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Washington University marked the acquisition of its “One Hundred Years of Little Black Sambo” collection with a reception Oct. 12 at Olin Library. Most of the collection’s 234 items — which include books, puzzles, dishes, games and figurines — were created between 1899 and 1999 and were purchased in part through the financial support of Constance Levy and her late husband, Monroe; the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences; and the University Libraries.

Erika Crouch’s genuine excitement about education helps students feel that what she teaches them is important.

Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut and moonwalker, will present Arts & Sciences senior Lonia Friedlander with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during a public ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in Brookings Hall, Room 300. Immediately following the presentation, Duke will give a talk, titled “A Journey to the Moon!” that is free and open to the public.

In its first performance in St. Louis, the American Indian Repertory Theatre (AIRT) will present “Weaving the Rain,” an award winning play by Dianne Yeahquo Reyner. The play is being hosted by Washington University’s Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies and will be shown at 8 p.m. Nov. 10 and 2 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Village Black Box Theater, located within The Village dormitory complex at the intersection of Forest Park Parkway and Big Bend Blvd.

Up to $100,000 will be available for WUSTL students for internships and innovative projects this summer in the form of social change grants, stipends for internships through the Career Center and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service summer service stipend program. A meeting will be at 4 p.m. Nov. 1 in Lambert Lounge in Mallinckrodt Student Center to discuss the various opportunities for students.

Cedza Dlamini, prince of Swaziland and grandson of Nelson Mandela, will speak about “Ubuntu: Development, Social Entrepreneurship, and Service” at 4 p.m. Nov. 5 in Graham Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Rhythms for Rebuilding, WUSTL’s largest benefit concert, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in Graham Chapel and will feature WUSTL’s entire a capella community. The event will raise money for causes related to hunger and poverty.

Go to BearSports The No. 5 Bears defeated Division II University of Missouri-St. Louis, 3-0, Oct. 17. Senior Haleigh Spencer and junior Nikki Morrison, who each finished the match with 15 kills, led the Bears offensively. The two combined to hit .371 in the win. Spencer had five kills in each of the three games […]

People with mental illnesses lose 25 to 30 years of life expectancy compared to the general population, mostly due to cardiovascular disease, a School of Medicine psychiatrist writes in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Six outstanding alumni will be honored for their service to and support of their alma mater at the University’s Founders Day celebration scheduled for Nov. 3 at America’s Center. Selected by the Alumni Board of Governors, the Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are: Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest University; Charlotte D. Jacobs, oncologist and professor of medicine at Stanford University; Steven F. Leer, chairman and chief executive officer of Arch Coal, Inc.; William B. Pollard III, a partner in Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP law firm; Philip D. Shelton, former president and executive director of the Law School Admission Council; and J. J. Stupp, chief financial officer of Exegy Inc., a technology licensing company.