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Photo by David KilperHimadri Pakrasi, Ph.D. (second from right), the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology and director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES), makes opening remarks at the second annual I-CARES open house Feb. 27 at Wilson Hall. To view a slideshow of the event, visit http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/13782.html.

The Center for Research on Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Washington University School of Law will host a conference on “The Economics and Law of Innovation” on April 2-3 in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day, with the keynote presentation at 12:20 p.m. on Thursday. The goal of the conference is to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarship on innovation. As part of the conference, leading scholars in economics and the law will examine and discuss the provocative book, Against Intellectual Monopoly, by Michele Boldrin, Ph.D., the Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences and chair of the economics department, and David Levine, Ph.D., the John H. Biggs Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences.

Senior Tyler Nading scored a game-high 20 points as the Washington University in St. Louis men’s basketball team repeated as NCAA Division III National Champions with a 61-52 victory over No. 6 Richard Stockton College on Saturday at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va. The WUSTL women’s basketball team staged a frenzied second-half comeback attempt that fell just short as the Bears lost, 60-53, to No. 3 George Fox University in a national championship game played Saturday at the DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland, Mich.

For filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, “keeping it real” is more than just a phrase — it’s the philosophy that drives him to write, direct and star in his documentaries. Spurlock will be the featured speaker for an Assembly Series program at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 1 in Graham Chapel. The event, sponsored by Congress of the South 40, is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.

A memorial service for WUSTL senior Anthony Olasov will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, in Graham Chapel.

A memorial service for Herbert F. Hitzeman Jr., senior vice chancellor emeritus, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29, in Graham Chapel and will be led by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. A reception will follow in Holmes Lounge.

Fashion is fun, challenging, inspiring and everywhere. It is also hard work. Next week 11 seniors and seven juniors from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, home to the nation’s oldest four-year fashion design program, will present the fruit of their labors in the school’s 80th Annual Fashion Design Show at Lumière Place Casino & Hotels.

Tracy Davis, the Barber Professor of Performing Arts at Northwestern University and president of the American Society for Theatre Research, will present Washington University’s 2009 Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 1. Titled “The Witness Protection Program: Making Theatre, Everyday,” the talk is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

All animals, including humans, have an internal 24-hour clock or circadian rhythm that creates a daily oscillation of body temperature, brain activity, hormone production and metabolism. Studying mice, researchers at the School of Medicine and Northwestern University found how the biological circadian clock mechanism communicates with processes that govern aging and metabolism.

Nationally recognized StoryCorps will visit the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine April 17-21 as part of a collaborative project to better understand how parents with cancer discuss the diagnosis with their children. This visit is the first time that StoryCorps, the largest oral history project of its kind, has partnered to collect the stories of cancer survivors on a single topic.