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The STL PREP (Perception, Reality, Engagement and Partnership) orientation series will launch with a welcome reception on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 5-7 p.m. at the Moonrise Hotel Rooftop, 6177 Delmar Blvd. Interested faculty and staff are welcome to bring up to two guests. Please RSVP by Sept. 20 here.

The Brown School’s Rebecca Gernes has been chosen as the only student among eight academic partners selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 2013-14 school year. Gernes, a native of Des Moines, Ia., is studying the relationship between air pollution and asthma in East St. Louis, Ill., and its surrounding areas – including the city of St. Louis.

Following a successful trial run during the 2012-2013 academic year, Olin Library has expanded 24-hour access to five nights a week. Olin Library is now open from 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings to 8 p.m. on Friday evenings when fall and spring semester classes are in session. 

Applications for the K12 Clinical Hematology Research Career Development Program scholars are being accepted through Oct. 21.

Portions of the 276 Skinker Building south sidewalk will be closed as Metro repairs a collapsed beam. Work should last two to three weeks.

Professor Susan Appleton, JD, in connection with her course at the School of Law, “Adoption & Assisted Reproduction,” will be hosting a film screening of Lost Sparrow with panel discussion immediately following at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom.

An information session about the Global Certificate Program will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Seigle Hall, Room 206. The Global Certificate is an interdisciplinary program designed to expose Washington University undergraduate students to diverse perspectives and teach them practical skills needed to thrive in today’s dynamic international landscape.

Helen Power, PhD, who made an indelible mark on the women’s studies program at Washington University in St. Louis, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. Power, who was 77, suffered a heart attack at her home in St. Louis. A memorial service was held on campus Sunday, Sept. 8.

With its saw-tooth façade and 9,000-square-feet of windows, the $12 million UMSL at Grand Center building is at once dramatic and nimble, a light-filled and light-footed new home for St. Louis Public Radio. We sat down with architects Sung Ho Kim and Heather Woofter, both associate professors in the Sam Fox School, to discuss the project, St. Louis and the role of technology in architecture today.

The Global Diversity Overseas Seminar Program (GDOS) will host a photo exhibit and reception in the Weitman Gallery (lower level of Steinberg Hall) 4:30–6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. Six Washington University in St. Louis staff members traveled to Santiago, Chile, in June through the program and explored several issues related to diversity and social justice.