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| | WUSTL plays key role in Phoenix Mars Mission  Since a stunningly successful landing of NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission Lander May 25, mission researchers centered at the University of Arizona have rolled up their sleeves and commanded the lander to find soil and ice samples and are taking and analyzing pictures from the Red Planet's frigid northern hemisphere.
Matthews urges graduates to grab hold of place in history Be a person of your times but also of your country, said Chris Matthews to the Class of 2008 during the 147th Commencement ceremony. Personalized therapy for asthma, lung disease could soon be here School of Medicine researchers have defined a new type of immune response that is activated in patients with severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Their discovery could dramatically improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic inflammatory lung disease.
National champs! The men's tennis team captured its first NCAA Division III National Championship with a 5-3 victory over Emory University May 15 in Lewiston, Maine — WUSTL's third national title in less than a year. Search committee expanded for Arts & Sciences' dean In the University's ongoing effort to strengthen inclusiveness, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has expanded the Advisory Committee on the Appointment of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Architecture students win JP Morgan Chase Community Development Competition A design proposal by 10 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has won the 2008 JP Morgan Chase Community Development Competition. The first-place award of $25,000 will provide seed money for renovation of the Franz Building in New Orleans, which is scheduled to begin later this year. Engineering undergraduates study in China this summer Ruth Chen, Ph.D., research associate in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, and Jay R. Turner, Ph.D., associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, are leading an international exchange program for the department this summer to Beijing. Gateway Festival Orchestra to perform throughout July The Gateway Festival Orchestra begins its 45th season of free Sunday-evening performances July 6 with a program of American music designed to celebrate the Independence Day weekend. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Brookings Quadrangle. Elsie Parker and The Poor People of Paris launches Jazz at Holmes series Elsie Parker and The Poor People of Paris will launch the summer Jazz at Holmes series with a free performance at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 12. The series features relaxed, coffeehouse-style concerts with professional jazz musicians from around St. Louis and abroad most Thursday evenings throughout the summer. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption | |
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