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Photo by David Kilper / WUSTL PhotoWashington University’s new Earth & Planetary Sciences Building.Earth Day may arrive each April, but for architecture students and faculty, environmental design is increasingly part of the year-round curriculum. At the same time, a growing number of American universities are challenging themselves to implement green principles on their own campuses. From ivy-covered walls and tree-lined walkways, new ideals are taking shape: highly efficient buildings — constructed of local, sustainable materials — that reduce waste and minimize strain on local infrastructures; a holistic approach that considers operational as well as construction costs; and entire universities that might someday achieve net zero environmental impact.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe fifth annual International Women’s Day Celebration March 4 was a Sesquicentennial event focusing on “Historic Women in Legal Education.”

What are the origins of intolerance and prejudice? How are intolerance and prejudice similar, and how are they different? Are there certain people who are more intolerant or more prejudiced than others? How can the social problem of intolerance and prejudice be solved? These are just a few of the questions to be addressed as a panel of internationally recognized scholars assembles at Washington University in St. Louis on April 2 for a an interdisciplinary forum on issues of “Intolerance and Prejudice.”

ArmstrongShakespearean actor Gareth Armstrong, a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, will present Hand in Hand to Hell: Richard III and Macbeth—An Actor’s Perspective, the fifth annual Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture, for Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences April 28.

Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present the *Young Choreographers Showcase* April 2-4 in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio.

He was “not only a major influence on Washington University’s academic strengths, he was also a national leader in science and research,” Chancellor Wrighton says.

The 1983-84 school year marked the 10th anniversary of Edison Theatre. To mark the event, the Washington University Dance Theatre performed the satire Façade (below), which added a third voice to the marriage of music by Sir William Walton and the abstract poetry of Dame Edith Sitwell. The 19 dances, created by Annelise Mertz, professor […]

KhindukaFamily Support Network (FSN), a nonprofit agency dedicated to strengthening families through the prevention of child abuse and neglect has chosen Shanti Khinduka, Ph.D., dean and the George Warren Brown School Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, as their 2004 Guardian Angel award recipient. The award will be presented at the “Every Child Needs a Hero” Gala at the Missouri Athletic Club April 17.

Charles Dill of the University of Wisconsin will speak on Rousseau and the Language of Opera Criticism for Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 4 p.m. Friday, March 26.

Washington University senior Leon Barrett will present a guitar recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in the university’s Karl Umrath Hall Lounge.