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How the Chinese nation presents itself to the world — as in its recent hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games — and how it is perceived by other nations — including rival global superpower, the United States — is the focus of an international conference Oct. 17-18 at Washington University.

Aliens and dinosaurs, inner space and outer space. On Oct. 3-4, L.A. Theatre Works, the nation’s foremost radio theater company, returns to Edison Theatre for special back-to-back productions of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World.”

An in-depth study of one-sided or unilateral hearing has now received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

The football team is 3-0 for the first time since 2001, thanks to a 30-27 victory at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. The Bears jumped out to a 21-0 second-quarter lead and forced four turnovers in the win against the school with the most victories in NCAA Division III history. Senior quarterback Buck Smith finished […]

Three aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Sept. 26-27 as part of the 2008 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware and Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the vice presidential nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, will debate each other at 8 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Athletic Complex, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will commemorate its 10th anniversary at a community-wide event celebrating science in St. Louis and the center’s international culture at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28.

Photo by Joe AngelesSeigle Hall’s dedication — which takes place at 4 p.m. Sept. 25 and features a speech by Nobel Prize winner Douglass C. North, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences — marks a significant milestone in ongoing efforts to encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary work between the social sciences and the School of Law.

School of Medicine researchers will lead a $10 million multicenter clinical trial of an aggressive treatment for blood clots in the leg known as deep vein thrombosis.

A special colloquium on “The Ethics of Diet” will be held Sept. 26 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.