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The book collection essay competition sponsored by Washington University Libraries is celebrating its 26th year this winter, offering four cash prizes to students who submit short essays about their personal book collections. The entry deadline for the 2013 contest has been set for Thursday, Feb. 28.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is in India this week with a group of Washington University in St. Louis leaders and members of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP) to first talk about global energy and environmental solutions and then meet with the university’s International Advisory Council of Asia. The symposium continues, with a visit from a United Nations Official and a trip through Mumbai to visit co-host institution IIT-Bombay.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is in India this week with a group of Washington University in St. Louis leaders and members of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership (MAGEEP) to first talk about global energy and environmental solutions and then meet with the university’s International Advisory Council of Asia. The first stop: Mumbai, where the Chancellor presents the first of his “Insights from India.”

Frances “Fran” (nee Maric) Winker, a patient-service representative in orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in an accident on Interstate 44 in Oakland. She was 49.

University College — the professional and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — is hosting Preview Night for the spring 2013 semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. The program will provide information on tuition, transferring college credits, financial aid, academic advising, and the professional and continuing education programs. Spring classes begin Jan. 14, 2013.

A variety of events and opportunities are happening until Dec. 9 to raise money to aid those affected by hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey. Monetary donation sites are located at various points around the Danforth Campus, including Grounds for Change on the main level of Goldfarb Hall. Funds will be donated to […]

The past two summers, a group of 15 Washington University students and faculty members have taken part in Tsinghua University’s annual English summer camp in Beijing, and applications are now being accepted for this coming summer’s camp, which will be held from July 1 to July 19.

On Saturday, Dec. 8, from noon to 2:30 p.m., the Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, will once again sponsor a free traveler’s vehicle inspection service to students, faculty and staff.

The School of Medicine’s 9th Annual Art Show is accepting submissions from students, faculty and staff. The School of Medicine’s 9th Annual Art Show is accepting submissions from students, faculty and staff. The art show will be held in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center atrium, 520 S. Euclid Ave., from Jan. 22 through Feb. 17. An opening reception is slated for 7 p.m. Jan . 24.

Tili Boon Cuillé, associate professor of French and co-convener of the 18th Century Interdisciplinary Salon, discusses the musical tableaux, the relationship between science and the humanities, and structuring the art of conversation.