“Chef” Mahendra Gupta, Ph.D. (right), dean and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management at Olin Business School, serves burgers to hungry business-school students on the first day of classes at the 15th annual Olin Welcome Cookout. More than 1,000 students, staff and faculty gathered in the Simon Hall Lopata Courtyard Aug. 26 for the end-of-summer tradition. Joe Fox (in baseball cap), associate dean for MBA programs, also took a turn at the serving table, which featured hamburgers, veggie burgers, pulled pork and baked beans.