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Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - see the full calendar Friday, April 10 • Computer Science & Engineering Colloquium — "Provenance in Scientific Visualization" Tuesday, April 14 • Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows' Series — "The Promise of Peace: Kant's Wartime and the Tremulous Body of Philosophy" Wednesday, April 15 • Institute for Public Health Faculty Seminar Series — "Recent Trends in Alcohol Misuse and Dependence in the U.S.: Implications for Policy and Prevention" Campus Calendars - Academic calendar - Assembly Series - Graduate Professional Council calendar - Schools' calendars - University calendar The Record, a twice-weekly electronic newspaper for Washington University faculty, staff and students, is the official source for news and information of vital importance to all members of the campus community. Click below to contact us about: - Record staff - Comments, story ideas - Technical web/email issues - To subscribe - To unsubscribe New child-care facility to open on North Campus The University will open a child-care facility on North Campus by the fall 2010 semester, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration. The new center will offer care for 150-175 children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 6 years. Safer methadone use found for pain and addiction New findings may improve the safety of methadone, a drug widely used to treat cancer pain and opioid-drug addiction. Women to women Members of the Olin Business School community organize donations to the WUSTL military care package group's special "Wash U Women to Military Women" collection March 27. Earlier that month, the care package group asked the WUSTL community to donate objects requested by female soldiers serving in Iraq, such as brightly colored towels, fuzzy socks and lights. Alumni create socially conscious fellowship program Acting on a strong commitment to social justice forged while students here in the late 1960s, three WUSTL graduates are giving back to their campus community through the "Birds of Passage" fellowship providing field experience for socially conscious graduate students. Antiwar classic 'Mother Courage' PAD's spring play Beginning April 17, the Performing Arts Department presents "Mother Courage and Her Children," an epic tale of a protective yet all-too pragmatic matriarch as its spring Mainstage production. Law students gain international justice experience Third-year law students Laura Crane (right) and Dan Tierney will begin their legal careers with a unique foreign policy perspective thanks to an internship with the law school's ambassador in residence, Thomas Schweich, J.D. WUSTL programming team heads to international competition in Sweden A three-person contingent from WUSTL is among the teams of the world's brightest computer programming talent that will gather in Stockholm, Sweden, April 18-22 to compete in the 33rd annual Association for Computer Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest. Campbell named assistant vice chancellor for real estate Mary B. Campbell, senior vice president for Bank of America, has been named assistant vice chancellor for real estate, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration. Campbell's appointment will be effective April 13. Croson kicks off new lecture series on women in academia Rachel T. A. Croson, Ph.D., launches a new lecture series on women in academia offered by The Center for Research in Economics and Strategy at the Olin Business School. World-renowned cosmologist to discuss Big Bang theory P. James E. Peebles, Ph.D., one of the world's foremost theoretical cosmologists who played a central role in understanding the evolution and structure of the universe, will deliver two talks April 15 and 16 as part of the McDonnell Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the University's McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Students Rachel Lyons (left), Gregg Kennedy and Margaret Burke discuss the community involvement of the Catholic Student Center during Faces of Hope, a University-wide celebration of civic engagement and community service April 2 in Whitaker Hall. Announcements One person can make a difference Theresa Wilson, founder and executive director of the Blessing Basket Project, will give the Women's Society Adele Starbird address at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, in Graham Chapel. WUSTL hosts forum on financing university education "Financing University Education" is the focus of a free public conference to be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in the Bryan Cave Moot Court Room of Anheuser Busch Hall. Special-needs dependents subject of MetLife workshop WUSTL's Office of Human Resources invites all faculty and staff to an annual workshop on "Planning For the Future of a Child or Other Dependents With Special Needs." Look here for 'Green Tip' Emergency notification sign-up Update your contact information at emergency.wustl.edu so WUSTL can reach you in an emergency. Washington People Collaborative impact "People need role models, and it is critical to be able to look at your own family and community for those models," says Jack Kirkland, associate professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Kirkland is putting his philosophy to work in East St. Louis, Ill., and a low-income area of St. Louis, the 3rd Ward. Sports Both track teams shine at invitational More Headlines Walsh to deliver Bensinger Lecture Arianna String Quartet to perform April 9 Panel to discuss two new African-American literature anthologies Witherspoon Lecture to focus on intelligent design Banerjee wins Stalker prize St. Louis native Reding next up for Reading Series Public health leaders to speak