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​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.

Washington University in St. Louis’ schools, departments, programs and groups implement an impressive array of community service activities, both locally and internationally.The Gephardt Institute for Public Service maintains the Community Counts database to track such activities, and it’s time to submit initiatives from the 2012-13 academic year. The deadline to provide information is July 25. Each new or updated initiative submitted will be entered into a drawing for a $500 grant to support the project.

Join Joel Minor, curator of the Modern Literature Collection/Manuscripts, for a guided tour of the exhibition William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence on Thursday, June 20, at 4 p.m. or on Friday, July 19, at 9 a.m. in Olin Library.

Washington University will be participating in this year’s St. Louis PrideFest, held June 29 –30 at Soldiers’ Memorial in Downtown St. Louis. All WUSTL faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to be a part of the celebration by marching in the 2013 Pride STL LGBT Parade on June 30 at 11 a.m. For more information visit http://pridestl.org/. To participate in the parade with members of the WUSTL community contact Nate Lucena at nlucena@go.wustl.edu.

Shelby Jordan, a 1974 WUSTL graduate and an 11-year National Football League (NFL) veteran, was selected to the 2013 Divisional College Football Hall of Fame Class, as announced by the National Football Foundation Wednesday.