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Duesing sets mark in win vs. Rhodes Junior wide receiver Brad Duesing set a University record for career receptions and receiving yards as the Bears recorded a 28-21 win at Rhodes College Oct. 2. Duesing finished the game with six catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns as he eclipsed Cory Snyder’s reception record (170) […]

Mezzo soprano Mary Ann Hart and pianist Dennis Helmrich will present Washington University’s annual Liederabend at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10. Literally translated as “evening of song,” Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers. The program will include lieder by Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvorák, Edvard Grieg, Charles Ives, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 1-5. 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. Oct. 1 12:25 a.m. — A person […]

Orlow did his undergraduate work at Columbia University and spent two years in Israel studying in a yeshiva.

Photo by Joe AngelesBeata Grant receives a Distinguished Faculty Award from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton at the Founders Day event Oct. 2.

“Never imagine problems before they happen,” advises Ming You, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Chemoprevention Program at the Siteman Cancer Center. “Just start in, deal with problems as they come and many times they will be much simpler to solve than you thought.” His pragmatic philosophy may explain how You rapidly rose from a turbulent […]

Photo by David KilperRonald B. DeMattoes and David M. Holtzman examine brain tissues of mice with Alzheimers-like plaques.14,000 square feet in the McMillan and Irene Walter Johnson buildings are being renovated for the Neuroclinical Research Unit.

The Center for Social Development (CSD), part of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, will mark its 10th year as an innovative academic research and policy center with a weeklong series of events beginning Oct. 11 in Brown Lounge. “Ten years goes by very quickly,” said Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., center director and the […]

General asthma rates have been steadily rising, but the most dramatic increases have occurred among urban youth.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Faludi will give an Assembly Series lecture titled “Gender Roles: A Generation of Change” at 11 a.m. Oct. 13 in Graham Chapel. The lecture, also the keynote address of the 30th annual Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Conference, will be followed by a panel discussion from 2-4 p.m. in the […]