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Created by Cindy Cooper and directed by Joan Lipkin, the presentation describes the real-life effects of policies.

Photo by Robert BostonGuests socialize during the Sept. 16 opening celebration of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center on the Medical Campus.

Rock evidence indicated to WUSTL scientists that water froze and melted there at some point in Martian history.

There is no Campus Watch for this issue of the Record.

Volleyball team claims Teri Clemens crown The No. 1 volleyball team defeated three more highly ranked teams en route to winning the third annual Teri Clemens Invitational. The Bears knocked off No. 13 Trinity University, 3-1, and followed with a come-from-behind 3-2 win against No. 8 University of La Verne to claim the tournament title […]

The four lectures — free and open to the public — in October surround the theme “Understanding the Heavens.”

Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin School of Business will get a Ding September 30 — and that’s good news. A Ding is part of a set of ceremonial bronze vessels, which historically came in a variety of shapes and were used for carrying food and wine. The Ding that the Olin School of Business will receive is five feet tall, four feet in diameter, and weighs 1500 pounds. The gift is a reproduction of the Da Ke Ding from King Xiao’s reign in the 10th Century B.C., which resides in the Shanghai Museum. The EMBA-Shanghai alumni are donating the Ding as a symbol of the strong ties they have to Washington University. The dedication takes place at 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 in the Knight Center courtyard on the Washington University Hilltop campus.

ByrnesChristopher I. Byrnes, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and the Edward H. and Florence G. Skinner Professor in Systems Science and Mathematics, has announced his intention to retire as dean after 15 years in the position, effective June 30, 2006, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform Franz Schubert’s famous “Unfinished” Symphony — the most mysterious and the most forward-looking of the composer’s works — as part of its fall 2005 concert. The performance is free and open to the public and begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, in the university’s Graham Chapel.

MilbrandtJeffrey Milbrandt, M.D., Ph.D, professor of pathology and immunology, internal medicine and of neurology, will become the first David Clayson Professor of Neurology on Sept. 22.