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A three-person contingent from WUSTL is among the teams of the world’s brightest computer programming talent that will gather in Stockholm, Sweden, April 18-22 to compete in the 33rd annual Association for Computer Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest.

The recipients of the 2009 Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award will be recognized during a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the Knight Center.

When light bulbs need to be replaced, change to compact fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs.

Two of Missouri’s top leaders in public health will speak at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work Friday, April 10, and Monday, April 13.

Photo by David Kilper”People need role models, and it is critical to be able to look at your own family and community for those models,” says Jack Kirkland, associate professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Kirkland is putting his philosophy to work in East St. Louis, Ill., and a low-income area of St. Louis, the 3rd Ward.

Theresa Wilson, founder and executive director of the Blessing Basket Project, will give the Women’s Society Adele Starbird address at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, in Graham Chapel.

Somalee Banerjee is the winner of the 2009 Stalker Award.

The University will open a child-care facility on North Campus by the fall 2010 semester, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration. The new center will offer care for 150-175 children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 6 years.

Ronald L. Numbers, Ph.D., the Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present the 2008-09 Witherspoon Lecture in Religion and Science at 4 p.m. April 16 in the Whitaker Hall Auditorium. The lecture, “Antievolution in America: From Creation Science to Intelligent Design,” is free and open to […]

WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources invites all faculty and staff to an annual workshop on “Planning For the Future of a Child or Other Dependents With Special Needs.”