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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.

With so much attention given to transportation, many people are surprised to learn that buildings are the single largest contributor to global warming. Yet in the United States, buildings are responsible for almost half (48%) of all greenhouse gas emissions. On Feb. 20 the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will host The 2010 Imperative: A Global Emergency Teach-In, a live web-cast exploring the relationship between ecology and design.

Jeffrey MarlowJeffrey J. Marlow, a senior in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 20 students nationwide named to the 2007 All-USA College Academic First Team, USA Today’s recognition program for outstanding undergraduates. Two other Washington University students were named to the third team and one student received honorable mention, resulting in Washington University tying with the University of Alabama for the most students selected in the newspaper’s competition.

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael A. Wolff will present “Race, Law, and the Struggle for Equality: Missouri Law, Politics and the Dred Scott Case,” the keynote address for the 150th anniversary symposium covering the Dred Scott Case.

The New York Times’ Supreme Court correspondent and a member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina are part of the spring lineup.

His research long has focused on applying digital tools to design and construction practice. In 1992, his work in digital-aided manufacturing was cited by Engineering News Record as one of the year’s 10 most significant contributions to the construction industry.

The experimental Los Angeles troupe led by artistic director and Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins will present a new stage adaptation of Orwell’s dystopic classic Feb. 16-17.

Photo by Joe AngelesMichael Frachetti, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, speaks on “Decoding Eurasian Nomadic Networks:Integrating Social and Scientific Approaches” at the lunch session of the Metropolitan St. Louis Grants Conference Jan. 10 in Whitaker Hall.

The 150-year-old mission of the Academy of Science of St. Louis is to “foster the advancement of science and encouragement of public interest in and understanding of the sciences.”