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Three teak commemorative benches were designed by world-renowned architects to honor architecture Dean Cynthia Weese.

HutchingsIt’s going to be another tough year for grads looking for that perfect job they hope their newly minted degrees will help them nab. Though the war in Iraq could impact hiring, the outlook is still pretty good for business school grads, says Gregory Hutchings, associate dean and executive director of the Weston Career Resources Center (WCRC) at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Accounting, financial services, and healthcare are a few of the industries where Hutchings sees “pockets of opportunity.”

Dean H. Kropp died Friday, April 11, 2003, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital after a three-year battle with leukemia. He was 57.

Thurtene Carnival April 12-13 included student performances, rides and other attractions that helped raise money for Friends of Kids With Cancer.

University physicians are testing an investigational treatment for cervical disc disease that involves replacing a diseased spinal disc in the neck with an artificial one.

The Danforth scholarship went to Thomas William Schmidt; Laurel Griggs and Jessica Long won Women’s Leadership Awards.

Phillip I. Tarr comes to the medical school from the University of Washington and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle.

The first phase of construction will begin westbound on Forest Park Parkway between Big Bend Boulevard and Ritz-Carlton Drive; this section of the parkway will be completely closed.