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Ernest Moniz, PhD, U.S. Secretary of Energy, will speak about President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan, at 2:30 pm on Oct. 4 in Laboratory Sciences Building, Room 300. Moniz’s talk is the 52nd annual Joseph W. Kennedy Memorial Lecture sponsored by the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences. A reception will follow.

Darlene J. Schoon, a longtime accountant at Washington University in St. Louis, most recently in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, after a battle with brain cancer. Schoon, of Chesterfield, was 74. She is survived by her husband, Paul Schoon, who retired in 2004 after serving many years as director of planned giving in Alumni & Development.

Among the many principles the late mentor/teacher/administrative leader Jim McLeod espoused were the power of the personal story and the power of a liberal arts education for all. So it is fitting that scholar and academic leader Ruth J. Simmons, who also embraces these values, will deliver the second annual James E. McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education, “The State of Conscience in University Life Today,” at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, in Graham Chapel.

The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, an international leader in educating students in social work and public health, will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony on an innovative new building — east of Brown and Goldfarb halls of approximately 105,000 square feet. The event begins at 4 p.m. today, Sept. 24.

The Washington University in St. Louis volleyball team will host its annual “Dig for Pink” night during its 7:15 p.m. match against University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Friday, Sept. 27. Prior to Dig for Pink night, the Bears will hold a benefit night at Chill Frozen Yogurt Tuesday, Sept. 24, in Clayton.

Washington University’s Alumni & Development will host its annual fall festival Saturday, Sept. 28, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Danforth University Center. A barbecue lunch and children’s activities will take place until 1 p.m., when the Bears football game begins.

Inkstand is a writing workshop for people who serve (e.g., volunteers, veterans, public service professionals, etc.) and wish to reflect on their experiences through writing. Sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, the workshop’s leaders are now recruiting for the session that begins Oct. 8. The deadline to register is Sept. 30.

Paula Rabinowitz, professor of English at University of Minnesota, will give a lecture and lead a workshop during a two-day visit to Washington University in St. Louis. Her lecture, “Paperbacks: Pulp Modernism, Demotic Reading and Censorship in Cold War America,” will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30.

The Women’s Society of Washington University is hosting a panel discussion and networking event, “Composing a Life,” that will feature five diverse women sharing their insights about life after college. The event will be from 5:45-8 p.m. Oct. 29 in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall.

During her recent visit to campus, First Year Reading Program author Eula Biss had many opportunities to discuss her book of essays, Notes from No Man’s Land, with students. Here, she leads an informal discussion at Ursa’s Fireside on the South 40.