Artist Mariam Ghani, the Sam Fox School’s 2014-15 Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellow, discusses post-Ferguson St. Louis, her new exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum and the importance of making space to listen. She lectures today, and her exhibit opens Wednesday, April 8.

​A collaboration of researchers at Washington University and Korea University used copper oxide nanowires as a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, which can then be used as a feeder material to create plastics and higher-carbon polymers. Converting carbon dioxide is energy-intensive, so the researchers developed a method to tap solar energy.

Beatriz Carreno, PhD, was featured April 3 on the syndicated radio show “Science Friday,” where she talked about School of Medicine research involving personalized melanoma vaccines. Carreno is the fourth faculty member in recent months to appear on the show.

St. Louis native Gus Giordano, who died in 2008, is widely considered the father of jazz dance — at once founder, teacher, popularizer and finest exemplar. At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, the company he founded, Giordano Dance Chicago, returns to its roots with two shows in Edison Theatre.