U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to deliver Commencement address

April 1, 2010

Steven Chu to deliver Commencement address

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, PhD, has been selected to give the 2010 Commencement address, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The university's 149th Commencement will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 21 in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus.

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Tweet: Scientists decode songbird’s genome

Nearly all animals make sounds instinctively, but baby songbirds learn to sing in virtually the same way human infants learn to speak: by imitating a parent. Now, an international team of scientists, led by the School of Medicine, has decoded the genome of a songbird — the Australian zebra finch — to reveal intriguing clues about the genetic basis and evolution of vocal learning.

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20479.aspx

U.S. judge on the International Court of Justice to deliver Tyrrell Williams Lecture

The School of Law's Tyrrell Williams Lecture will be delivered by His Excellency Thomas Buergenthal, JD, the United States judge on the International Court of Justice in the Hague. The lecture, “The International Judicial System: Its Growing Influence,” will take place at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20461.aspx

Schutz to deliver McDonnell Distinguished Lecture

Bernard F. Schutz, PhD, director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany, will deliver the McDonnell Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 7. Schutz will give a multimedia presentation titled “Gravitational Waves: Listening to the True Music of the Spheres.”

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20508.aspx

Faces of Hope set for Thursday, April 8

Students, faculty, staff and members of the St. Louis community are invited to the third annual "Faces of Hope," a celebration of civic engagement and community service. The event, hosted by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, will be held from 4-6 p.m., Thursday, April 8, in the Whitaker Hall atrium and auditorium.

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More News

CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS (http://news.wustl.edu/Pages/Calendar.aspx)
- 5 p.m. Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Global and Transnational Feminisms Lecture Series. "Transactional Sex and the Quest for Authenticity in a Globalized World." Mark Padilla, asst. prof. of health behavior and education, U. of Mich. McDonnell Hall, Rm. 162. 935-5102.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20155.aspx)
- The Committee on Women and Art is sponsoring a panel discussion at 8 p.m. today in Cupples II, Room 220. Panelists will address the status of women in academia, particularly in the art world.
NOTABLES: Faculty, staff and student news and achievements (http://news.wustl.edu/CC/Pages/Notables.aspx)

WASHINGTON PEOPLE: Thomas H. Tung (http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20462.aspx)

SPORTS (http://news.wustl.edu/CC/Pages/sports.aspx)
- Women’s basketball head coach Nancy Fahey and senior forward Janice Evans each earned DIII News postseason accolades. Fahey was tabbed as the DIII News National Coach of the Year, while Evans garnered third-team All-America honors.

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