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The American Economic Association (AEA) elected Robert A. Pollak, the Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics at Olin Business School and in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, a 2017 Distinguished Fellow.

High school students from across the St. Louis region will launch balsa wood gliders across the Washington University in St. Louis Field House in the Boeing Engineering Challenge. Medals will be awarded to students whose gliders have the farthest flight, straightest path, longest hang time and best quality of flight.

Fitness buffs, take note. Modified hours for the Sumers Recreation Center begin Wednesday, May 3, with regular summer hours beginning May 20. The South 40 Fitness Center also has modified hours beginning Wednesday and will close for the summer May 11.

Undergraduate Ethan Evans, a sophomore in Arts & Sciences majoring in music and in international and area studies, had an original choral composition, “Lily Valley,” performed recently at the Konzerthaus in Berlin.

A memorial service will be held from 1-3 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the Whittemore House for Egon Schwarz, the Rosa May Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Schwarz died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, following a stroke. He was 94.

Methodius Tuuli, MD, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues have been recognized with a 2017 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum.

In preparation for the May 5 groundbreaking ceremony for the east end transformation project on the Danforth Campus, there will be some temporary road closures starting Monday May 1, and parking lot closures on Friday, May 5.

The latest cohort of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship has been named. The program aims to increase diversity in higher education by supporting undergraduate research and by encouraging talented but underrepresented students to pursue doctorates in the humanities and the social sciences.

Jeffrey R. Millman, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology Metabolism & Lipid Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a 2017 Career Development Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

This week’s question is in honor of Olin Business School’s 100th anniversary: During what years did the Korea Project run?