Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut and moonwalker, will discuss “A Journey to the Moon!” on Nov. 1 in Brookings Hall, Room 300, at Washington University. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will immediately follow a public ceremony at 2:30 p.m. in which he will present WUSTL Arts & Sciences senior Lonia Friedlander with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
• Lane closures are scheduled between the Highland Terrace bridge and Bellevue Avenue through Oct. 26.
• Eager Road will be closed Oct. 27 at the I-170 intersection for the installation of a sewer line.
Washington University researcher Stanton Braude, lecturer in biology in Arts & Sciences, says the secret to a long life in humans might exist in the wrinkled body of one of the world’s ugliest animals — the naked mole rat.
Cedza Dlamini, prince of Swaziland and grandson of Nelson Mandela, will speak about “Ubuntu: Development, Social Entrepreneurship, and Service” at 4 p.m. Nov. 5 in Graham Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.
People with mental illnesses lose 25 to 30 years of life expectancy compared to the general population, mostly due to cardiovascular disease, a School of Medicine psychiatrist writes in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
William F. Stenson, M.D., has been named the Dr. Nicholas V. Costrini Professor of Gastroenterology & Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the School of Medicine.