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Thursday, Feb. 8
Chemistry Seminar Series
The Writing Program Reading Series

Friday, Feb. 9
Computer Science & Engineering Seminar

Sunday, Feb. 11
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Concert

Monday, Feb. 12
Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center Seminar

Tuesday, Feb. 13
Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium


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Waterless rowing


An enthusiastic crowd urges on Arts & Sciences sophomore Jake Galgon (center) at the St. Louis Indoor Rowing Championships Feb. 3 in Francis Gym. Washington University Crew and the St. Louis Rowing Club host the annual competition, which has averaged more than 100 participants a year for 12 years.

Drivers with dementia is topic of health providers workshop

School of Medicine researchers have developed a three-hour workshop that trains health-care providers to identify potentially unsafe drivers with dementia.

Post-Berlin-Wall art featured at Kemper

The installation, on view Feb. 9-April 29, is the first thematic museum exhibition to examine how contemporary artists have dealt with the ramifications of German unification.

Olin Cup business competition awards $90,000

Three early stage companies received commitments for funding and mentoring support at the annual Olin Cup Awards Ceremony Feb. 1. The top prize of $50,000 went to medical device company Neurolife. Two other companies received $20,000 in funding: Senetric, a company that developed software to reduce the cost of Radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensor networks; and Smart DNA Solutions, a company that offers affordable genetic testing. The $5,000 student award went to Peter Braxton of Neurolife.

A.G. Edwards gift expands entrepreneurial programs

A.G. Edwards Inc., the St. Louis-based national investment firm, will establish the A.G. Edwards Visiting Professorship in Entrepreneurship.

Potential smart materials studied

Two WUSTL researchers are part of a team that hopes to someday develop smart materials called biomimetics that mimic nature.

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Alejandra Ponce de Leon (left) and Senayt Rahwa act out a scene in the Black Anthology production of "Refrain: A Cautionary Tale" Feb 2-3 at Edison Theatre.

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Shanti Nagarkatti (left), Valerie Toothman and her husband Josh Toothman, all students in the John M. Olin School of Business, share snacks at the Super Advertising Bowl Feb. 4 in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center.



Announcements


Throop Drive parking restricted

There is no parking on Throop Drive at Bryan Hall until further notice. Crews are inspecting a fifth floor overhang.

Smoking-cessation program offered to eligible faculty, staff

The program offers a step-by-step plan for quitting and does not use force or scare tactics.
Sports

Men's tennis defeats Division I Dayton, 5-4

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