Announcements

A workshop for faculty members interested in learning more about the Fulbright Program is set for 4 p.m. Friday, March 23, in Sever Hall, Room 300. Three faculty members who are Fulbright grantees will share their recent experiences.

Washington University’s final blood drive for the academic year will take place Wednesday, April 4, at a variety of locations and times. All students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to participate in this effort to replenish the region’s blood supply.

Tickets now are on sale for “Carnaval,” a yearly cultural show organized by WUSTL’s Association of Latin American Students. More than 130 students are participating in skits, dances and musical acts to highlight the beauty, creativity and richness of Latin American culture.The show is being performed at 7 p.m. Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31, in Edison Theatre.

Song, dance and dishes from a variety of nations represented by students at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis highlight the 18th annual International Festival beginning at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at the 560 Music Center. Admission is $2 in advance and $5 at the door.

Playwright, actor and theater scholar Ashley Lucas, PhD, assistant professor of dramatic art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak on “Prisoners, Families and Performance: Community Engagement Through the Arts” at 4 p.m. Monday, March 26 in Eliot Hall. Lucas is the 2012 Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship Speaker.

William Julius Wilson, the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, will present this year’s Chancellor’s Fellows Lecture, “Race and Affirmative Opportunity in the Barack Obama Era” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Graham Chapel for the Assembly Series. His talk is free and open to the public.

The annual Summer Writers Institute at Washington University in St. Louis returns for its 17th year, this time with a new, compressed format geared toward working professionals and offering workshops in four genres. The new format takes place over eight days, from Friday, July 13, through Saturday, July 21, with evening workshops in fiction; creative nonfiction; flash fiction and prose poetry; and screenplay writing.

Postdoctoral researchers will showcase their work at the 8th Annual Postdoc Scientific Symposium at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The symposium will be held from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 29, 2012, at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Atrium and Connor Auditorium.

University College, the adult, evening and continuing education division at Washington University in St. Louis, has developed a new degree, the Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA), created for the experienced adult learner who wishes to pursue rigorous interdisciplinary study along with independent, scholarly reading and research.

The 4th annual Take Steps for Kids 5K and 1 Mile will take place Saturday, March 24, on the Danforth Campus. Presented by the Washington University Club Running team, the event raises proceeds for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri youth mentoring organization.