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Andy Uecker (left), of the International Institute of Saint Louis, speaks with Adam Steffen, a graduate student in computer science in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, during the Public Service Fair Sept. 21 at the Danforth University Center. The fair, sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, featured more than 40 nonprofit organizations offering a variety of community service and internship opportunities.

Tara Nummedal, PhD, associate professor of history at Brown University, will present “The Lion’s Blood: Anna Zieglerin and the Alchemical Redemption of the World” for the 2010-11 Witherspoon Memorial Lecture in Religion and Science at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.

Academic leaders from some of the world’s premier universities will gather at Washington University in St. Louis Oct. 1-5 to discuss the world’s energy future at the “McDonnell International Scholars Academy Symposium: Global Energy Future.”

The Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., and Washington University in St. Louis announced recipients of grants from the joint Academic Venture Fund that support collaborations between scholars at WUSTL and Brookings working on projects that impact research, education and policy.

Chronicle of Higher Education An elaborate ranking of doctoral programs makes its long-awaited debut – faculty 9/28/2010 Now it can be told. The American doctoral program with the longest median time-to-degree is the music program at Washington University in St. Louis: 16.3 years. That’s just one of a quarter million data points that appear in […]

Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times and best-selling author, will present “Half the Sky: From Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide” at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in Graham Chapel. Kristof’s talk, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Lecture in Social Policy, is free and open to the public.

A 10-year study on Child Development Accounts (CDAs) has confirmed their viability as a tool for long-term asset building. Beginning as early as birth, CDAs are investment accounts that allow parents and children to accumulate savings for post-secondary education, homeownership or business initiatives. 

Many new capabilities have been added to the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) Employee Self Service, allowing WUSTL employees to more easily and quickly manage their benefits and human resources records. The changes also promote sustainability by reducing the amount of paperwork required.

The New York Times Ditch your laptop, dump your boyfriend 09/26/2010 Willie X. Lin, student in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis, offers tips for college students. “Chances are, if you are taking the time to read this advice, you already have the quality necessary to undertake the intellectual […]

Three aspiring playwrights will present staged readings of their works Oct. 1 and 2 as part of the 2010 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences. Named in honor of alumnus A.E. Hotchner, the festival consists of an intensive two-week workshop that culminates in the staged readings. This year’s workshop is led by dramaturg Allison Horsley, assistant professor of dramatic literature at the University of Denver