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April 2006
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April 4,
2006 -- Exploring "Our Anxiety About Rhetoric"
 Wayne Fields to deliver Assembly Series talk on rhetoric


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April 3,
2006 -- Students organize the fourth annual International Business Outlook Conference
 Olin School of Business involves the region's community in discussions on the global business climate


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April 3,
2006 -- Jon Cook
 Visiting Hurst Professor to speak on craft of poetry April 13


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April 3,
2006 -- Eight finalists vie for $65,000
 Social Entrepreneurship competition finalists selected


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April 3,
2006 -- "Black Enterprise" publisher to discuss media's portrayal of Black America
 Magazine entrepreneur Earl Graves to deliver Martin Luther King memorial lecture


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April 3,
2006 -- Panel discussion
 Career advice for women in public service, April 19


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April 3,
2006 -- Summer of service
 Gephardt Institute stipends to support public service internships


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March 31,
2006 -- U.S. News rankings
 Biological sciences jumps into top 10; School of Medicine also places several areas among the top


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March 30,
2006 -- 16th annual Powwow April 8
 School of Social Work's American Indian Awareness Week features a variety of activities April 3-8


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March 28,
2006 -- Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies narrows the playing field
 Social Entrepreneurship competition finalists to be selected March 30


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March 27,
2006 -- Filmmaker cancels March 29 program
 Morgan Spurlock has cancelled Assembly Series presentation


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March 24,
2006 -- New center will provide improved healthcare on campus
 Health and Wellness Center named after Habif family


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March 23,
2006 -- Martin Kennedy in concert
 Acclaimed faculty composer to present original chamber works April 9


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March 23,
2006 -- For Expert Comment
 WUSTL business professor addresses GM and plight of auto industry


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March 23,
2006 -- Gift from late professor honors mentor
 Robert Hegel named first Liselotte Dieckmann Professor; gift from late professor honors mentor


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March 22,
2006 -- Steedman winner announced!
 Japanese architect Mitsuru Hamada takes top prize in international design competition


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March 19,
2006 -- Young Choreographers Showcase
 PAD to feature nine original dances March 30 to April 1


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March 19,
2006 -- Young Choreographers Showcase
 Press Images


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March 17,
2006 -- Writer, philosopher Gass to speak for Assembly Series
 William Gass will discuss the power of metaphor for Biggs Lecture in the Classics


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March 16,
2006 -- Splash of Color 2006!
 Mosaic Whispers present 15th annual concert March 31 and April 1


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March 16,
2006 -- Sigrid Nunez
 Fiction writer and visiting Hurst professor to read March 30


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March 16,
2006 -- Martha Sandweiss
 2006 Faculty Fellow to speak on "Western Photographs, National Culture" March 23


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March 16,
2006 -- Skandalaris Center announces Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation semi finalists
 Fourteen teams, including two from WUSTL, prepare for the next round


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March 15,
2006 -- After the Digital Divide
 Symposium to examine aesthetic theory and new media March 30 to April 1


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March 15,
2006 -- Susannah and the Elders
 Washington University Opera to present Carlisle Floyd's Susannah March 24 and 25


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March 14,
2006 -- Bone marrow donors needed
 The students of the Washington University Marrow Registry are hosting another drive


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March 13,
2006 -- Anthropologist Eugenie Scott
 Evolution expert to give Assembly Series talk


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March 13,
2006 -- Obituary
 Alexander Calandra, professor emeritus of physical science in physics in Arts & Sciences


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March 9,
2006 -- Doug Varone and Dancers
 Dance St. Louis and Edison Theatre OVATIONS! present trio of concerts March 31-April 2


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March 6,
2006 -- African Film Festival
 Eight films from seven nations at Washington University March 23-26


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March 2,
2006 -- Eight million dollars for Dept. of Electrical & Systems Engineering
 Major gift from Preston Green to support the School of Engineering & Applied Science


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Feb. 27,
2006 -- AAAS Annual Meeting presentation
 WUSTL biologist offers 'deeper, more meaningful story of creation'


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Feb. 27,
2006 -- Can the donkey be revived?
 Panel considers the future prospects of the Democratic Party


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Feb. 27,
2006 -- Students improving society
 Teach For America President Kopp advocates equal education for all


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Feb. 23,
2006 -- An 'outstanding' faculty member
 Astrophysicist Joseph Klarmann dies at 78


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Feb. 23,
2006 -- 'Tribute to a man, a family and a foundation'
 Campus name to honor Danforths


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Feb. 23,
2006 -- Peter Kastor
 2006 faculty fellow to speak on exploration of American west March 9


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Feb. 22,
2006 -- Obituary
 Astrophysicist Joseph Klarmann, 78


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Feb. 17,
2006 -- Running for office
 Getting women elected is focus of public forum, Feb. 27


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Feb. 17,
2006 -- Sisterhood in the spotlight
 Film explores the Japanese Women's Liberation Movement, which began in the 1970's and continues today


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Feb. 16,
2006 -- Arnold Schönberg symposium and concert
 Department of Music to explore rarely performed work by Viennese composer Feb. 24


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Feb. 16,
2006 -- Arnold Sch�nberg
 Symposium and concert schedule


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Feb. 16,
2006 -- Music Fit for a King!
 Kingsbury Ensemble to perform Theatre Music and Cantatas from the French Baroque March 5


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Feb. 16,
2006 -- Sand N. Dalton
 Internationally known Baroque oboist to present free lecture/demonstration March 3


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Feb. 16,
2006 -- Harriet Stone
 Center for the Humanities' Faculty Fellows Series continues March 2


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Feb. 16,
2006 -- Animal Farm: The Puppet Musical
 Synapse Productions brings Orwell classic to Edison Theatre March 10-11


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Feb. 16,
2006 -- Situation critical
 St. Louis students sorely lacking in science proficiency


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Feb. 15,
2006 -- WUSTL in the spotlight
 Some 30 WUSTL faculty to present at AAAS Annual Meeting in St. Louis


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Feb. 14,
2006 -- Fixing injustice in America's public schools
 Assembly Series speaker Jonathan Kozol advocates for educational equality


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Feb. 14,
2006 -- Linda Gregerson
 Acclaimed poet to read for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 23 and March 2


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Feb. 13,
2006 -- 'The play's the thing' for Shakespearean expert
 Marjorie Garber explores Shakespeare's impact on modern culture


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Feb. 10,
2006 -- Lies, laughter and love
 PAD to present Shakespeare?s Much Ado About Nothing Feb. 24 to March 5


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Feb. 10,
2006 -- Washington University Symphony Orchestra in concert Feb. 19
 Program to highlight music of Tchaikovsky, Spears and Bloch


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Feb. 9,
2006 -- Stretching audiences' minds
 Exploring race relations through performance art


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Feb. 9,
2006 -- Will oversee 'extraordinary enterprise'
 Samuel Stanley named vice chancellor for research at Washington University


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Feb. 6,
2006 -- Ellen Akins
 Acclaimed fiction writer to read for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 16


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Feb. 6,
2006 -- Two Girls Working
 Artists group to explore power, fashion and feminism at Ursa's Lounge Feb. 16


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Feb. 3,
2006 -- "How Jewish is it?"
 Leslie Morris to launch Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows? Series Feb. 16-17


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Feb. 2,
2006 -- Nuala N? Dhomhnaill
 Acclaimed Irish Poet to read for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 13


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Feb. 2,
2006 -- WUSTL business professor studies when contracting work to outside sources is a bad idea
 Outsourcing helps or hurts businesses, depending on how they're used


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Feb. 2,
2006 -- ?Telling Tales on Canvas?
 William Cronon to speak on landscape and environmental change Feb. 13


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Feb. 1,
2006 -- Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design ranked 10th in nation
 Annual Design Intelligence survey polled top U.S. architecture firms


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Feb. 1,
2006 -- Lucie Brock-Broido
 Renowned poet to read from her work Feb. 9


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Jan. 31,
2006 -- Music and Musicians of the Black Artists' Group in St. Louis
 Participant Biographies


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Jan. 31,
2006 -- Music and Musicians of the Black Artists? Group in St. Louis
 Schedule of Events


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Jan. 31,
2006 -- Nice, but is it worth $2.4 million?
 Super Bowl XL ads scrutinized for content and efficacy by WUSTL MBA students


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Jan. 24,
2006 -- Challenging traditional definitions of art
 Graduate students from all disciplines to display creative works


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Jan. 23,
2006 -- The Way We Weren't: Debunking notions of modern marriage
 Historian Stephanie Coontz tackles the modern concept of marriage


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Jan. 23,
2006 -- Travel to Mars with Assembly Series
 NASA scientist Steven Squyres to speak on Mars Rover expedition


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Jan. 23,
2006 -- Soweto Gospel Choir
 Renowned South African choir gives rare U.S. concert at Edison Theatre Feb. 11


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Jan. 23,
2006 -- Cornel West to visit WUSTL for Black History Month
 Hear author discuss his new book, 'Democracy Matters'


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Jan. 20,
2006 -- University announcement
 WUSTL sets 2006-07 tuition, fees, room and board


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Jan. 18,
2006 -- Obituary
 Carlson, Olin School professor emeritus, 82


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Jan. 18,
2006 -- Dancer/choreographer Michel Yang in concert Feb. 1
 2005-06 Marcus Artist in-residence beginning Jan. 27


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Jan. 18,
2006 -- Pianist Peter Martin to perform for Jazz at Holmes Jan. 26
 St. Louis native and New Orleans refugee currently featured in Goodnight, and Good Luck


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Jan. 18,
2006 -- Spring semester Assembly Series announced
 Lani Guinier to deliver Chancellor's Fellowship keynote address, leads off spring Assembly Series


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Jan. 12,
2006 -- The year of Mozart
 Washington University Chamber Orchestra to celebrate 250th anniversary of Mozart?s birth Jan. 23


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Jan. 12,
2006 -- Ipi Zombi?
 PAD to present Brett Bailey?s exploration of South African psyche Jan. 27 to Feb. 5


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Jan. 11,
2006 -- For expert comment
 We can all enhance creativity in our everyday lives, says creativity expert


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Jan. 10,
2006 -- Supreme Court victory for WUSTL law professor
 Georgia inmate represented by Samuel Bagenstos prevails in disability rights case


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Jan. 10,
2006 -- WUSTL celebrates MLK Day
 King's legacy remembered on campus


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Jan. 10,
2006 -- Center for the Humanities announces Faculty Fellows
 Burke, Izenberg and Tsuchiya in-residence Spring 2007


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Jan. 10,
2006 -- School of Social Work celebrates MLK
 Society of Black Student Social Workers presents ?Celebrate King Holiday 2006: When Does a Dream Become Reality?? Jan. 16


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Jan. 9,
2006 -- Kathryn Davis to read from work Jan. 26
 Newly appointed senior fiction writer to open spring Writing Program Reading Series


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Jan. 5,
2006 -- New child welfare and mental health expert at WUSTL
 John Landsverk named senior scholar at the School of Social Work


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Jan. 5,
2006 -- New year, new Neandertal?
 Redating of the latest Neandertals in Europe


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Dec. 29,
2005 -- 4 + Four
 Grammy-nominated Turtle Island String Quartet and Ying Quartet in concert at Edison Theatre Jan. 20


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Dec. 9,
2005 -- Einstein expert
 Washington University names Clifford Will its McDonnell Professor of Physics


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Dec. 5,
2005 -- WUSTL receives praise from Charity Naigator
 Charity Navigator gives WUSTL 4 stars for 5th straight year


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Dec. 1,
2005 -- 2005 Olin Cup winners announced
 Proposals for tracking cattle and helping the hearing impaired to receive $70,000


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Dec. 1,
2005 -- Compton's contributions recognized
 Nobel Prize-winning research lands WUSTL on register of historic physics sites


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Dec. 1,
2005 -- "Two Operatic Cinderellas"
 Washington University Opera presents works by Rossini and Massenet Dec. 16 and 17


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Dec. 1,
2005 -- Concert Choir of Washington University to perform Dec. 9
 "Works from the Renaissance to American Folksongs"


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Dec. 1,
2005 -- Handel?s Messiah
 Washington University to present annual sing-along Dec. 11


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Nov. 28,
2005 -- Hopeful entrepreneurs to discover who wins 2005 Olin Cup
 Winners of the 2005 Olin Cup Competition to be announced Dec. 1


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Nov. 28,
2005 -- Asset building is the key
 Ford Foundation grant helps the Center for Social Development invest in the poor


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Nov. 28,
2005 -- New building purchase
 Washington University purchases Community Music School building from Webster University


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Nov. 23,
2005 -- Scott Heim
 Acclaimed fiction writer to read for Writer Program Reading Series Dec. 1


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Nov. 23,
2005 -- Financial Times ranks Olin professors
 Olin School of Business professors recognized for research productivity


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Nov. 22,
2005 -- Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors
 Center for the Humanities to present fourth annual faculty book colloquium Dec. 7


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Nov. 21,
2005 -- Olin executive education rankings
 WUSTL's Olin School of Business' executive education ranks 'excellent' in survey of people who attended


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Nov. 21,
2005 -- Reach/Rebound
 Washington University Dance Theatre to feature works by Alonzo King Dec. 2-4


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Nov. 16,
2005 -- Some lectures now available online
 Missed an Assembly Series lecture? Maybe you can still catch it on the Web


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Nov. 16,
2005 -- Carmon Colangelo named dean of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
 Renowned printmaker to head new school effective July 1, 2006


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Nov. 11,
2005 -- Highly competitive fellowship program
 Washington University's John Bowen one of 16 nationwide selected a Carnegie Scholar


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Nov. 10,
2005 -- Scholarship gift honors great "first" lady of WU
 In honor of Ibby Danforth, WSWU receives major gift


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Nov. 10,
2005 -- Washington University Symphony Orchestra
 Concert to feature winner of Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition Nov. 20


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Nov. 9,
2005 -- Obituary: Trustee Holman
 C. Ray Holman, University trustee and retired chair and chief executive officer of Mallinckrodt Inc.


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Nov. 9,
2005 -- Provides research, teaching support
 Lori Watt named fourth Harbison Faculty Fellow at Washington University


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Nov. 9,
2005 -- Reed College alumna
 Daughter of Gresham residents named Harbison faculty fellow at Washington University in St. Louis


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Nov. 8,
2005 -- Cut a rug
 Engineering dance features computer-controlled dance floor


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Nov. 7,
2005 -- The Rehnquist Court
 Development of First Amendment law to be discussed at Nov. 18 conference; MCLE credit available


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Nov. 3,
2005 -- Virtuoso Recorder Music of the Baroque
 Renowned soloist Clea Galhano joins Kingsbury Ensemble Nov. 12


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Nov. 3,
2005 -- Arthur Sze
 Acclaimed poet to read at Washington University Nov. 10 and 17


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Nov. 1,
2005 -- Sona Haydon, senior lecturer in music, passes away
 Taught piano for more than 30 years


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Nov. 1,
2005 -- Miracle year revisited
 Einstein experts available to talk about 100th anniversary of his 1905 ground-breaking papers


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Oct. 31,
2005 -- Keynote address by Rudolph Giuliani
 Founders Day Nov. 5 to honor friends, alumni


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Oct. 31,
2005 -- Dilschneider and Schnuck receive Brookings Award
 University community comes together to honor alumni and faculty on Founders Day


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Oct. 31,
2005 -- Missouri K-12 funding
 Challenges to public education financing in Missouri and the nation topic of public forum, Nov. 4.


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Oct. 31,
2005 -- Dysfunctional family values
 Performing Arts Department to present Escape from Happiness Nov. 11-20


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