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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton prepares to plug in a Nissan Leaf electric car during the Nov. 29 installation of the first electric car charging station on the Danforth Campus.

The team registration deadline for the Olin Sustainability Case Competition is Friday, Dec. 7. Open to all WUSTL students, this year’s competition, “Blight, Flight, and Urban Plight,” hopes to stimulate sustainable development of vacant land in the City of St. Louis.

First round submissions for the Sustainable Land Lab competition, sponsored by WUSTL and the City of St. Louis, are due Monday, Dec. 10. Teams are encouraged to propose innovative projects that transform vacant lots in St. Louis into assets that advance sustainability.

On Saturday, Dec. 8, from noon to 2:30 p.m., the Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, will once again sponsor a free traveler’s vehicle inspection service to students, faculty and staff.

A new faculty and staff recruiting guide will help departments in their hiring efforts. Our Guide: The Insider’s Guide to Washington University in St. Louis and Our Surrounding Community is available upon request.

The first major U.S. museum exhibition in 16 years devoted to seminal modern artist Georges Braque will open Jan. 25, 2013, at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945 will run through April 21, 2013.

The annual “Report to the Neighbors” meeting was held Nov. 26 in Whitaker Hall. The event is held to help keep those living in neighborhoods surrounding WUSTL informed on university happenings and also to give neighbors a forum to voice comments and concerns to a panel of university administrators. Right, Clayton neighbor William M. Landau, MD, professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, asks a question during the Q&A session.

Washington University in St. Louis is taking part in a new U.S. Department of Education study, led by the Brown School’s Michal Grinstein-Weiss, to evaluate the GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness for Undergraduate Programs), the Education Department’s initiative to prepare youth for college.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns received WUSTL’s 2012 International Humanities Medal and accompanying $25,000 Humanities Prize Nov. 16. While on campus, Burns delivered an Assembly Series talk, met with students and previewed three of his films.

WUSTL, in collaboration with BJC Health System, has selected OfficeMax as the new contracted supplier for office supplies. A Request for Proposal recently was completed and OfficeMax submitted the most competitive package to WUSTL and BJC. OfficeMax will begin deliveries to the university Dec. 11.