The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine has received renewal of its designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. The renewal includes $23 million in funding for the next five years. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21424.aspx

The Alumni Association will commemorate the institution’s founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 6. This is the third of a three-part series profiling the recipients of this year’s Founders Day awards. Today, the Record highlights the six recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21427.aspx

On the surface, family planning and tennis have little in common. But if results are what matter, Jeffrey Peipert, MD, PhD, who studies behavioral interventions to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy, is a winner. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21362.aspx

Former art school dean Joe Deal, who died of cancer last summer, was among the most influential American landscape photographers of the latter 20th century, known for austere, almost abstract images that balance depictions of the natural and man-made worlds. Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 3, the Kemper Art Museum will celebrate Deal’s life and art with the exhibition Joe Deal: West and West.  FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21428.aspx

Lighting designer Ruth Grauert, who spent 40 years as assistant and stage director to legendary choreographer Alwin Nikolais, will discuss “The Path to Post-Modern Dance and the Nikolais Aesthetic” at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21430.aspx

Errol Sandler, PhD, associate dean of the Sever Institute of Continuing Studies in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, leads a group of riders from the Danforth Campus on a bike ride through Forest Park Oct. 20 during Campus Sustainability Day. The ride was held to raise awareness of alternate forms of transportation. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21417.aspx

• 4 p.m. Dept. of Psychology Lecture. “The Dunning-Kruger Effect: On Remaining Ignorant of One’s Own Ignorance.” David Dunning, prof. of psychology, Cornell U. Wilson Hall, Rm. 214. (314) 935-6567.

• Memorial service for G. Robert Blackburn Nov. 13. A memorial service for G. Robert Blackburn, WUSTL’s first director of community and government relations, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Knight Center, Room 200. To RSVP, e-mail Jane Miller at janemiller@wustl.edu.

• It was a busy weekend in WUSTL sports as football, women’s soccer, men’s soccer, volleyball, cross country and swimming & diving all saw action. To find out how your favorite team fared, visit bearsports.wustl.edu.