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The Faces of Hope rally got the WUSTL campus ready for the Clinton Global Initiative University. At the rally,the community watched a video message from Chelsea Clinton and learned that WUSTL is committing $30 million to improve energy efficiency and other sustainability efforts on campus.

President Bill Clinton announced the launch of the third annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) Commitments Challenge, a competition of ideas from college students in the form of a bracket. The KHE Project, a commitment to action by WUSTL Arts & Sciences students Emily Santos, Krupa Desai and Henry Osman, is part of the “Sweet 16” projects selected to compete.

Daniel Libeskind, one of the most celebrated architects working today, will discuss “The Future of Cities” as part of the Assembly Series at Washington University in St. Louis. His presentation, sponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the Architecture Student Council, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in Graham Chapel.

Weather permitting, the Missouri Department of Transportation will close all lanes and ramps of Interstate 64/Highway 40 from Hampton Avenue through Forest Park Avenue at 8 p.m. Friday, March 29. The highway is expected to reopen by 3 a.m. Monday, April 1.

Frederick Sweet, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, following a stroke. He was 74.

Leesa M. Galatz, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of the Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship program, is pioneering new treatments for rotator cuff injuries.​

M.J. Warsi, PhD, a well-known linguist and researcher who teacheslinguistics and Indian languages at Washington University in St. Louis,received the Inspirational Leadership Award at an international conference of intellectuals held recently at India International Centre, New Delhi.

Mike Parker Pearson’s research team spent six years on a comprehensive dig in and around Stonehenge, emerging with surprising discoveries and new theories on the origins and purpose of the prehistoric ruins. He will share some of these findings in his Assembly Series lecture, “Stonehenge: New Discoveries” at 4 p.m. Wed., March 27, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium on the Danforth Campus.

Those interested in participating in a national study to help the American Cancer Society understand how lifestyle, genetics and the environment affect cancer may enroll in the study April 30 or May 1 on the Washington University Medical Campus.