Students who care deeply about the community and want to give back can apply for grant money to make their ideas a reality. Four grants totaling $22,000 are available this year through the Community Service Office for students to develop and implement innovative community projects during the summer. FULL STORY

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Washington University Students for International Collaboration on the Environment will host the first U.S.-China Undergraduate Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability Thursday through Tuesday, Nov. 4-9, on the Danforth Campus. The conference, which will address issues of energy, food production, climate change, environmental justice and more, is free and open to the public. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21445.aspx

More than 25 awards honoring scholarship, service and other achievements were given to School of Medicine students at an Oct. 29 luncheon, including the first Nathan Edward Hellman, MD, PhD, Memorial Award given to Ian C. Glenn (second from right). FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21442.aspx

Jonathan Zimmerman, PhD, professor of education and history at New York University, will present “Beyond Bedrooms and Borders: What a Historian of American Sex Education Learned by Looking Overseas” for the Assembly Series at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building Formal Lounge. FULL STORY

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The Department of Education in Arts & Sciences will host a one-day conference on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education on Friday, Nov. 5, in Seigle Hall, Room 148. Titled “Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales: African Americans and the Pipeline to the Professoriate: An Evidence-Based Examination of STEM Fields,” the conference will focus on diversity in science education. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21444.aspx

• 4 p.m. Dept. of Psychology Brain, Behavior, Cognition Colloquium. “If It’s Risky, Don’t Do It: The Impact of Risk on Recognition Memory Judgments.” Justin Cox, graduate student, Dept. of Psychology. Psychology Bldg, Rm. 216. (314) 935-6567.

• Help a family in need. The School of Medicine is kicking off its annual Adopt-A-Family program for families in need who live in the Forest Park Southeast and Botanical Heights neighborhoods. School of Medicine departments interested in adopting a family should contact Sharon Elder at eldersh@wusm.wustl.edu before Friday, Nov. 5. Families will be assigned to departments before the Thanksgiving holiday.

• Football defeats Carnegie Mellon. The football team overcame three first-half turnovers Oct. 30 to rally for a 20-13 overtime victory over Carnegie Mellon University at Francis Field in the University Athletic Association opener for both teams. The Bears (6-2, 1-0 UAA) continue conference play Saturday, Nov. 6, at Case Western Reserve University.