The 20th annual Pow Wow, a festival of American Indian cultures, opens at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10, in the Field House. Visitors and participants will be able to enjoy dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food. The daylong event, hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School, is free and open to the public.

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Parents, schools and communities need to be involved in combating the epidemic of childhood obesity, Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, says.

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The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present its fourth biennial Young Choreographers Showcase Friday, April 9, through Sunday, April 11, in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio. The concert will feature more than a dozen dancers in nine original works created by student choreographers in the Dance Program. Tickets are available through the Edison Theatre Box Office at (314) 935-6543.

 

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Eric Greitens (left) works with volunteers to prepare care packages for U.S. troops serving overseas following his Assembly Series presentation March 30. The former Navy SEAL and Rhodes Scholar was on campus to speak about The Mission Continues, the organization he founded that provides career service opportunities for wounded and injured veterans.

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