Choreographer Brian Brooks is known for creating works defined by their cheeky wit, audacious visuals and superhuman endurance. This weekend, the Brian Brooks Moving Company will present Motor, a major new piece exploring notions of time, entropy and perpetual movement, as part of the Edison Ovations Series.

The chemotherapy drugs required to push a common form of adult leukemia into remission may contribute to DNA damage that can lead to a relapse of the disease in some patients. The study, led by a team of researchers at the School of Medicine, was published last week in the advance online edition of Nature.

Henric Krawczynski, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received NASA funding to launch a balloon-borne telescope sensitive to the polarization of light that will float at an altitude of 130,000 feet for a day. During that time, the balloon will stare fixedly at two black holes in our galaxy.

WUSTL community members help place soil around the 750th tree to be planted on the Danforth Campus since 2008. The tree, a Swamp White Oak, was planted Dec. 15 and is located next to Brown Hall along the new Centennial Greenway bike path. Currently, the Danforth Campus is home to approximately 3,800 trees.

New features are being added to the WUSTLAlerts Emergency Notification System this spring to help the WUSTL community stay informed and safe during an emergency. Alertus beacons, pop-up messages on university-owned computers, digital signage- and cable TV-overrides, and public address system access are among this spring’s improvements.

Civil rights law, immigration law, juvenile crime and race are topics that will be discussed during the spring lineup for the School of Law’s 14th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers (PILPS) series. The series continues at noon tomorrow, Jan. 18, with a lecture by civil rights lawyer Kenneth W. Mack, JD, PhD, professor of law at Harvard Law School.

1 p.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17

Danforth Campus Licensee Fair

Become better acquainted with the resources available to the university community through the trademark licensing program, especially for those who purchase branded merchandise. Sponsored by Office of Brand Management. Bring business cards to enter contests or exchange contact information. Coffee and light refreshments. Knight Center. (314) 935-9030.

Sustainability newsletter available via email

WUSTL community members interested in topics of sustainability can sign up for the Office of Sustainability’s weekly email newsletter, “Sustainability @ WUSTL,” by following the link on the right-hand side of the page at sustain.wustl.edu. The e-newsletter serves as a compilation of sustainability-related news, updates, events and jobs on-campus and in the region.

Anne Posega

Preserving library resources for a future generation of scholars. FULL STORY

WUSTL winter sports teams back in action

Classes don’t begin until today, but WUSTL winter sports teams have been practicing over the break and have resumed full schedules of play. Indoor track & field, the swimming & diving team and both men’s and women’s basketball all saw action over the three-day weekend. To find out how your favorite WUSTL sports team fared, visit bearsports.wustl.edu.