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Alexis Faust will oversee Flandrau's move to Rio Nuevo

Alexis Faust has been selected to lead the Fladrau Science Center off the University of Arizona campus.

The UA College of Science announced last week that Faust, current interim director, will officially become the new Flandrau Science Center director on Oct. 30.

Faust, who has been acting head of the center since July 1, said she is very excited about the future of Flandrau.

"We have lots of plans," she said. "I'm very excited about directing Flandrau now on campus and excited about our future at Rio Nuevo."

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Today in history: Tuesday October 24, 2000

In 1795, at negotiations for the third partition of Poland, the last Polish territory still independent is divided between Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and the country of Poland ceases to exist.

In 1901, daredevil Annie Edson Taylor initiates a famous stunt tradition when she goes over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.