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Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - see the full calendar Friday, April 4 • Vision Science Seminar Series. "Development of the Mouse Eye: Induction, Morphogenesis and Anti-Angiogenesis" Saturday, April 5 • American Indian Awareness Week Pow Wow Wednesday, April 9 • Kemper Art Museum Gallery Talk — "Willem de Kooning's Saturday Night (1956)" 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 Truman Scholar Junior Kelley Greenman (right) is all smiles upon learning from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton that she has just been awarded a 2008 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. MSNBC's Chris Matthews to deliver University's Commencement address Television news personality Chris Matthews has been selected to give the 2008 Commencement address, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. 19 graduate, professional programs in U.S. News' top 10 Nineteen WUSTL schools, academic areas and departments at the graduate and professional levels currently hold top 10 rankings in U.S. News & World Report's rankings of graduate and professional programs, which were released Friday, March 28. All's fair in tug of war The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts hosted a student vs. faculty tug of war March 21 on the south lawn of Bixby Hall. Clinical depression raises risk of death for heart attack patients School of Medicine researchers found that depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death for years following a heart attack. WUSTL researcher finds evidence of earliest transport use of donkeys An international group of researchers, led by Fiona Marshall, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously thought. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Nearly 100 scholars from 70 institutions in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and across the United States gathered March 14 - 15 at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. Engineering students (from left) Alisa Ma, Eriane (E.J.) Adams, Sherrie Fowler (standing), Josh Kuperman and team captain Jonathan Bingham work on the model they built in the WUSTL earthquake engineering lab prior to competing at a seismic design competition in New Orleans. Announcements Volunteers sought for Oct. 2 vice presidential debate WUSTL community members wishing to volunteer to help support the vice presidential debate at the University Oct. 2 can apply beginning April 14. Washington People Back to nature Sherry Teefey, M.D., professor of radiology, enjoys both her professional time with patients and colleagues and personal time spent not only hiking in mountain ranges around the world but also in medical education efforts in countries in Africa, Asia and South America. Sports Track and Field sets sights on NCAAs More Headlines Mellon Foundation to help endow interdisciplinary fellowships Eliot Trio to perform piano works by Lalo, Schubert Glen Bowersock to give Biggs Lecture April 10 Schweich to serve as Ambassador-in-Residence International Festival opens April 10 University switches to 'green' products Italian film festival presents six films beginning April 4 Slovenian, American poets team up for reading series Freshman Reading Program book chosen Washington University Code of Conduct