SearchPast Issues April 12, 2007

Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - See the full calendar Thursday, April 12 • School of Law Panel Disucussion Friday, April 13 • Architecture Lecture Series • Poetry and Dance Presentation • The Writing Program Reading Series • Washington University Concert Choir Thursday, April 19 • Skandalaris Center IdeaBounce Event Campus Calendars - Academic calendar - Assembly Series - Graduate Professional Council calendar - Schools' calendars - Spark student calendar - University calendar The Record, a twice-weekly electronic newspaper for Washington University faculty, staff and students, is the official source for news and information of vital importance to all members of the campus community. Click below to contact us about: - Record staff - Comments, story ideas - Technical web/email issues - To subscribe - To unsubscribe International flair Ingyu Moon, first-year student at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, blasts through boards as part of a tae kwon do demonstration at the 13th annual International Festival March 31 in Room 300 of the Lab Sciences Building. International university presidents gather at WUSTL For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 13 premier universities from Asia and the Middle East will gather at WUSTL May 4-7 to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns. China's earliest human puts 'out of Africa' theory to test Researchers at WUSTL and in Beijing studying a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China have determined that the "out of Africa" dispersal of modern humans may not have been as simple as once thought. Blacks not playing baseball is a matter of choice, Early says As Major League Baseball prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary on April 15 of Jackie Robinson's breaking of the "color barrier," Gerald L. Early, Ph.D., professor of English, of African & African American studies and of American culture studies, all in Arts & Sciences, publishes a column that argues: "Black Americans don't play baseball because they don't want to." Crews to begin work on Kingshighway interchange The "New I-64" construction will come close to home as contractors prepare to pave temporary traffic lanes and install temporary signals on Kingshighway Boulevard. Business students offer Warren Buffett advice The chance to talk business with Warren Buffett is a dream for many. That dream became reality for 54 MBA students at the John M. Olin School of Business who traveled to Omaha, Neb. for just such a visit with the investment genius. WUSTL's Bouchet Society chapter inducts three inaugural members The University has been selected to become a chapter member of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Two graduate students and a post-doctoral research associate became the first inductees into the WUSTL chapter. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Jon Dumpys, vicar, and Brittany Kosloski, administrator, both with Lutheran Campus Ministry, look over the organization's display at "Faces of Hope" April 5 in the Ann W. Olin Women's Building Formal Lounge. Michael Lamberta, a junior biology major in Arts & Sciences, pins a ribbon on George Lai, a junior medical anthropology major in Arts & Sciences, during White Ribbon Day April 5 in Mallinckrodt Student Center. Announcements Thurtene Carnival to occupy Parking Lot 4 To accomodate Thurtene Carnival, the parking lot located northeast of Brookings Hall (Lot 4) will be partially closed through April 23. There will be some parking available in sections of the lot, but parkers may need to find other locations. Staff Day Web site launched Staff Day is May 21. The Web site contains agendas, activity lists, and event maps, as well as activity registration forms and lunch ticket RSVPs. I-64/US40 construction updated on Web The University has added a link to its Web page for easy access to the latest information on the Interstate 64/Highway 40 construction project. Sports Coach Lessmann wins 1,300th game More Headlines Wired magazine cites WUSTL's Science on Tap Math students garner honorable mention in Putnam competition