Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth cuts the ribbon with his daughter Maebelle Reed (left) and daughter-in-law, Tina Danforth (right), during the dedication of a bench and arbor at the Woman’s Club Elizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden Commemoration Sept. 29. The commemoration was part of the club's yearlong Centennial Celebration. FULL STORY

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A new $4.27 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will enable School of Medicine researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center’s Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities to extend its work to eliminate racial and economic gaps in cancer care. FULL STORY

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A team of distinguished judges read through dozens of entries from leading business publications around the world to name the first recipients of the Olin Corporate Strategy Prize. The competition’s goal is to expand awareness of the importance of strategic change in maintaining vital and competitive businesses. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21293.aspx

Landscape architect Tom Leader, founder and principal of Tom Leader Studio in Berkeley, Calif., will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Public Lecture Series, Monday, Oct. 11. Formed in 2001, the studio is among today’s most innovative and experimental landscape architecture practices. FULL STORY

URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21299.aspx

Cynthia Enloe, PhD, research professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment and director of the women’s studies department at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., will discuss the “Invisible Costs of War” for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium. FULL STORY

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• 11 a.m. Dept. of English Hurst Professor Seminar. “Romancing the Revolution: Jefferson’s Declaration.” Betsy Erkkila, WUSTL Hurst Visiting Professor and Henry Sanborn Noyees Professor of Literature, Northwestern U. Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge, Rm. 201. (314) 935-5190.

• Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Debate Series. The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute presents a debate between Kenneth Anderson, JD, professor of law at American University, and Mary Ellen O’Connell, JD, the Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, from noon-1 p.m. today in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. A reception will follow in Siegle Hall, Room 108E.

• The No. 1 WUSTL volleyball team will host the Bears Classic today and tomorrow, Oct. 8 and 9, at the Field House. The Bears welcome the University of Dallas, University of Mount Union, Webster University and Westminster College to the five-team round robin.