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University College, the evening and summer program in Arts & Sciences, will host a Preview Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall.

The School of Medicine will host the Sixth Annual Art Show from Jan. 14-Feb. 11, 2010, in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Atrium.

With stimulus funds, School of Medicine scientists will look for compounds that enhance the body’s natural virus-killing mechanisms to overcome the flu.

School of Medicine researchers have linked mutations in a gene to a benign pediatric brain tumor.

Photo by Robert BostonAn official from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security spoke about the H1N1 flu pandemic at the School of Medicine.

Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present its annual sing-along of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, in Graham Chapel. John Stewart, director of vocal activities, directs the program.

A team of scientists led by The Genome Center at the School of Medicine has published the completed corn genome that will speed efforts for better crop varieties.

The enthusiasm of the medical school’s Energy Awareness Committee has led the group to now focus on the broader realm of sustainability.

Should weather conditions create potentially hazardous travel conditions, Washington University will evaluate the situation and take into consideration the safety of the University’s faculty, staff and students as well as the services that must be provided despite the inclement weather. In the unlikely event that WUSTL alters the normal work and/or class schedule, an announcement will be posted on theWUSTL home page, and a number of media outlets also will air an announcement.

Richard M. Hazelton, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. He was 91.