The School of Medicine has partnered with Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital to open the first bariatric surgery program in the area for obese adolescents. The rate of obesity among teens has more than tripled in the past 30 years. Today, 18 percent are obese, which increases their risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke and dying young. FULL STORY

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To celebrate his 90th birthday, Douglass C. North, PhD (left), the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences, welcomed colleagues and friends such as Elinor Ostrom, PhD, a fellow recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, to a two-day conference Nov. 5 and 6 honoring North’s legacy in the field of institutional economics. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21492.aspx

Timothy Barrett, an internationally recognized papermaker, conservator and educator, will discuss “14th- to 19th-Century Handmade Papers: Recent Aesthetic and Scientific Investigations” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Steinberg Hall Auditorium. Historical and contemporary paper specimens and artists’ books also will be on display. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21480.aspx

Volleyball coach Rich Luenemann celebrates with his team after the Bears defeated Brandeis University Nov. 5 and gave their coach the honor of becoming just the fifth person in NCAA history — among all three divisions — to reach 1,000 career volleyball victories. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21491.aspx

Herman Hertzberger, described by sociologist Abram de Swaan as today’s pre-eminent “sociological” architect, will present the Sam Fox School’s annual Fumihiko Maki Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10. Hertzberger is known for cultural, educational and residential projects throughout the Netherlands and abroad. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21486.aspx

• Noon. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences Brown Bag lecture. “St. Louis to San Francisco Via the Middle of Nowhere.” Ryan Zeigler, research scientist, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. (314) 935-5610.

• Blackburn memorial service Saturday, Nov. 13. A memorial service for G. Robert Blackburn, WUSTL’s first director of community and government relations, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Knight Center, Room 200. Blackburn died Sept. 20, 2010. He was 88. To RSVP, contact Jane Miller at (314) 935-5752 or janemiller@wustl.edu.

• Men’s soccer gears up for postseason. The team learned Nov. 8 it received a first-round bye in the NCAA Division III tournament and will host either Loras College or Greenville College in second-round action at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Francis Field.