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The title of her talk is “Bad Luck and Sadness Genes in Depression”; it begins at 9 a.m. April 6 in Clopton Auditorium.

A powwow, traditional cuisine and crafts are among the highlights; the theme is “Bringing Nations Together Through Education, Community and Culture.”

In 1871, Calvin Woodward, one of the developers of the Manual Training School, asked his applied mechanics students to build some models for the class. He was shocked when they turned him down because they didn’t know how to use the appropriate tools. So Woodward asked Noah Dean, the University carpenter and mechanic, to outfit […]

U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will present a talk on poetry at 8 p.m. April 6 and will read from her work at 8 p.m. April 8 as part of the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English, both in Arts & Sciences. Both events are free and […]

She taught in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work for more than 30 years and also was an alumna of the school.

He was a medical technician in the pathology department and a teacher in the School of Medicine from 1934-1941.

As part of the recognition of the Sesquicentennial, a statue of the University’s namesake will be placed adjacent to Olin Library.

Photo by David KilperResearcher Christine Floss checks the sample chamber of the NanoSIMS instrument on the fourth floor of Compton Hall.Christine Floss says the organic material probably was formed in molecular clouds in the interstellar medium before the formation of the solar system.

The Bear Necessities store in Wohl Student Center is having a sale of 25 percent to 75 percent off on select WUSTL apparel, including T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and pants. The sale will continue while supplies last. Bear Necessities is operated by The Women’s Society of Washington University. For more information, call 935-5071.

This feature will be included in each 2003-04 issue of the Record in observance of Washington University’s 150th anniversary.