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Milton J. Schlesinger, professor emeritus of molecular microbiology at the School of Medicine, died of heart failure Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at his home in Berkeley, Calif., after a long period of illness. He was 89.

“Never Been a Time,” a documentary film by Denise Ward-Brown, associate professor in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, will be screened Nov. 5 as part of the 26th annual St. Louis International Film Festival.

As a lead co-author of the K-12 Next Generation Science Standards being adopted by more than three-quarters of U.S. schools, Michael Wysession, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, is presenting an innovative “Elevate Science” instructional program published in October through Pearson Education.

A memorial service for Gregory Paul Smith Jr., who was entering his junior year at Washington University in St. Louis, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge. Smith died July 27, 2017, while studying abroad in London. He was 20.

Faculty and staff are invited to join with hundreds of students at their 12-hour Dance Marathon this weekend, a fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in St. Louis. Employees can join Chancellor Mark Wrighton and Risa Zwerling Wrighton starting at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, in the Athletic Complex.

Two Washington University in St. Louis leaders —  Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth and Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration — were recognized at the 105th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Freedom Fund Dinner of the St. Louis City NAACP on Oct. 13. 

It’s time for a Halloween-inspired question: Which Washington University building is rumored to be haunted?

As the construction project continues, the north entrance of Olin Library, across from Louderman Hall, is expected to open at about 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1. Once it opens, the south entrance will close until the spring.

Geetika Khanna, MD, a professor of radiology, has been named chief of pediatric radiology for Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Khanna, who served as interim chief for the past year, also assumes the role of radiologist-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Garland E. Allen, professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will receive the History of Science Society’s 2017 Sarton Medal for lifetime scholarly achievement Nov. 10 at the society’s annual meeting in Toronto.