Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will give the keynote address at the annual Founders Day gala Saturday, Nov. 5. The event also honors faculty and alumni who have made significant contributions to WUSTL. Today, the Record highlights the four Distinguished Faculty Award recipients.

Wearing decorative contact lenses — also known as fashion, color, cosmetic or theatre contact lenses — on Halloween changes the look of the eyes, but be forewarned. If used incorrectly, they can impair vision and damage the eyes, says an optometrist at the School of Medicine.

What can art learn from ecology? It’s a question posed by visionary artist Tomás Saraceno, whose plans for an airborne city render obsolete the very idea of “environmental footprint.” At 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, the Kemper Art Museum will present an interdisciplinary panel discussion held in conjunction with the exhibition Tomás Saraceno: Cloud Specific.

In 24 years of a professional career, Jock Soto danced dozens of principal roles with the New York City Ballet. At 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, Soto, a visiting artist in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, will introduce a public screening of Water Flowing Together, a documentary film about his remarkable life.

The Brown School’s Transdisciplinary Problem Solving course on global hunger and undernutrition hosted a Hunger Banquet Oct. 18 in Brown Hall Lounge to recognize World Food Day. As they entered the banquet, guests were given tickets representing food allowances from different income levels around the world. Story includes a video of the event.

9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25

Dept. of Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Eighth Annual Lee N. Robins Endowed Lectureship in Psychiatry. “Help the Doctor!” Automated Delivery of Behavioral Prevention in Primary Care.” John E. Helzer, prof. emeritus of psychiatry and dir., Health Behavior Research Center, U. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. Free and open to the public. Wohl Clinic, lower level, Clopton Aud. (314) 362-0193.

Safe Trick-or-Treat event Saturday; RSVP by tomorrow

This Saturday, Oct. 29, the Campus Y is hosting a Safe Trick-or-Treat on the South 40. The event, for children ages 12 and under, takes place from 1-3 p.m. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times. RSVP by Wednesday, Oct. 26, at (314) 935-5010.

Andrey Shaw, MD

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Football wins again

Junior quarterback Dan Burkett threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as the football team posted a 24-21 win at Oberlin College Oct. 22. WUSTL (4-3) opens University Athletic Association play this Saturday at Carnegie Mellon University.