The Alumni Association will commemorate the institution’s founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 6. Historian David McCullough will deliver the keynote address. The event also honors faculty and alumni who have made significant contributions to WUSTL. Today, the Record highlights four Distinguished Faculty Award recipients. FULL STORY

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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses the crowd at the Women’s Society’s 45th anniversary celebration and Scholarship Initiative kickoff for the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship Oct. 21. The scholarship provides two-year, full-tuition scholarships for students from St. Louis Community College who transfer to WUSTL. FULL STORY

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Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, has been named the Mabel Dorn Reeder Distinguished Professor in the History of Medicine at the School of Medicine. FULL STORY

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Participants in the Oct. 21 Second Annual Fall Arbor Tour — led by Kent Theiling, grounds manager/horticulturist for the Danforth Campus — listen as Theiling points out distinguishing features of the different trees that dot the Danforth Campus. Arbor tours, which are led by Theiling, are held twice a year, in the spring and fall. FULL STORY

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District will hold a special session at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. FULL STORY

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• 8 p.m. “Jazz at Holmes” Fall Series. Guitarist Steve Schenkel and pianist Carolbeth True. Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. staylor@artsci.wustl.edu or (314) 862-0874.

• Order Thanksgiving dinner from Ibby’s by Nov. 18. Faculty, staff and students hosting Thanksgiving dinners in their homes can avoid preparations and mess by ordering a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings from Ibby’s Bistro in the Danforth University Center. Orders must be placed by Thursday, Nov. 18. For a menu, visit ibbys.wustl.edu/events. To order, call (314) 935-3940.

• Cross country teams finish fourth at meet. The men’s and women’s cross country teams each ran to a fourth-place finish at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Open Oct. 22. For the men, freshman Tarek Elhage finished in 10th place overall with a time of 27:08.10. For the women, freshman Gabrielle Reuveni came in 12th place overall with a time of 23:59.19.