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Photo by Bill StoverMissouri Sen. Claire McCaskill speaks to reporters about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s impact on Missouri in the lobby of Whitaker Hall Feb. 21.

Courtesy PhotoEST, a student-run volunteer organization operated under the auspices of the Habif Health & Wellness Center, is celebrating its 30th year on the Danforth Campus.

Colin Gordon, Ph.D., professor of history at the University of Iowa, will speak on the “Transformation of Metropolitan St. Louis in the 20th Century,” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Brown Hall Lounge.

As part of WUSTL’s commitment to promoting sustainability, the Record will offer weekly “Green Your Office” tips to promote efficiency and waste reduction at offices on campus.Send your own green office tips to wugreenoffice@gmail.com.

A memorial service for Neville Grant, M.D., professor of clinical medicine, for nearly 40 years, will be held Saturday, March 7 at 1 p.m. in Graham Chapel.

Franklin “Buzz” Spector, professor and former chair of the Department of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., has been named dean of the College and Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Spector also will hold the Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Professorship of Art.

Students who have a passion for collecting books can compete for prizes of $1,000 or $500 by entering the 23rd annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition.

An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer.

Chuck Rickert, a student in the M.D./Ph.D. program, heard a radio show that inspired him to donate a kidney to a stranger.

Some School of Medicine employees may need to alter their commute when the Hampton Avenue at Wells Drive intersection in Forest Park closes in March.