Academic leaders from some of the world’s premier universities will gather at WUSTL for five days, beginning Friday, Oct. 1, to discuss the world’s energy future at the “McDonnell International Scholars Academy Symposium: Global Energy Future.” FULL STORY

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Three aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2, as part of the 2010 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival. The festival consists of a two-week workshop that culminates in the staged readings. This year’s workshop is led by Allison Horsley (right) of the University of Denver. FULL STORY

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The Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Foundation’s 15th Annual Patient and Family conference will be held Oct. 22-24 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. The event brings together specialists to provide education and support for HHT patients and their families. FULL STORY

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Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times and best-selling author, will present “Half the Sky: From Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide” at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in Graham Chapel. FULL STORY

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• 7 p.m. Assembly Series/Neureuther Library Lecture. Reading and commentary. Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals. Co-sponsored by University Libraries, Campus Store and Mortar Board student honorary. Graham Chapel. assemblyseries.wustl.edu. (314) 935-4620.

• Farmers markets on Danforth, Medical campuses today. The Office of Sustainability, along with several other student groups, will co-sponsor a market in front of the Danforth University Center today from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The farmers market at the Medical Center will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and is located in the Fountain Plaza outside of the School of Medicine Bookstore. For more information, visit news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20115.aspx.

• Women’s golf competes in Midwest Shootout. The women’s golf team shot a 336 to tie for fifth place at the rain-shortened Midwest Shootout Sept. 26 at Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill. Freshman Andrea Hibbert continued strong play after firing a team-best 79 to finish in sixth place. Hibbert has recorded four straight rounds under 80 and lowered her average to 79.5.