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Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - see the full calendar Friday, March 7 • Computer Science & Engineering Colloquium Tuesday, March 18 • I-CARES Seminar Series Thursday, March 20 • History Colloquium — "Crossing the (Indian) Color Line: A Family Memoir" 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 Radiology center puts research scanners in the heart of a hospital When constructing the 9,000-square-foot Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology's Center for Clinical Imaging Research inside of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, crews had to lift a massive piece of imaging equipment up to the 10th floor from the outside using a crane. Students volunteer during spring break Ahh … spring break. A time for relaxation, rejuvenation and fun. Or, for many WUSTL students, a time for hard work, reflection and a greater sense of purpose. Hundreds of students will spend the break, March 10-16, on service trips in places as far away as Buenos Aires, Argentina and as close as downtown St. Louis. Practicing information retrieval is key to memory retention Learning something once — like the fact that berg means mountain in German — and studying it over and over again may do little to help you remember it in the future. The key to future recall, suggests a new study from Washington University, is how often over time you actively practice retrieving that information from memory. New professorships in Arts & Sciences, architecture Stephen D. Williamson, Ph.D., has been named the Robert S. Brookings Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences. Robert McCarter has been installed as the Ruth & Norman Moore Professor of Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Neureuther student book collection competition seeks entrants University students who have a passion for collecting books can compete for prizes of $1,000 or $500 by entering the 21st annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. Sam Fox School to host symposium on 'Blackness' March 6 The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will host a daylong symposium on "Architecture, Art and the Experience of Blackness" Thursday, March 6, in Steinberg Auditorium. The symposium will bring together more than a dozen speakers whose creative and scholarly works intersect with issues of race and identity. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Michael Peil, J.D., assistant dean for international programs and executive director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, looks on as leaders from various international universities sign partnership documents officially launching the School of Law's groundbreaking Transnational Law Program. Justen Yao, 14, puts on a table tennis exhibition during Eliot Society Family Night at the women's basketball game Feb. 22. Announcements Record on spring break The print Record will not be published next week due to spring break. Any late-breaking news of importance to the WUSTL community will appear in the eRecord Monday, March 10. WUSTL offers spring break vehicle storage Students or employees who do not currently hold an annual parking permit but wish to store their vehicles on campus during spring break may do so after obtaining a placard from Parking Services. Individuals must go to the Parking Services office, located at North Campus, during regular business hours to fill out an emergency contact form and receive a complimentary parking placard to display on the vehicle dashboard. Washington People A fresh look at the past Peter J. Kastor, Ph.D., associate professor of history and of American culture studies, both in Arts & Sciences. He's been known to launch a lecture with the "Davy Crockett" theme song, tap academic potential in students before they realize it in themselves and convert physics majors to scholars of the American frontier. Sports Men's basketball gets Wooster in opener More Headlines Assembly Series to tackle pulsars, poetry Law students win Jessup super-regional, advance University earns 'A' in campus safety report Access to Olin Library to require WUSTL ID after 9 p.m. Art and science of brain function focus of dialogue with Aschheim Center for the Humanities announces Faculty Fellows Recruitment Web site unveiled Witaya Lecture Series continues March 20