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The award is considered one of the most prestigious honors in literature — on a level with the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

One of Washington University’s most dedicated alumni volunteers, Marie Prange Oetting, was awarded the William Greenleaf Eliot Society “Search” Award at the Society’s 36th annual dinner, held on April 30 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Clayton.

From the 2000 debate at WUSTL, then Gov. Bush answers a question while V.P. Gore looks on.Washington University is one of 14 sites around the country being considered to host one of the fall 2004 presidential debates, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates.

More than two-dozen scholars and veterans from around the country will remember the United States’ so-called “forgotten war” with “The Coldest War in the Cold War: The Blood and Politics of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953.” The three-day conference, which takes place May 8-10, is sponsored by Washington University’s International Writers Center (IWC) in Arts & Sciences, in conjunction with the Missouri Historical Society. Events will include lectures, film screenings and panel discussions on such topics as the origins and impact of the war, the experience of minority soldiers and the larger framework of the Cold War in America.

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day April 24 brought more than 100 8- to 12-year-old children to the University.

The University is one of 14 locations being considered; this is the fourth consecutive time the University has been listed as a potential site.

Picturing our Past

Christine Yeh updates Brian K. Dieckgraefe on her research project.Funded by a consortium of pharmaceutical firms, 11 medical school residents have received grants to conduct basic and clinical research.

University administrators and health-care professionals want the University community to be knowledgeable and aware about the disease.

Voices of Collective Remembering: A goal of this book is to review various understandings of the term collective memory to bring some coherence to the discussion.