“For the Sake of All” is an interdisciplinary project funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health to improve the health and well-being of African-Americans in the St. Louis region. The project kicks off its community action series at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at St. Louis Public Radio with the first of six community forums.

Kelle H. Moley, MD, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors medical scientists in the United States can receive. Moley was honored for her achievement in the health sciences.

Literary critic and biographer Christoph Irmscher, PhD, reminds us that racism in America has deep roots. He will deliver the annual Thomas Hall Lecture in the History of Science for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, in Rebstock Hall.

Drawing on ballet and contemporary dance, Arabesque captures the ancient, agrarian rhythms of life in rural Vietnam. On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25, the celebrated company, based in Ho Chi Minh City, makes its U.S. premiere as part of Edison’s Ovations Series.