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April 7, 2006 Vol. 30, No. 28 Nada Abumrad takes circuituous route to medicine To Current Issue Aug. 13, 2008 Comments, story ideas E-mail the Record
				Honoring Ibby A Katsura tree in front of Danforth House on the South 40 was dedicated April 4 in honor of the late Elizabeth "Ibby" Gray Danforth. Pollinators especially needed in areas of high plant diversity, biologists say The biology department's Tiffany Knight performed an exhaustive global analysis of more than 1,000 pollination studies that included 166 different plant species. Biological sciences jumps into top 10 in U.S. News rankings The School of Law entered the top 20 for the first time, moving into a tie for 19th this year; the M.B.A. program in the Olin School climbed to a tie for 26th. Fields to deliver Assembly Series talk on rhetoric He's been at WUSTL since 1968; national media often ask him to provide expert commentary regarding the use of rhetoric as a political or social tool.				John Major to deliver 145th Commencement address "We are fortunate to have an international leader as this year's Commencement speaker," Chancellor Wrighton said; the talk is titled "The Changing World." Researchers study effects of adolescent weight loss In the last 30 years, the number of overweight children has doubled in the United States, and overweight children are at increased risk for the problem. More medical news Truman Scholarship goes to Arts & Sciences junior Arts & Sciences' Laura Kleinman will receive $30,000 — $3,000 for the student's senior year and $27,000 for two or three years of graduate study. Academic Year Highlights: A Letter From Chancellor Wrighton The chancellor reviews some of the academic year's achievements and milestones, and shares some plans to be initiated shortly after Commencement. Nepali lawyers visit School of Law to help foster mediation programs As part of a State Department program, the visitors made presentations to law school faculty and students on legal education and the legal profession in Nepal.
				More Headlines Life insurance open enrollment coming; investment seminars set 11 trees planned for Earth Day Kennedy to present original chamber works Jon Cook to speak on craft of poetry Moral psychology conference to be held April 8-9

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