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The STL PREP (Perception, Reality, Engagement and Partnership) orientation series will launch with a welcome reception on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 5-7 p.m. at the Moonrise Hotel Rooftop, 6177 Delmar Blvd. Interested faculty and staff are welcome to bring up to two guests. Please RSVP by Sept. 20 here.

The surface parking lot on the Medical Center campus at the corner of Taylor and Parkview avenues (C-lot) will close permanently at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27.

Following a successful trial run during the 2012-2013 academic year, Olin Library has expanded 24-hour access to five nights a week. Olin Library is now open from 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings to 8 p.m. on Friday evenings when fall and spring semester classes are in session. 

Portions of the 276 Skinker Building south sidewalk will be closed as Metro repairs a collapsed beam. Work should last two to three weeks.

Professor Susan Appleton, JD, in connection with her course at the School of Law, “Adoption & Assisted Reproduction,” will be hosting a film screening of Lost Sparrow with panel discussion immediately following at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom.

An information session about the Global Certificate Program will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Seigle Hall, Room 206. The Global Certificate is an interdisciplinary program designed to expose Washington University undergraduate students to diverse perspectives and teach them practical skills needed to thrive in today’s dynamic international landscape.

Helen Power, PhD, who made an indelible mark on the women’s studies program at Washington University in St. Louis, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. Power, who was 77, suffered a heart attack at her home in St. Louis. A memorial service was held on campus Sunday, Sept. 8.

The Global Diversity Overseas Seminar Program (GDOS) will host a photo exhibit and reception in the Weitman Gallery (lower level of Steinberg Hall) 4:30–6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. Six Washington University in St. Louis staff members traveled to Santiago, Chile, in June through the program and explored several issues related to diversity and social justice.

Helen Power, PhD, whose career as a lecturer of English and of women’s studies, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, spanned more than 30 years, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, after suffering a heart attack at her home in St. Louis. She was 77. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, in Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall.

Carol Camp Yeakey, PhD, founding director of the interdisciplinary program in Urban Studies and of the Center on Urban Research and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 23 scholars selected as 2013 fellows by the American Educational Research Association.