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Bear Necessities is offering a summer sale for WUSTL staff and faculty Aug. 2-4. Save on sales tax during tax-free weekend and buy one sale item and get one free.

Washington University in St. Louis chemist D. André d’Avignon, who manages the university’s high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance facility, has been named the winner of the 2013 Saint Louis Award. The Saint Louis Award, administered by the St. Louis section of the American Chemical Society, is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of chemistry and demonstrated the potential to further the advancement of the chemical profession.

Alison K. Snyder-Warwick, MD, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was installed in June as secretary of the Sir Charles Bell Society at the International Facial Nerve Symposium in Boston.

Join friends and colleagues next month in a celebration of the life of Kathleen F. Brickey, James Carr Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence. A ceremony and reception will be held at 4 p.m. Aug. 30 in Anheuser-Busch Hall’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom.

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University invite the St. Louis public to meet three finalists in PXSTL — a collaborative design-build competition that will transform a vacant lot in the heart of Grand Center — on Tuesday, July 30. Shown is “Lighthearted,” an installation by Freecell Architecture, one of the finalists.

An Olin Library exhibition, titled William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, ends July 31. But a newly launched digital version of the exhibit allows for ongoing exploration of a wide-ranging selection of the esteemed writer’s drafts, interviews, photographs and more. A gallery talk will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, July 19, in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Reading Room, providing a guided tour of the in-person exhibition.

Washington University School of Medicine again is sponsoring its annual school supply drive to benefit Adams Elementary School students. The school supply drive runs from July 15-Aug. 7. A list of suggested items is below.

The Civic Engagement Fund supports civic engagement and community service projects throughout the year. Undergraduate, graduate, professional students, alums, faculty and staff are eligible to apply. Grants are available for both individuals and groups. Applications are due Aug. 2.

Ronald Evens, MD, professor of radiology at the School of Medicine and of medical economics at the Olin Business School, has been appointed chairman of the Board of Regents for the National Library of Medicine.

Kathleen F. Brickey, JD, a giant in the field of white-collar crime and the long-serving James Carr Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence at Washington University School of Law, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013.