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GM releases its first quarterly results post-bankruptcy on Nov. 16. U.S. auto sales in October equaled an annualized rate of 10 million vehicles. That’s a steep drop from the 17 million cars sold each year from 1991-2007. Not even a robust recovery from the recession is expected to boost sales near previous highs. Bailouts, bankruptcies and cash for clunkers have helped keep the industry afloat this year. Yet, the reality of too many factories and workers remains as demand continues to dip. Supply chain expert Panos Kouvelis says auto makers need to keep the brakes on production and proceed with caution. Video available.

Washington University will provide free 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccinations this week to current faculty, staff and students who are pregnant.

What happens when the CEO of one of the largest financial institutions in the world sits down to talk with MBA students? Olin Business School students had a long list of questions for Citi CEO Vikram Pandit when he visited recently. The discussion ranged from the financial crisis to reform, compensation to career choices. Pandit offered candid advice to the students with concerns about unemployment numbers and the loss of jobs on Wall Street.

MEDIA ALERT FOR MONDAY, NOV. 16 The Work, Families and Public Policy Seminar Series Nobel laureate to discuss human inequality, its origins and solutions WHAT: Lecture: “Understanding the Sources of and Solutions to Human Inequality” WHEN: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Noon-1:15 pm WHO: James J. Heckman 2000 Nobel Laureate in Economics University of Chicago’s Henry […]

The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America.

*Princess of the Sun* (2007)Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Sixth Annual Children’s Film Symposium Saturday, Nov. 21. Titled “An Exploration of Children’s Films and Their Audiences,” the symposium is presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis and will feature five screenings as well as a Q&A with Michael Barrier, an animation and comics historian and author of The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney (2007).

Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new research at the School of Medicine. The study was based on transplants of human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice.

The sixth annual GIS symposium, which takes place this year from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium, will feature 21st-century versions of maps that helped 1854 doctors understand an outbreak of cholera in London.

Two School of Medicine psychiatrists have written a book to help patients’ families and their own families better understand what they do.