With six decades of federal budget analysis under his belt and service as economic adviser to two presidents, Murray Weidenbaum, PhD, says it’s time to shift the current budget debate to focus on ways to cut federal spending starting with billions of dollars earmarked for special interest programs. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21221.aspx

The Edison will launch its 2010-11 Ovations Series with Of Bodies of Elements, a new evening-length concert by Dancing Earth, the premier indigenous contemporary dance ensemble working today. This acclaimed troupe is poised at the intersection of ritual, culture and ecology, employing Native American traditions and perspectives to explore contemporary issues and concerns. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21130.aspx

Hillel Kieval, PhD, the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought in Arts & Sciences, has spent the past 25 years studying European Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries. His chief focus is the various ways in which they identified with, and struggled against, their European environment. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21224.aspx

Speakers discussed research and special issues and obstacles for women in their respective fields during the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science symposium Sept. 22 at the School of Medicine. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21219.aspx

Jose Mestre, PhD, a distinguished scholar of physics learning and a highly regarded researcher in physics education, will deliver a talk titled “Physics Learning and Classroom Practice: Clinical and Classroom-Based Studies of Physics Cognition” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Crow Hall, Room 201. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21211.aspx

• 6:30 p.m. Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series: Visiting Faculty Lecture. Rocio Romero, visiting prof. of architecture. Reception at 6 p.m. precedes lecture. Steinberg Aud. sfac.wustl.edu/events/lectures/4509. (314) 935-9300.

• Sustainability art contest open through Sept. 30. Have budding young artists in the house? WUSTL campus sustainability committees want to show off their talents.

• The football team looked to snap a two-game losing streak when it hosted Westminster College this past Saturday, Sept. 25.