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Karl Benjamin, *Black Pillars,* 1957.From retail furnishings to international auction houses, recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in midcentury modernism, an influential design aesthetic that flourished between the mid-1930s and the mid-1960s. During the 2008-09 academic year the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will host two major exhibitions exploring both the breadth and the cultural impact of midcentury modernism, through such mediums as painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, film, music and the graphic arts.

Childhood lead poisoning has been a sizable problem in the city of St. Louis for many years due to deteriorating lead paint in older homes and rental units. In 2000, 31 percent of children tested in the city of St. Louis were poisoned, according to Daniel Berg, M.D., assistant professor of medicine.

Residents of the central and southern Midwest are crossing their fingers, saying their prayers, planning evacuations, and in some cases filling sandbags in preparation for the excessive water Image courtesy of NOAAWUSTL geologist Robert Criss warns of “serious water” that could give some areas their second worst flood on record. ravishing communities in Iowa and Wisconsin. “The flood wave is propagating down the Mississippi River towards St. Louis at about the pace of a brisk walk,” said Robert E. Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. “Some areas north of St. Louis in Missouri and southern Iowa are bracing for the second worst flood in their history. This is serious water.”

Bernard Harris, first African American to walk in space, will visit a science camp for middle school students held at Washington University in St. Louis on June 20. Harris will visit the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp to share his story and join in a science challenge with 48 middle school campers.

A growing number of women are choosing a more aggressive approach to breast cancer treatment, driving an increase in the number of mastectomies, says Julie Margenthaler, M.D., assistant professor of surgery.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital Child Development Centers have immediate openings for children age two years and older of Washington University Danforth Campus and School of Medicine employees.

A design proposal by 10 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has won the 2008 JP Morgan Chase Community Development Competition. Over the past several months, a class — led by Derek Hoeferlin, lecturer in architecture — has partnered with the Good Work Network, a nonprofit business incubator in […]

The Gateway Festival Orchestra begins its 45th season of free Sunday-evening performances July 6 with a program of American music designed to celebrate the Independence Day weekend. Subsequent concerts, which are free and open to the public, will be held July 13, 20 and 27. All begin at 7:30 p.m., and all, with the exception […]

Childhood lead poisoning has been a sizable problem in the city of St. Louis for many years due to deteriorating lead paint in older homes and rental units. In 2000, 31 percent of children tested in the city of St. Louis were poisoned, according to Daniel Berg, M.D., assistant professor of medicine. The situation has […]

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