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Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - see the full calendar Friday, April 24 • Dept. of Music Lecture Series — "Alfred Schnittke & the Late Twentieth-Century Culture of Collage: A Preliminary Geneology of Polystylism" Saturday, April 25 • Washington University Frontiers in Technology and Science Conference Monday, April 27 • Siteman Cancer Center Seminar — "Breast Cancer in Elderly Women?" Campus Calendars - Academic calendar - Assembly Series - Graduate Professional Council calendar - Schools' calendars - 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 Brookings Institution and WUSTL form academic partnership The Brookings Institution and Washington University will begin offering joint programs, including internships, lectures and other educational activities, the institutions announced April 21. The Olin Business School also will lead management of Brookings' executive education activities, effective July 1. Strobe Talbott (left), president of the Brookings Institution, meets with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton in Washington, D.C., the day the new partnership was announced. New pump effectively backs up failing hearts Patients with severe heart failure can be bridged to eventual transplant by a new, smaller and lighter implantable heart pump. A joyful occasion The mood was festive outside the William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center April 17 following the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the building's dedication. Three elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Three WUSTL professors have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are: Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences; James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences and director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy; and Wayne Yokoyama, M.D., the Sam J. Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Chair for Research on Arthritis, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Arthritis and Related Disorders. Symposium to highlight undergraduate research The spring Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in the Laboratory Sciences Building. Expected to feature more than 140 student presentations, the symposium allows undergraduates to showcase their research projects through posters and visual and oral presentations. Last chance The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum exhibit "Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future," the first retrospective to explore the complete career of the acclaimed Finnish-American architect of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, closes its St. Louis run Monday, April 27. During move-out, donate extra items to 'Share Our Stuff' To reduce waste and share goods typically thrown away during campus and off-campus move-out with people in need, WUSTL campus groups are organizing "Share Our Stuff" drop-offs on and off campus this spring and summer to benefit Operation Food Search, the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Lydia's House. Sign it right here, please Swimmer Alex Beyer is happy to oblige a fan with his autograph, as were members of the men's basketball team assembled April 15 in the Field House to celebrate their respective national crowns. Sustainability efforts helped by redistributing unused food Donating unused food is one way WUSTL tries to "reach out" to the St. Louis community, said Feed St. Louis president Karin Underwood, a sophomore biology major in Arts & Sciences. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption The Graduate Student Senate held its 10th annual Outstanding Faculty Mentor awards ceremony and reception April 15 at the Danforth University Center. Receiving the awards for outstanding mentoring are Arts & Sciences faculty (from left): Wayne Fields, Ph.D., Stephanie Kirk, Ph.D., James C. Morley, Ph.D., J. Dewey Holten, Ph.D., Angela L. Miller, Ph.D., and James F. Spriggs, Ph.D. Not pictured is Mona Lena Krook, Ph.D. Linda Pike, Ph.D. (right), associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and her husband, J. Evan Sadler, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, receive wrapped silver platters from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton in recognition for both professors' 25 years of service to Washington University during a reception April 14 at Harbison House. Announcements Chancellor to deliver 'State of the University' address Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will give a "State of the University" address at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, in Edison Theatre. For those unable to attend, the presentation will be broadcast live via a link at wustl.edu. Look here for 'Green Tip' Emergency notification sign-up Update your contact information at emergency.wustl.edu so WUSTL can reach you in an emergency. Washington People Making connections Community is a major theme in the life and work of Jonathan M. Chase, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the Tyson Research Center. As an ecologist, his niche is community ecology, and he is particularly interested in the processes that lead to variation in the numbers and types of species that live in a given site, and how that varies through space and time. Sports Men's tennis wins first UAA championship More Headlines Brown School to present faculty, alumni awards Disney executive Fedor to speak Two doctoral students inducted into Bouchet Honor Society WUSTL ensembles to present Chancellor's Concert April 26 Libraries host talk on Jewish historical thought