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Junior running back Jim O’Brien had 83 yards on the ground, and senior running back Matt Glenn ran for a season-high 79 yards and a touchdown as the football team snapped a two-game losing streak in a 26-14 win at Ohio Wesleyan University Oct. 24. The Bears allowed 208 yards of total offense in the […]

In general, a smaller number on a recyclable plastic is more desirable than a larger one. Although our vendor accepts plastics Nos. 1-7, No. 6 (polystyrene) still is not very recycling friendly. When possible, avoid using polystyrene or Styrofoam containers.

With the time change this weekend, it will get dark earlier in the evening. The Washington University Police Department offers safety reminders as part of the “Don’t be in the Dark” campaign.

Photo by Mary ButkusDaniel Keating, J.D., presents the crowd-pleasing “10 Hard Lessons I Learned in the Dean’s Office (With Help from Dilbert)” during an Oct. 15 event celebrating his service to the law school.

Washington University has completed its greenhouse gas emissions inventory, a key component of the University’s sustainability strategic plan. This report identifies the University’s “carbon footprint” and will be used to develop a greenhouse gas reduction strategy that will reduce the University’s impact on global climate change.

Photo by Whitney CurtisJunior Hao Yang (left), a biology major in Arts & Sciences, discusses his research with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton during the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium Oct. 24 at the Laboratory Sciences Building.

John Maeda, Ph.D., one of the pioneers in integrating technology and the visual arts, will give a presentation on “Creative Leadership” for the Assembly Series. The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Graham Chapel and is free and open to the public.

William Massie, architect-in-residence and head of the architecture department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., will present the Abend Family Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The free talk — part of the school’s fall Public Lecture Series — takes […]

America has the potential to solve its energy crisis over the next decade, but doing so will require immediate investment in clean energy technologies, said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, vice chair of a National Resource Council report on America’s energy challenges. The report will be the topic of a symposium to be held from 12:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the May Auditorium in Simon Hall.

Courtesy ImageAs part of its semester-long series “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values will host a free screening of “The Cats of Mirikitani” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Danforth University Center, Room 276.