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Dickson Street stationA collaborative light-rail master plan involving close to 50 architecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the University of Arkansas has won a national Education Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects. The award, one of only three given this year, will be presented in May during the AIA National Convention in San Antonio.

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of six individuals April 13 at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Distinguished Law Alumni Award recipients are Michael T. Hannafan, Frederick O. Hanser, Andrew J. Higgins and P. Scott Neville. H. Christopher Boehning and Kathy A. Surratt-States will receive Distinguished Young Law Alumni Awards. More…

The chance to talk business with Warren Buffett is a dream for many. That dream became reality for 54 MBA students at the John M. Olin School of Business who traveled to Omaha, Neb. for just such a visit with the investment genius.

To accomodate Thurtene Carnival, the parking lot located northeast of Brookings Hall (Lot 4) will be partially closed through April 23. There will be some parking available in sections of the lot, but parkers may need to find other locations.

Photo by Kenneth WalshSchool of Medicine students rehearse for their spring musical, “Damn Yankees,” which will be held at 8 p.m. April 13-14 and 20-21 at Moore Auditorium in the North Building at 520 S. Euclid Ave.

For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 13 premier universities from Asia and the Middle East will gather at WUSTL May 4-7 to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns.

Wired magazine cites WUSTL’s Science on Tap in the April issue. Established in fall 2005 and organized by Cynthia A. Wichelman, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine in medicine, Science on Tap lets community members gather in a pub setting to discover topics developed by Danforth campus scientists.

Artist Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses in Houston, will speak about his work at 6:30 p.m. April 13 in Room 458 of Louderman Hall as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ spring Architecture Lecture Series.

Researchers at WUSTL and in Beijing studying a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China have determined that the “out of Africa” dispersal of modern humans may not have been as simple as once thought.

The Washington University Concert Choir will perform music based on Old Testament texts at 8 p.m. April 13 in Graham Chapel.