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Continuing Washington University’s yearlong Sesquicentennial Environmental Initiative, the final set of colloquia will cover significant issues such as tackling childhood lead poisoning, building a sustainable environment in plant sciences, understanding the effect of aerosols in our air; creating ecological and economically viable structures; and understanding how research universities can impact environmental education and public policy.

Rabbi SusanTalve, a strong believer in Tikkun Olam — healing the world — is working to improve relationships among groups and to improve conditions for those in need in the City of St. Louis.

Women’s sports at Washington University in St. Louis received a big boost recently with an anonymous gift of $350,000 to establish The Nancy Fahey Women’s Athletic Endowment Fund. The Fahey Fund will provide much-needed resources for all women’s intercollegiate athletics programs, and is named for the women’s basketball coach.

Washington University’s Mini-Medical School gives laypeople, from husbands and wives to lawyers and musicians, an abridged medical education that helps them to interact more effectively with health-care providers. In a recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch feature on the program, course organizer Dr. Cynthia Wichelman describes WUSTL’s Mini-Med course as one of the most comprehensive and hands-on programs of its kind in the nation. Designed to be fun and educational, the program is open to all comers age 15 and up. “The majority of people who take the class are not going to be the queasy type,” said Wichelman.

Tired of TV, bored with bars, cynical about the Cineplex? Start the weekend with Washington University’s Gallery of Art, which will host lectures, concerts, film screenings, artists’ talks and guided tours Friday evenings throughout the spring.

Tax-paying, America-loving political satirist Kate Clinton will offer savvy send-ups of American culture, fads and foibles for the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series Feb. 13.

Nothing’s more attractive than funny. Which means that nothing screams “Romance” quite like Valentine’s Day with The UnCabaret. The off-beat L.A. comedy collective — featuring Andy Dick, Beth Lapides, Tim Bagley and Sherri Shepherd — will make its St. Louis debut Feb. 14 as part of the third annual Antigala fundraiser at Washington University’s Edison Theatre.

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For the first time, ophthalmology researchers have demonstrated an association between loss of gel in the eye’s vitreous body and the formation of nuclear cataracts. Click here for more medical articles

Each year, two graduate students and two undergraduates serve as representatives to the University’s Board of Trustees. Graduate students interested in serving as a 2004-05 board representative can apply by going online to www.prograds.wustl.edu and clicking on the “Application Process Student Representative to BOT” link. The graduate student application deadline is Feb. 20. Information regarding […]