Lead gifts totaling $25 million by two of WUSTL’s most dedicated benefactors will support the Olin Business School and its plans for two new innovative facilities for graduate education. The gifts — $15 million from Charles F. and Joanne Knight and $10 million from George and Carol Bauer through the Bauer Foundation — will take Olin into its second century.

WUSTL international students recently learned the intricacies of American football in a workshop organized by the Office of International Students & Scholars and put on by Bears football player Jonathan Paramore, a freshman in Arts & Sciences. The goal was to give students enough basic knowledge so they could enjoy games with their American peers.

School of Medicine scientists have shown that taking a probiotic before radiation therapy can protect the intestine from damage — at least in mice. Their study suggests that taking a probiotic also may help cancer patients avoid intestinal injury, a common problem in those receiving radiation therapy for abdominal cancers.

Thanks to generous WUSTL faculty, staff and retirees, thousands in the St. Louis area will receive hot meals, job training and warm clothes for the winter. The WUSTL community has raised more than $686,000 in its United Way of Greater St. Louis campaign, surpassing the university’s stated goal of $650,000.

Gary S. Wihl, PhD, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, has appointed an eight-member committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. James E. McLeod, longtime dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and vice chancellor for students, died Sept. 6. Wolfram Schmidgen, PhD, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences, has been appointed chair of the search committee. 

12 p.m. Friday Nov. 18

WUSTL Libraries Film & Media Studies

Filmmaker/producer/director Jon Else will talk about his upcoming book on the famed civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize. WUSTL is home to the Eyes on the Prize archives. Free and open to the public. Olin Library, Room 142. RSVP to Nadia Ghasedi at nghasedi@wustl.edu or (314) 935-6154.

Health open enrollment ends Nov. 30

The annual health open enrollment period for the health/dental or dental-only plans, the health- and child-care flex spending plans, the Health Savings Account (HSA) and the Retirement Medical Savings Account (RMSA) continues until Nov. 30.

Vetta L. Sanders-Thompson

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Volleyball upset in regional final

After leading 2-0, the No. 2 volleyball team lost three straight sets to No. 9 Carthage College as the Bears ended the season with their only home loss in 2011. Even with the loss, WUSTL will host the 2011 NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship today through Sunday at the Field House.