In the centennial year of Tennessee Williams’ birth and 75th anniversary of his matriculation at WUSTL, the literary legacy of Williams (second from left) will be the subject of an Assembly Series lecture by Henry I. Schvey, PhD, professor of drama and of comparative literature, both in Arts & Sciences, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.

A new program coordinated through the First Year Center encourages faculty members to share outside interests as a way of introducing freshmen to St. Louis. As part of “St. Louis by the Dozen,” faculty members lead groups of 12 in an off-campus weekend adventure.

The fruit of the saw palmetto tree does not relieve symptoms of an enlarged prostate, even when men take the herbal supplement in very high doses, a new study by School of Medicine researchers shows.

Next week, Slovenian philosopher Mladen Dolar, PhD, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor in English in Arts & Sciences, will lead a three-day series, titled “From Hegel to Freud and Kafka,” exploring the linguistics, metaphysics, ethics and politics of the voice as well as its use by Sigmund Freud, Georg W.F. Hegel and Franz Kafka.

3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29

WUSTL Libraries Workshop

“Twitter 101: A Hands-On Exploration of the Basics.” Class is for the Twitter novice. Limited to WUSTL students, faculty and staff. Olin Library Arc. (314) 935-5714.

Memorial set for James McLeod Oct. 9

A memorial service has been set for James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, who passed away Sept. 6. He will be remembered by the WUSTL community at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Field House. The service will be streamed live via the Internet.

Brent Ruoff, MD

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Cross country teams sweep invitational

The second-ranked women’s and third-ranked men’s cross country teams swept the team and individual honors at the Wheaton College Gil Dodds Invitational Sept. 24 in Warrenville, Ill.