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Go to BearSports The No. 4 men’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 12 games with a pair of victories on the road. At No. 2 Brandeis, the Bears rallied from a seven-point deficit with 1:39 remaining, scoring the final nine points of the game to escape with a 71-69 victory Jan. 27. Senior […]

Constitutional scholar Derrick Bell will present the first program in a very full schedule for the Assembly Series’ 2008 spring semester. Among the Series’ speakers are scientists, legal scholars, writers, sex experts and the St. Louis Symphony. For more information on the spring calendar offerings visit the Web site at http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call (314) 935-5285.

Margo Skinner has left a legacy in the Department of Otolaryngology and in cochlear implant research throughout the world. A WUSTL alum and faculty member for 30 years, she was awarded the Pioneer Woman of the Year award in 2007 by WUSTL’s Academic Women’s Network.

Chris HartmanMasks are a key part of *commedia dell’arte* costumes. Commedia dell’arte was among the most popular entertainments of 16th and 17th-century Italy and France, yet its slapstick humor, quirky costumes and use of improvisation have continued to influence performers from Vaudeville and Cirque du Soleil to television’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” This month, the Kingsbury Ensemble and Project Improv * St. Louis will join forces to present a new translation of The Old Man’s Folly, a classic commedia dell’arte work, in Washington University’s Umrath Hall.

Lars Angenent in his lab.A team of researchers headed by Lars Angenent, Ph.D., assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, is plying new techniques to produce a biofuel superior to ethanol.

Erin BelieuAcclaimed poet Erin Belieu will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. Belieu is the author of three collectionss: Infanta (1995), One Above & One Below (2000) and, most recently, Black Box (2006).

Courtesy photoJanet KauffmanAuthor, environmentalist and multimedia artist Janet Kauffman will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. Kauffman, who lives on a farm in Hudson, MI, is the author of the forthcoming book Trespassing: Dirt Stories & Field Notes, which combines stories and nonfiction pieces to illustrate the impact of modern factory farms—confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOs — on her rural community.

Joseph Roach, former chair of Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences, will present the 2008 Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28. Roach, now the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Theater and English at Yale University, studies the history and theory of theater and dramatic literature and has been a major force in developing the field of performance studies.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.”More Than a Dream … Living the Dream” is the theme of Washington University’s 21st annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, in Graham Chapel. The Law School, School of Social Work and School of Medicine will also host celebrations.

The university hopes car-sharing will make it easier for faculty, staff and students to use public transportation or carpools to commute to and from campus.Washington University in St. Louis’ Parking & Transportation Services and Enterprise Rent-A-Car© have partnered to bring WeCar™, a car-sharing program, to the university’s Danforth Campus. The program, the first of its kind in the St. Louis area, allows Washington University students, faculty, staff and employees of qualified service providers over age 18 to rent vehicles at an hourly rate. The vehicles will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.