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Four distinguished St. Louis composers, all affiliated with the Washington University Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will be honored with a concert of their works in the university’s Edison Theatre at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 29.

Robert M. Walker, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences and faculty fellow for the McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, died Feb. 11 in Brussels, Belgium after an extended battle with stomach cancer. He was 74.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak on “Our Environmental Destiny” for the Washington University Assembly Series at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25 in Graham Chapel. Kennedy has devoted his career to protecting the environment and has used his legal expertise to reduce pollution. He is a clinical professor and supervising attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University’s School of Law in New York. The Clinic takes a leading role in protecting New York City’s water supply and reservoirs. He helped lead the fight to turn back the anti-environmental legislation during the 104th Congress. His reputation is built on a number of successful legal actions, including prosecuting governments and companies for polluting the Hudson River and suing sewage treatment plants to force compliance with the Clean Water Act.

Four eminent scientists will explore the subject of “Plant Sciences: The Environment and Sustainability,” and topics ranging from phytoremidiation, the inorganic carbon cycle, carbon sesquestration, the impact of genetically modified crops on the environment, and the issue of sustainability.

Roberta Freund Schwartz, assistant professor of historical musicology at the University of Kansas, will present a lecture titled “An Investigation into the Late Renaissance episteme Embodied in the Musical Writings of Joachim Burmeister and the Motets of Orlando di Lasso” at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27.

Tenor Joseph Michels, a master’s candidate in vocal performance in Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will present a voice recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the university’s Graham Chapel.

Feb. 23 is “William Greenleaf Eliot Day”; it will feature two lectures on him, as well as a release and signing of the pictorial history book.

Lenabell tells the story of a woman with sickle cell disease — including her experimental failures as well as near-miraculous successes.

The only areas not yet finished are the Crossroads Café, the grand staircase and a reading room on the east side of the building.

Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects. Information is provided to the Record by facilities management. Earth and Planetary Sciences Building The masonry work continues with the granite and limestone facade. The roofing is complete. Partition framing continues on all levels, and dry-wall and painting […]