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The Dean of the School of Medicine is looking for a few good staff members for his service award.

Photo by Kevin LowderElizabeth Grace Wiese, daughter of Eliot Society benefactors Chip and Jane Wiese, gets her face painted during Eliot Family Night Jan. 26 in the Athletic Complex. The popular annual event for Eliot Society members, their families and guests includes clowns, magicians, a buffet dinner and family activities followed by Bears men’s and women’s basketball games. Both teams were victorious that night. More than 740 people attended, setting a record for participants.

Photo by David KilperWUSTL biologists have discovered a large biological clock in the smelling center of mice brains and have revealed that the sense of smell for mice is stronger at night, peaking in evening hours and waning during day light hours. A team led by Erik Herzog, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, discovered the clock in the olfactory bulb, the brain center that aids the mouse in detecting odors.

DanceBrazilFor almost 30 years DanceBrazil has combined modern dance with contemporary and traditional Afro-Brazilians forms such as samba and the martial arts-inspired capoeira. Now the internationally acclaimed troupe will bring its magnetic, gravity-defying mix of strength and power, intricacy and elusiveness, to Washington University’s Edison Theatre.

School of Medicine scientists found genes that will help scientists to develop therapies for smokers who just can’t seem to quit.

Photo by David KilperLeonard Green plays tough with students and leaves a lasting impression

Christopher Buckley, novelist, political satirist and editor, will present “Thank You for Smoking: A Conversation With Christopher Buckley,” as the ArtSci Council/Neureuther Library Lecture for the Assembly Series. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 11 a.m. Feb. 21 in Graham Chapel.

The higher education cable station HEC-TV is sponsoring a series of interactive, participatory television programs related to The Big Read, a University-sponsored initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.

The novelist, political satirist and editor will present “Thank You for Smoking: A Conversation with Chris Buckley,” the ArtSci Council/Neureuther Library Lecture for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m., Wednesday, February 21 in Graham Chapel.

Construction is underway in west St. Louis County to build a new, $13 million orthopaedic facility, a joint project of The Washington University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.