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America has the potential to solve its energy crisis over the next decade, but doing so will require immediate investment in clean energy technologies, said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, vice chair of a National Resource Council report on America’s energy challenges. The report will be the topic of a symposium to be held from 12:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the May Auditorium in Simon Hall.

Courtesy ImageAs part of its semester-long series “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values will host a free screening of “The Cats of Mirikitani” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Danforth University Center, Room 276.

Photo by Mary ButkusStudents show off new outfits made of recyclable materials during the “Trashy Fashion Show” Oct. 20 at Ursa’s on the South 40. The show was part of the Congress of the South 40’s ECOlympics Oct. 18-23, a competition among students from each residential college to represent their college and tackle sustainability and environmental issues.

Photo by Whitney CurtisRobert Wiltenburg, Ph.D. (left), dean of University College, talks with student Soyon Park at M.I.L.D. (Mosey In, Lie Down) Oct. 15 at Holmes Lounge. M.I.L.D. is an annual event sponsored by University College, the evening and outreach program in Arts & Sciences.

Washington University’s Alumni Association will commemorate the institution’s founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Nov. 7 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel-St. Louis Riverfront. Tickets are available to the WUSTL community and alumni and can be reserved by calling 935-7378.

The School of Law is launching a new Executive Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program co-taught by Washington University and Korea University law faculty. Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley Uni-versity Professor, announced this innovative new degree program as part of the law school’s expanded international outreach efforts that focus on the McDonnell […]

Giving depressed heart patients omega-3 fatty acids with antidepressants did not improve their symptoms, a School of Medicine study found.

A School of Medicine physician has discovered a novel syndrome that could provide clues into chronic lung diseases.

A new multi-university initiative that studies innovative ways to prevent chronic disease has received an $8 million grant.

School of Medicine researchers will use genetically engineered mice to study pediatric brain tumors.