-D pieces done by students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Jane Quinn will speak March 15 and the movie will be shown March 23; both events are in Brown Hall Lounge and are free and open to the public.

Phil KnottDoug Varone and DancersEight-time Bessie Award-winner Doug Varone is among the most acclaimed choreographers of his generation, known for creating works of extraordinary physical daring and vivid musicality. This spring, Varone will bring his celebrated company, Doug Varone and Dancers, to Washington University’s Edison Theatre for a trio of performance co-sponsored by Dance St. Louis.

Photo by David KilperFrank J. Stadermann displays the laboratory’s most recent acquisition for analysis — a cometary dust particle from that mission.The Laboratory for Space Sciences is among the first in the world to receive samples from a NASA mission — microscopic specks of cometary and interstellar dust.

“I suppose you could say I went into art history because it combined my passions for art and travel,” quips Elizabeth Childs, Ph.D., associate professor of art history & archaeology in Arts & Sciences. Indeed, travel does emerge as a kind of unifying theme in Childs’ life and work. Born into an academic family, she […]

PeipertJeffrey F. Peipert, M.D., has become vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine. The appointment was announced by George A. Macones, M.D., the Mitchell and Elaine Yanow Professor and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.