Imagine an environmentally friendly science lab that reduces, reuses and recycles. That’s the challenge posed to students by the second annual Olin Sustainability Case Competition. Students who devise the best plan for green labs will receive a $5,000 first prize when winners are announced in February. FULL STORY

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Neuroscientists using a new brain imaging technique could see an investigational drug for Parkinson’s disease get into a patient’s brain and affect blood flow in several key structures, an indicator the drug may be effective. In the future, similar brain scans could speed the development of new drugs and help clinicians learn whether established drugs are working. FULL STORY

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The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present its annual sing-along of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in Graham Chapel. The performance, which lasts about an hour, will include the Christmas portion of Messiah as well as the “Hallelujah Chorus.” FULL STORY

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Common Ground, a joint initiative of the Department of History, the Program in African and African-American Studies and the Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, all in Arts & Sciences, will host five speakers over the remainder of the academic year. The first, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, PhD, will present at 4 p.m. today in Busch Hall, Room 18. FULL STORY

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Composer and pianist John MacIvor Perkins, professor emeritus in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, died Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. He was 75. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, in the Recital Hall of the 560 Music Center. FULL STORY

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• 6 p.m. Dept. of English Faculty Colloquium Series. “The Railroad to Realism: Modernity and Performance Form.” Julia Walker, assoc. prof. of English. Reception follows. Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge, Rm. 201. dlnegri@wustl.edu.

• Celebrate night six of Hanukkah with kosher dinner at Ibby’s Bistro. Ibby’s Bistro in the Danforth University Center will offer a kosher dinner on the sixth night of Hanukkah, from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6. For a full menu, visit diningservices.wustl.edu/calendar/Documents/Chanukah-IbbysDinner_11x17.pdf.

• Tsinghua University basketball team visits WUSTL. The men’s basketball team from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, will compete in the 27th annual Lopata Classic tournament. The Lopata Classic will be held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, in the Athletic Complex Field House. Other teams competing are WUSTL, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges and Franklin & Marshall College. The Bears take on Tsinghua at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3.