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The Energy Awareness Committee will host a brown bag lunch viewing and discussion of Dean Richard Smith’s famous “last” lecture, “Population, Politics and the Environment.” In a video from his final lecture before taking on duties as dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in 2008, Smith, PhD, discusses what is in store for humans in the 21st century as human population increases and the Earth’s resources remain finite.

As an engineer, Anne Marie Knott, PhD, saw a need for research that could help firms make better research and development (R&D) decisions. Now Knott, associate professor of strategy at Olin Business School, studies how companies can improve their R&D effectiveness.

From traditional foods to lively entertainment, students at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work representing a variety of countries will offer a taste of their homelands at the 16th annual International Festival beginning at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 28, in Edison Theatre.

A letter to the Washington University community regarding the public transit initiative on the April 6 ballot, Proposition A.

(From left) Heidi Klosterman, JD; Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD; and Mary Ann Anderson wait after evacuating Brookings Hall during a fire drill March 11. “Although drills can be an interruption, it’s crucial for the safety of all in the university community that we are prepared for emergency situations,” said Macias.

Washington University will test its emergency notification system, WUSTLAlerts, at approximately 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 24. The WUSTLAlerts test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.

Eric Greitens, PhD, chief executive officer of The Mission Continues, will address the importance of public service in his upcoming lecture, “Inspiring Leadership in Challenging Times.” Sponsored by the Assembly Series and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, the talk will take place at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in Room 118, Brown Hall. It will be followed by a reception and service project in Brown Lounge.

Journalist and activist Naomi Klein will deliver the annual Chancellor’s Fellowship Lecture for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, in Graham Chapel.

McDonnell International Scholars Academy student Yu Sun Chung, a doctoral student in psychology in Arts & Sciences and a native of South Koreal, looks out over the New York Stock Exchange from the visitor’s gallery as the opening bell rings March 10. The McDonnell Scholars were in New York March 7-10 to experience firsthand American business and government.

Holly Williams Leppo is an architect and vice-president at SMB&R, Inc., an architecture, structural engineering and interior design firm in Camp Hill, PA. She specializes in adapting old building forms for new uses, including the study of applicable building codes; accessibility requirements; appropriate historical forms and proportions; and integration of new technologies, building materials and […]