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Adeetee Bhide, a senior majoring in biology in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Scholarship. Each year, only 14 Churchill Scholars are selected from among 103 American colleges and universities. Bhide also is just the second WUSTL student to have ever won a Churchill.

To help runners reach their potential, the Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine has launched a running clinic to diagnose movement problems and promote the most efficient running mechanics for each runner.

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is among the most celebrated Irish poets of her generation and arguably the foremost female poet today writing in Ireland and Great Britain. Next week, Ní Chuilleanáin, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Department of English in Arts & Sciences, will present two events as part of The Writing Program’s spring Reading Series 

The New York Times
 Books from Jefferson’s library turn up after more than a century
 02/22/2011 A literary detective story that began 18 months ago and was advanced through a chance reading of an 1880 edition of The Harvard Register has led researchers to a trove of books that were among the last ones collected […]

Junior Chris Dorst orders lunch from WUSTL Dining Services employee Kenya Dampier at a new campus dining location, Stanley’s in Lopata Gallery, on the eatery’s opening day, Feb. 14. Stanley’s — which is located in Stanley and Lucy Lopata Hall — features table and lounge seating and computer stations.

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation and Washington University in St. Louis announced the discovery by Monticello scholars that a collection of books, long held in the libraries at WUSTL, originally were part of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library.

Students who have a passion for collecting books can compete for prizes of $1,000 or $500 by entering the 24th annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. Sponsored by Washington University Libraries, the Neureuther competition offers prizes to four students who write short essays about their personal book collections.

Rafael Moneo is arguably the most celebrated Spanish architect working today, known for innovative modern buildings that deftly navigate even the most challenging urban sites while preserving and respecting the existing environments. At 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, Moneo will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ spring Public Lecture Series. 

Praised as “one of the finest players of his generation” by the Moscow’s Kommersant Daily, Scottish pianist Kenneth Hamilton is renowned for his spectacular performances of Romantic music, particularly the work of Franz Liszt (1811-86). On Feb. 26, Hamilton will mark the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth with a solo piano recital titled “Liszt and His Contemporaries: A Pianistic Panorama” and take part in a free symposium organized by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences. 

NBC TODAY Show Thomas Jefferson books discovered 2/21/2011 Ann Lucas from the International Center for Jefferson Studies and Shirley Baker, Washington University Dean of Libraries, talk about the discovery of 74 books belonging to Thomas Jefferson. These books, held at the university’s libraries for 131 years, have been confirmed by Monticello scholars as having belonged […]