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Joe Edwards, owner of such Delmar Loop attractions as Blueberry Hill and The Pageant, announced today plans to open the Peacock Loop Diner, a new 24-hour restaurant, in Washington University’s Loop development. The restaurant will be located at 6261 Delmar Blvd. near Eastgate Avenue and is slated to open in August 2014.

Parking and Transportation Services is working on enhancements to campus parking garages this summer and next. This summer’s focus is on the Millbrook and Snow Way Parking Facilities. Walls, ceilings and columns are being painted white to better reflect light, and blue paint will make emergency phones easier to spot from afar.

Washington University School of Medicine again is sponsoring its annual school supply drive to benefit Adams Elementary School students. The school supply drive runs from July 15-Aug. 7. A list of suggested items is below.

The Civic Engagement Fund supports civic engagement and community service projects throughout the year. Undergraduate, graduate, professional students, alums, faculty and staff are eligible to apply. Grants are available for both individuals and groups. Applications are due Aug. 2.

​Every year, the late James E. “Jim” McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, delivered a talk called “Habits of Achievement” to incoming Ervin Scholars in his role as director of the Ervin Scholars Program. This fondly remembered speech has been published for the first time in a book titled Habits of Achievement: Lessons for a Life Well-Lived, which weaves Ervin alumni recollections of McLeod with his speech. It also includes a short biography of McLeod’s life.​

Kathleen F. Brickey, JD, a giant in the field of white-collar crime and the long-serving James Carr Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence at Washington University School of Law, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

Leslie Heusted, director of the Danforth University Center & Event Management Office, sits down to discuss students, nerf guns and the structured aimlessness of afternoon tea.

Lucy Mayer Lopata, a longtime friend of Washington University in St. Louis and a leading local philanthropist, died Friday, May 24, 2013, in St. Louis. She was 98. Throughout her life, she demonstrated extraordinary generosity that was built on a foundation of dedication to all humankind.

Barbara A. Schaal, PhD, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, has been appointed chair of an advisory group that will lead the National Academy of Sciences’ new Gulf of Mexico program, established as part of settlements with British Petroleum and Transocean Ltd. following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion. The advisory group will help create a strategic vision and guide the program’s development and implementation.

Whispers Café will be closed to users and foot traffic through Aug. 1, so that a number of renovations can take place. When the café reopens for the start of the fall semester, students, faculty, and staff can expect a fresh look, with new menu boards and merchandise cases, a stronger system for moving people through the line quickly during peak hours, and a counter that allows for easier interaction between patrons and servers.