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July 2009
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July 8,
2009 -- Power play
 Small market baseball teams may do better signing a pitcher over a hitter


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April 2009
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April 29,
2009 -- Reducing paper waste
 Billing to go green in the Office of Student Accounting


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April 28,
2009 -- Novel energy
 DOE makes largest research award in Danforth Campus history


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April 27,
2009 -- Social entrepreneurs receive awards totalling $150,000
 Five local ventures win seed money in competition


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April 24,
2009 -- WUSTL flag lowered
 WUSTL flag at half-staff in honor of Benjamin F. Edwards III


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April 23,
2009 -- The Magic Flute
 Washington University Opera in free performance May 1 and 2


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April 23,
2009 -- Awards for Distinction
 Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts to honor six alumni April 23


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April 23,
2009 -- Pioneers, leaders in their respective fields
 Washington University to award four honorary degrees at 148th Commencement


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April 22,
2009 -- Annual awards ceremony highlights business leaders and scholarship
 Olin Business School honors distinguished alumni and faculty tonight


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April 22,
2009 -- Reduce waste
 During move-out, donate extra items to 'Share Our Stuff'


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April 21,
2009 -- Washington University in St. Louis and Brookings Institution form academic partnership
 Washington University to lead management of Brookings Center for Executive Education


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April 21,
2009 -- Science education
 Missouri high school science achievement tied to quality teachers, study finds


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April 16,
2009 -- Stand Out. Stand Apart.
 Brown School to present 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards


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April 16,
2009 -- Chancellor's Concert
 Washington University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir and Jazz Band join forces April 26


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April 15,
2009 -- Forget about greed; envy makes the world go round
 New business theory shows compensation plans can make or break a firm


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April 15,
2009 -- Inspiring science and technology
 Son of St. Louis residents receives inaugural Boeing/FIRST Scholarship to attend Washington University in St. Louis


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April 14,
2009 -- Celebrating outstanding achievements
 School of Law to present distinguished alumni awards April 17


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April 14,
2009 -- Community gathers to celebrate campus centerpiece
 Formal dedication for the Danforth University Center set for April 17


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April 13,
2009 -- Business students ask executives: is it easy being green?
 Companies to share earth-friendly strategies


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April 13,
2009 -- SEIC winners to be named April 23 at Washington University in St. Louis
 Social entrepreneurs vie for $150,000 — largest award pool for non-profit ventures in U.S.


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April 13,
2009 -- Rachel Croson to discuss status of women in academia
 New speaker series to feature prominent women scholars


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April 13,
2009 -- 'Taco shell' protein
 Orientation of middle man in photosynthetic bacteria described


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April 13,
2009 -- Health initiative
 Washington University to be tobacco-free by July 2010


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April 9,
2009 -- Graduate students tackle tough urban problems
 Alumni create socially conscious fellowship program


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April 9,
2009 -- Businesses increase innovation spending in recession
 Downturn presents opportunity for successful innovation, says expert


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April 9,
2009 -- Relational Aesthetics
 Rirkrit Tiravanija: Chew the Fat at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum May 8 to July 27


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April 9,
2009 -- Internet innovator to share insights on the convergence of business, media and entertainment
 Olin Business School to host USA TODAY CEO Forum featuring Barry Diller


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April 8,
2009 -- Mozart, Faure and Mendelssohn
 Washington University's Eliot Trio to present annual concert April 19


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April 8,
2009 -- 'An essential investment'
 WUSTL to open child-care facility on North Campus in 2010


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April 8,
2009 -- Talented leader
 Washington University names Campbell assistant vice chancellor for real estate


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April 8,
2009 -- Seguro Popular
 Mexico's health insurance success offers lessons for U.S. reforms, Lancet study suggests


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April 7,
2009 -- College cash
 WUSTL hosts forum on financing university education in tough economic climate, April 14


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April 6,
2009 -- "The Onion" Live at the Assembly Series
 Chad Nackers and John Harris will take us "Inside the Onion," -- America's Finest News Source


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April 6,
2009 -- Health care policy in Missouri
 State public health leaders to speak at Brown School April 10 and 13


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April 3,
2009 -- The Last Cowboys at the End of the World
 Nick Reding to read for Writing Program Reading Series April 16


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April 3,
2009 -- Mother Courage and Her Children
 PAD to present Bertolt Brecht classic April 17 to 26


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April 2,
2009 -- Buy a basket, improve lives
 Wilson to address the power of social entrepreneurship for Assembly Series


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April 2,
2009 -- Transformed speculative field into 'precision science'
 World-renowned cosmologist to discuss the Big Bang in McDonnell Center lecture series


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April 1,
2009 -- Mozart, Dohnanyi and Schumann
 Arianna String Quartet joined by Seth Carlin April 9


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March 2009
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March 31,
2009 -- Greek poetry as modern rap
 Classics professor presents Homeric poetry as performance art for the Assembly Series


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March 27,
2009 -- "African American Literature Today"
 April 15 panel to discuss two new anthologies


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March 27,
2009 -- 'A role model for our students'
 Teach For America founder Wendy Kopp to deliver Washington University's 148th Commencement address May 15


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March 26,
2009 -- When a Woman Loves a Man
 Poet David Lehman to speak for Writing Program Reading Series April 2


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March 23,
2009 -- Scholars to discuss provocative book, Against Intellectual Monopoly
 Economists and legal experts to discuss innovation during Center for Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship conference April 2-3


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March 23,
2009 -- National Champs
 Men repeat as Div. III champs, women fall short


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March 20,
2009 -- Runway Projects:
 Sam Fox School to present 80th Annual Fashion Design Show March 29


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March 20,
2009 -- Documentary filmmaker to visit campus
 Morgan Spurlock to "Super Size" at Assembly Series


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March 19,
2009 -- Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture
 Tracy Davis to discuss performance theory April 1


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March 19,
2009 -- "Unofficial Leningrad, 1961"
 Washington University and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Community Partnership Program to showcase post-Stalin music of Soviet Russia


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March 19,
2009 -- Using nature's strengths for everyone's benefit
 Biomimicry at work


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March 18,
2009 -- Diavolo
 Acclaimed Los Angeles dance company at Edison Theatre March 27 and 28


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March 17,
2009 -- Overdrive
 PAD students present work at American College Dance Conference


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March 16,
2009 -- Forest Park, Art Museum, and United Way receive cash prize
 Taylors mark a milestone in community support as recipients of the tenth Harris Award


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March 16,
2009 -- New blood drive model proves effective
 Donations triple over past years


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March 16,
2009 -- "The Intellectual's Dilemma"
 2009 Callaloo Conference to explore African-American arts and letters


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March 16,
2009 -- UN Across America program
 Current UN Ambassadors to hold a town hall meeting on "Food Security and Humanitarian Intervention" on March 24 at law school


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March 16,
2009 -- Solving the Arch's Mathematical Mysteries
 How the Gateway Arch Got Its Shape


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March 16,
2009 -- WUSTL flag lowered
 WUSTL flag at half-staff in honor of Anthony Olasov


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March 12,
2009 -- Students are not the only ones who benefit from school-based tutoring
 Researchers Find Sustained Improvement in Health in Experience Corps Tutors Over 55


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March 12,
2009 -- Namely, Muscles
 Claire Porter to present informal dance concert March 19


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March 12,
2009 -- Love, blindness and Beatles
 Performing Arts Department debuts "Candlestick Park" March 26-29


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March 12,
2009 -- American Indian Pow Wow March 28 in Field House
 Buder Center's American Indian Awareness Week begins March 23


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March 12,
2009 -- March Madness
 WUSTL only NCAA Div. III school with men's, women's teams reaching 'sweet 16'


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March 11,
2009 -- "Virginal, Viols, and Voice"
 Charles Metz brings rare instrument to Washington University March 22


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March 5,
2009 -- Operatic score
 Washington University Opera to present Dominick Argento's "The Aspern Papers" March 20-21


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March 3,
2009 -- "Step by step"
 Kenyan performance group Haba na Haba to visit WUSTL March 13-22


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March 3,
2009 -- African Film Festival at Washington University March 23-26
 Traveling Film Series to feature eight films from six nations


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March 3,
2009 -- Violence and social order
 Research workshop explores social science of international development, March 24


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March 2,
2009 -- Federal Budget and Tax Policy for a Sound Fiscal Future
 Leading scholars and U.S. policymakers to debate federal budget challenges March 20-21 at WUSTL


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March 2,
2009 -- Obituary
 Paul Harvey, radio broadcasting pioneer, dies at 90


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March 2,
2009 -- "American virtuoso of the short story"
 Fiction writer Lydia Davis to speak for Writing Program Reading Series March 17 and 19


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February 2009
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Feb. 25,
2009 -- Access to Equal Justice: Critical Perspectives on Court and Law Reform
 Conference to feature Jane Spinak, founder of the Child Advocacy Clinic, March 27


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Feb. 25,
2009 -- New dean to guide College of Art
 Franklin "Buzz" Spector named dean of art in Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts


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Feb. 24,
2009 -- The birth of Christianity
 Schäfer to give annual Cherrick Lecture in Jewish Studies


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Feb. 24,
2009 -- "The Future of the Image"
 W.J.T. Mitchell to speak on visual culture March 2


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Feb. 24,
2009 -- ENS test
 Washington University in St. Louis' Emergency Notification System to be tested March 2


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Feb. 23,
2009 -- Can't hold a Super-TIGER down
 Origin of galactic cosmic rays focus of NASA grant


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Feb. 23,
2009 -- Nanoscience pioneer explains new imaging techniques
 Alivisatos to speak on new technique for creating biological imaging tools


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Feb. 23,
2009 -- WUSTL flag at half-staff
 Flag at half-staff in honor of Phyllis Rogier


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Feb. 20,
2009 -- Well-versed
 Poet Brenda Shaughnessy to speak for Writing Program Reading Series March 5


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Feb. 20,
2009 -- Turn to the tap
 Washington University in St. Louis ends sales of bottled water on campus


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Feb. 19,
2009 -- Speaking frankly about race and identity in America
 A post-racial society? Students and faculty talk about race and identity for next Assembly Series


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Feb. 16,
2009 -- Happy Birthday Dear George
 George Washington Panel Discussion


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Feb. 16,
2009 -- Once upon a time...
 Fiction writer Kate Bernheimer to speak for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 26


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Feb. 13,
2009 -- Masterful musicians
 Ahn Trio to dazzle audiences Feb. 28 at Edison Theatre


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Feb. 12,
2009 -- Happy Birthday!
 Campus celebrates George Washington Week


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Feb. 12,
2009 -- William Gass obit

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Feb. 10,
2009 -- Changes include four new programs; time & location
 Assembly Series announces changes, additions to its spring '09 lineup


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Feb. 10,
2009 -- The Pleasures of Reading
 Janice Radway headlines IPH lecture series


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Feb. 10,
2009 -- International volunteering and service in the 21st century
 Peace Corps acting director to speak Feb. 19


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Feb. 9,
2009 -- Computer plays checkers with people
 Computer scientist explains how to beat humans at checkers


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Feb. 6,
2009 -- Spring concerts take the stage
 Department of Music offers up jazz, opera, early music, orchestral works and a host of student recitals


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Feb. 5,
2009 -- 'Green' building
 Danforth University Center is LEED Gold certified


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Feb. 4,
2009 -- Cooperative effort
 University installs closed-circuit television system on Greenway Walk


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Feb. 3,
2009 -- All that jazz
 Jazz at Holmes launches spring 2009 concert series


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January 2009
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Jan. 30,
2009 -- Flag of Finland flies high
 Celebrating the works of Finnish architect Eero Saarinen


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Jan. 30,
2009 -- Get a job
 Career Fair brings 90 employers to Danforth Campus


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Jan. 29,
2009 -- Become a part of the inaugural class
 New master of public health degree accepting applications


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Jan. 28,
2009 -- Artist Lela Lee gets even by getting angry
 Creator of "Angry Little Asian Girl" series to give a talk for the Assembly Series


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Jan. 27,
2009 -- Travel, research and debate reveal workings of EU to undergrads
 Business students take on European Union as a case study


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Jan. 27,
2009 -- Innovative Entrepreneurship Education Award Named
 Course combining western civ with history of entrepreneurs is honored


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Jan. 23,
2009 -- WUSTL ponders its calling
 Universities' role in democracy examined in Saturday seminar series, Feb. 7-28


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Jan. 23,
2009 -- Kemper Presents
 Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to open spring 2009 concert series Feb. 27


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Jan. 23,
2009 -- Entrepreneurship in the Current Economy
 Good times coming for entrepreneurs?


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Jan. 21,
2009 -- Wonderboy
 Joe Goode Performance Group at Edison Theatre Feb. 20 and 21


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Jan. 21,
2009 -- 'Right mix of qualities, values and experience'
 Gary Wihl to become dean of faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis


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Jan. 20,
2009 -- Architects and artists to speak
 Sam Fox School launches spring Public Lecture Series


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Jan. 17,
2009 -- Obituary
 Herbert F. Hitzeman Jr., senior vice chancellor emeritus, 81


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Jan. 16,
2009 -- WUSTL tuition
 Washington University in St. Louis announces 2009-10 tuition, fees, room and board


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Jan. 15,
2009 -- Health insurance after job loss
 Expert discusses coverage options and the future of health insurance for the unemployed


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Jan. 13,
2009 -- Obama the author
 African-American writing featured in books edited by Gerald Early


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Jan. 13,
2009 -- On the Riverfront:
 Exhibition and symposium to explore St. Louis and the Gateway Arch


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Jan. 12,
2009 -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
 WUSTL to honor legacy of civil rights leader


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Jan. 9,
2009 -- "War and emotion"
 Johannes von Moltke to launch Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows' Series Jan. 27


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Jan. 9,
2009 -- King Henry V and The Spy
 The Guthrie Theater & The Acting Company team up for two shows Feb. 13 and 14


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Jan. 9,
2009 -- Public Interest Law & Policy series
 Law school's "Access to Justice" speaker series continues Jan. 23


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Jan. 8,
2009 -- Blue Hour
 Poet Carolyn Forché to speak for Writing Program Reading Series Jan. 22


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Jan. 7,
2009 -- Hamlet as teenager
 Performing Arts Department to present Shakespeare classic Feb. 13 to 22


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Jan. 5,
2009 -- Photo booth helps people move beyond appearances
 Human Race Machine will provide unique way to discuss race and identity at Washington University


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December 2008
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Dec. 29,
2008 -- Obituary
 WUSTL benefactor Edith L. Wolff, 93


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