Ten cutting-edge Sukkahs by architects and designers from around the nation were installed Oct. 17, just south of the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building. The projects, which remain on view through Saturday, Oct. 22, are winners of Sukkah City STL, an ambitious contemporary design competition that challenged participants to reimagine the traditional Jewish Sukkah through the lens of contemporary art and architecture

Approximately 1,500 members of the Class of 2015 arrived on campus this past August. The freshman class was selected from nearly 29,000 applicants, and approximately half are female and half male. And they have been acclimating well, thanks to welcome events and advice from WUSTL upperclassmen, faculty and staff.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and other legislators are calling for baseball players to stop using chewing tobacco on the field and in front of their fans. “Young people who use smokeless tobacco are more likely to also start smoking cigarettes,” says Douglas Luke, PhD, director of the Center for Tobacco Policy Research at the Brown School.

Emily Jungheim, MD, at the School of Medicine, is studying how insurance coverage and mandates influence ART (assisted reproductive technologies) practice patterns and outcomes.

More than 100 area executives joined 30 Olin Business School student leaders at WUSTL in discussing topics from U.S. economic policy to business growth during the third annual Leaders in Business Summit Oct. 14 in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center.

1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21

Department of Psychology Social/Personality Brown Bag Series

“Americans’ Reactions to the Death of Osama Bin Laden: Implications for the Complex Emotional and Attitudinal Consequences of Waging the War on Terrorism.” Alan Lambert, assoc. prof. of psychology. Free and open to the public. Psychology Bldg., Rm. 215. (314) 935-6565.

Oct. 22 symposium to feature 150 student research projects

Summer projects of more than 150 students will be showcased during the Undergraduate Research Symposium Saturday, Oct. 22, on the main level of Olin Library. Itai Sened, honored as “Mentor of the Year,” will deliver the keynote address.

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Women’s cross country wins invitational

The No. 2 women’s cross country team bested a field loaded with some of the top-ranked teams in the nation to win the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational Oct. 15 at the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wis. The men’s team finished second overall, trailing only top-ranked North Central College.