A groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the-art engineering building — named in honor of the late Preston M. Green, an alumnus and former president and chairman of Southwest Steel — will be held at 5 p.m. April 30. Green Hall will provide lab and office space for the School of Engineering & Applied Science. FULL STORY

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Water and energy is the theme of an Earth Day seminar sponsored by the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering. Paul Bishop, PhD, environmental engineering program director for the National Science Foundation, will deliver the keynote speech “The Water-Energy Nexus” at 11 a.m. Friday, April 23, in Lopata Hall, Room 101. FULL STORY

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Arts & Sciences teaching assistants listen as they are recognized for their exemplary performances during the annual Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence ceremony, held April 19 in the Danforth University Center. The ceremony, in which 13 graduate students were recognized, coincided with the kickoff of Graduate Education Week in Missouri, April 19-24, as designated by Gov. Jay Nixon. FULL STORY

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Nerve cells in the body and in the brain react in opposite ways to the loss of a protein linked to a childhood tumor syndrome, School of Medicine researchers have found. The finding could be important to efforts to preserve the vision of patients with neurofibromatosis 1, a genetic condition that increases risk of benign and malignant brain tumors. FULL STORY

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The Washington University Symphony Orchestra and the Washington University Concert Choir will join forces at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25, for the 2010 Chancellor’s Concert. The annual performance, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences and will highlight the work of French composer Francis Poulenc. FULL STORY

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• 4:15 p.m. Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium. “Plate Tectonics in Time and Space.” Adrian Lenardic, prof. of earth science, Rice U. Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg., Rm. 203. 935-5610.

• Medical Center Farmer's Market opens today: The farmer’s market at the Washington University Medical Center has opened for the season and will be held every Thursday from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. through mid-October.

• The men’s tennis team has won four straight matches and has improved its overall record to 11-3 heading into the University Athletic Association championships this weekend in Pittsburgh.