Announcements

Applications are now being accepted for student, faculty and staff volunteers to help support the presidential debate Sunday, Oct. 9, at Washington University in St. Louis. Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. June 17.

It has been 48 years since the passage of the Fair Housing Act, yet most American cities — St. Louis included — remain deeply segregated. Next fall, faculty from Washington University in St. Louis and Harris-Stowe State University will present “Segregation by Design,” an interdisciplinary seminar that examines the role of planning and design in fostering and maintaining segregation.

Washington University’s Emergency Management Office will offer a free one-hour class at noon Wednesday, May 4, to give employees and students an understanding of what to do in the case of a person committing violence or an active shooter at the university.

The St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS) will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise on Tuesday, April 26 in various locations throughout the St. Louis region, including Washington University’s South Campus, located at 6501 Clayton Road.

As work on the Loop Trolley project continues, drivers near the North Campus and Danforth Campus, take note: The intersection of Skinker and Delmar boulevards will be closed beginning Monday, April 25, for 12 days. Crews will be installing tracks, and detours will be necessary.

Join in the Delmar Loop Social Impact Hackathon this weekend, April 22-24. The Skandalaris Center and the Delmar Loop Innovation Neighborhood are holding the contest, during which teams will brainstorm ways to create a place that attracts geniuses and speeds economic growth. Prizes will be given for top ideas.

The Office of Human Resources will offer information sessions next week for employees who want to learn more about changes to simplify administration of the university’s retirement savings plan. TIAA will lead the sessions Monday and Tuesday, April 18-19, and the information will be posted online later.

Pro-Arc Diagnostics, a company founded by graduate student Michelle Faits and doctoral candidate Dana Watt, made it into the Rice Business Plan Competition. Vote by Saturday, April 16, to help it win funding.

The Athletics Department reminds the university community that it offers a variety of sports camps for children during the summer. There are programs for kids from 6 years old through high school, and from one-day to weeklong sessions.

The School of Law is expanding its Clinical Education Program with the addition of a Guardian ad Litem Clinic and an Urban Revitalization Practicum beginning in fall 2016. The new offerings bring to 19 the clinical opportunities for law students to provide free legal services to the community while learning professional skills.