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The National Research Council is conducting a series of “Town Hall” meetings across the country to roll out the Planetary Science Decadal Survey 2013-2022 Wednesday, April 6, and the McDonnell Center for Space Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis will be hosting one of the events at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in Room 201, Crow Hall. It will consist of a one-hour presentation by Amy Simon-Hall of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, who was a member of the survey’s steering committee, followed by a one-hour question-and-answer period.  

Fox News political analyst Juan Williams will present “The Capacity of America to Address Its Most Pressing Domestic Issues” for the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy’s annual dinner at 8 p.m. Monday, April 4, in the main dining room of the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. A media briefing will be held at 5:45 p.m.

Andrew Stewart, PhD, the Nicholas C. Petris Professor of Greek Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, will deliver this year’s John and Penelope Biggs Lecture in Classics as part of the Assembly Series. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium on Washington University’s Danforth campus.

In the single largest cancer genomics investigation reported to date, scientists have sequenced the whole genomes of tumors from 50 breast cancer patients and compared them to the matched DNA of the same patients’ healthy cells. They uncovered incredible complexity in the cancer genomes, but also got a glimpse of new routes toward personalized medicine.

School of Medicine students rehearse for the School of Medicine spring musical, “Curtains,” to be held at 7:30 p.m. April 14-16 at the Whelpley Auditorium on the St. Louis College of Pharmacy campus. Tickets may be purchased beginning Monday, April 4, in Room 100 of the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building or in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center lobby from noon-1 p.m. daily.

The 21st annual Pow Wow at Washington University in St. Louis, a festival of American Indian cultures, will be held Saturday, April 9, in the Field House. This event, hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School, is free and open to the public. Visitors and participants will be able to enjoy dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food. Intertribal and contest dancing take place at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Traditional arts and crafts booths and community information booths open at 10 a.m.

Bruce A. Carlson, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $581,304 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Synaptic Mechanisms for the Processing of Temporal Codes.” … Joseph Corbo, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology and of genetics, has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from […]

Three Washington University in St. Louis faculty members are being honored this month by the Academy of Science of St. Louis: Marcus E. Raichle, MD; Timothy Eberlein, MD; and Linda S. Cottler, PhD. The mission of the academy is to “foster the advancement of science and encouragement of public interest in and understanding of the sciences.” The awards will be given Wednesday, April 13, at a dinner at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.

WUSTL Dining Services has introduced a reusable to-go box, which can be used at any WUSTL Dining Services location on the Danforth Campus. The box, which is available for $3, allows faculty, staff and students to take their meal to-go without using a cardboard to-go box. Diners who use the box receive a 25-cent discount on each meal purchased with the box.

Arts & Sciences recognized the achievements of five alumni during the 14th Annual Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony, held March 24 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Gary S. Wihl, PhD, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, and the Arts & Sciences National Council hosted an awards dinner.