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Michele Johnson and Tara Sinclair were honored April 14 at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Softball team wins 22nd-straight game The top-ranked softball team tied a school record by winning its 22nd-straight game with six wins last week. The Bears swept a doubleheader, 8-0 and 10-2, at Greenville College on April 15, then posted four wins at the Illinois Wesleyan University Invitational. On April 16, WUSTL posted a school-record 22nd […]

The HR office is holding discussions on benefit plans such as Health Care Flex Spending, Term Life Insurance and Tuition Assistance.

He was appointed as a visiting professor at the University in 1972 and became a regular member of the Department of Philosophy in 1973.

The Washington University Symphony Orchestra and the Washington University Chamber Choir will present the 2005 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in Graham Chapel. The program, which includes works by Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn and Ottorino Respighi, will highlight two recently acquired instruments — a new harp and a new grand piano — as well as Graham Chapel’s newly restored Roland Quest organ.

The North Brookings Hall is locked as a precaution against further unauthorized occupation by students or others.

From traditional foods to lively entertainment, international students at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will offer a taste of their homelands at the 11th annual International Festival 5-9:30 p.m. April 22 in Brown Hall. The event will begin with an international banquet and art exhibition from 5-7:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge. This year’s theme is “Crossroads: Celebrating One World.” The entertainment, which includes dance, song and poetry from numerous countries, will start at 7:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Room 100. All events are free and open to the public.

Eric WoolseyChristena Doggrell in “Six Seconds in Charlack”For St. Louis commuters, the small inner-ring suburb of Charlack, Mo., passes in the blink of an eye, its borders marked by a pair of signs set only a few hundred yards apart along I-170. Yet as Brian Golden’s Six Seconds in Charlack reminds us, sometimes an instant is enough to change a life. The drama — winner of Washington University’s 2004 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition — will be presented by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences April 28 to May 1.

We have received calls from media asking if there is a meeting between Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and SWA students at 3 p.m. today. In case you have received this erroneous information, this is to confirm that there is no meeting at 3 p.m.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton talked briefly with the SWA students this morning (Wednesday) to reiterate that he is prepared to meet with them after they discontinue their sit-in at South Brookings Hall and the Brookings Quadrangle — as previously agreed.