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A memorial Service for Jane Loevinger, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Psychology, and inaugural holder of the William R. Stuckenberg Chair in Human Values & Moral Development In Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St Louis, will be held in Graham Chapel at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 23, 2008.

James RichardsThe Gateway Festival Orchestra begins its 45th season of free Sunday-evening performances July 6 with a program of American music designed to celebrate the Independence Day weekend. The concert — featuring works by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Henry Mancini, John Williams and John Philip Sousa — begins at 7:30 p.m. in Washington University Brookings Quadrangle.

Childhood lead poisoning has been a sizable problem in the city of St. Louis for many years due to deteriorating lead paint in older homes and rental units. In 2000, 31 percent of children tested in the city of St. Louis were poisoned, according to Daniel Berg, M.D., assistant professor of medicine.

Bernard Harris, first African American to walk in space, will visit a science camp for middle school students held at Washington University in St. Louis on June 20. Harris will visit the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp to share his story and join in a science challenge with 48 middle school campers.

A growing number of women are choosing a more aggressive approach to breast cancer treatment, driving an increase in the number of mastectomies, says Julie Margenthaler, M.D., assistant professor of surgery.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital Child Development Centers have immediate openings for children age two years and older of Washington University Danforth Campus and School of Medicine employees.

A design proposal by 10 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has won the 2008 JP Morgan Chase Community Development Competition. Over the past several months, a class — led by Derek Hoeferlin, lecturer in architecture — has partnered with the Good Work Network, a nonprofit business incubator in […]

The Gateway Festival Orchestra begins its 45th season of free Sunday-evening performances July 6 with a program of American music designed to celebrate the Independence Day weekend. Subsequent concerts, which are free and open to the public, will be held July 13, 20 and 27. All begin at 7:30 p.m., and all, with the exception […]

Childhood lead poisoning has been a sizable problem in the city of St. Louis for many years due to deteriorating lead paint in older homes and rental units. In 2000, 31 percent of children tested in the city of St. Louis were poisoned, according to Daniel Berg, M.D., assistant professor of medicine. The situation has […]