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Abram C. Van Engen, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences, organized a national conference on “Religion and Politics in Early America.” Sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, the conference took place March 1-4 in St. Louis. 

James Kolker, university architect and associate vice chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elevated to the College of Fellows in the American Institute of Architects, an honor bestowed on only about 3 percent of the organization’s 90,000 members.

The first cohort of Sustainability Leadership awardees was recognized at the Green Carpet Awards ceremony last month.

The Danforth Staff Council will hold its spring 2018 town hall meeting from 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, in Hillman Hall’s Clark-Fox Forum.

Elizabeth S. Haswell, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has been elected as a council delegate for biological sciences for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her term began Feb. 20.

The university’s Police and Parking Services departments, in partnership with Hartmann’s Car Care and Towing, once again will sponsor free travelers’ vehicle inspections for students, faculty and staff. New this year, the service will be offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 5-9, at Hartmann’s, 6615 Olive Blvd.

Question: Which of the following is former chancellor and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Arthur Holly Compton credited with inventing?

The university’s Emergency Management Department will host Ready Week March 5-9. Ready Week will feature fun and interactive events as well as training.

The Washington University men’s basketball team will host 2018 NCAA Division III first- and second-round play this weekend at the Field House. The first game is at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 2.

Mark Scharff, music cataloger at Washington University’s Gaylord Music Library, is the recipient of the Music Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Users Group’s 2018 Distinguished Service Award.