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Photo by Kevin LowderA presentation on energy and the environment Jan. 25 was capped off by a display of three fuel-efficient General Motors Corp. cars in the parking lot outside Whitaker Hall.

Social work students launch Grounds for Change, a new gathering place that promotes ecological and green living and fosters dialogue between students, faculty and staff.

Lectures are from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. every Saturday in February in McDonnell Hall, Goldfarb Auditorium.

School of Medicine researchers receive nearly $15 million to study how genes, viruses and cigarettes contribute to chronic lung diseases such as emphysema.

The program allows individuals to organize, store and retrieve personal health information for themselves and their family members using a secure Web-based program.

WIlliam H. Danforth and James E. McLeod received the honor for a lifetime of service to the community, efforts that have had impact far beyond the immediate circumstance and service without striving for personal gain.

Harvard physicist Lisa Randall explains how our visible world of four dimensions could be embedded in a higher-dimensional universe at the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. on Feb. 7 in Graham Chapel.

The No. 10 men’s basketball team ended regulation on a 6-0 run to force overtime before defeating No. 24 New York University, 79-78, Jan. 28 at the Field House. On Jan. 26, the Bears (16-1, 7-0 UAA) picked up a hard-fought, 68-64, win against Brandeis University. Women’s basketball upends Brandeis Go to BearSports The women’s […]

John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the United States, will head the prestigious panel of judges presiding over the finals of the School of Law’s Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition. The competition will take place Feb. 6 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The competition finals are closed to the public. Limited seating will be provided for the WUSTL community to view a simulcast of the student arguments. Space in the overflow rooms in Anheuser-Busch Hall will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

KWUR (90.3 FM), Washington University’s student-run radio station, will launch KWUR WEEK, a series of on-campus events, with a free concert by four of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s newest—and youngest—players. The program will include string quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn and Johannes Brahms.