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Sustainability is a complicated and pressing topic that spans many fields and has many implications — personal, social, national and global. The 2010 MLA Saturday Lecture Series, sponsored by the master of liberal arts program of University College in Arts & Sciences, will explore topics relating to sustainability, a key element in Washington University’s education and research agenda.

Christopher Wilson (left), a freshman in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, demonstrates a musical instrument he built from found and recycled materials for members of ScrapArtsMusic, the acclaimed Vancouver percussion ensemble, in Edison Theatre Jan. 22. Wilson was one of four finalists in the Sounds of Sustainability competition, held in conjunction with a Jan. 23 concert by ScrapArtsMusic.

Dancer and choreographer Nejla Yatkin (forefront), in residence as the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences’ 2010 Marcus Artist, leads a master class in modern dance for intermediate and advanced students last Monday, Jan. 25.

Teresa J. Vietti, M.D., a pediatric oncologist who earned the nickname, “the mother of pediatric cancer therapy,” died Jan. 25, 2010. She was 82.

More than 90 local and national employers will be on the Danforth Campus Friday, Jan. 29 for the Spring 2010 Internship & Job Career Fair.

Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be held biweekly through April 26.

Do you know a Washington University staff member who goes above and beyond to help students, faculty or others in the WUSTL community? Help the University recognize that staff member’s efforts by nominating him or her for the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award.

Paul Bridgman, Ph.D., Barry Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., and Mort Smith, M.D., have been chosen to receive the Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education for 2009.

Of note D. Craig Allred, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year $200,000 grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for research titled “Epithelial-Stromal Interactions in the Progression of Non-Invasive to Invasive Breast Cancer.” … Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, has received a one-year, […]

The Web site for Washington University’s planned child-care facility, wustl.edu/childcare, came online Jan. 25. The Web site provides more information on the university’s planned 19,900-square-foot child-care center, which will open Sept. 7, 2010.