A newly established fund to support innovative cancer research at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center has awarded its first two grants to high-tech efforts to undermine cancer cells’ ability to resist treatment. The awards will help scientists use genetic data to find new ways to attack treatment-resistant breast cancer and  target treatments based on cells’ responses to radiation therapy.

Joseph R. Passonneau, who served as dean of the School of Architecture from 1956-67, died in his sleep Monday, Aug. 22, at his home in Washington, D.C., following an extended illness. He was 90.

A search committee to identify candidates for the position of vice chancellor for public affairs has been appointed by Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD, executive vice chancellor, and Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration. M. Fredric Volkmann, the current vice chancellor for public affairs, will retire Sept. 30.

Richard Meyer, author of Outlaw Represent-
ation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art, will launch the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Public Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. The series continues through Nov. 9.

Mahendra Gupta, PhD, dean and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management, serves up a hamburger during the Olin Business School’s annual back to school cookout in the Simon Hall courtyard Aug. 30. The barbecue, held the first day of classes, welcomed business students to the new academic year and featured food and live music.

Noon, Tuesday, Sept. 6

Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers Series

“Mea Culpa: The Role of Apologies in Legal Decisionmaking.” Jennifer Robbennolt, prof. of law and psychology, U. of Illinois College of Law. Free and open to the public. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, No. 310. (314) 935-8598.

Freedom From Smoking class offered at medical school

The School of Medicine will again offer free Freedom From Smoking classes for all university employees beginning Tuesday, Sept. 13. Classes run for six weeks through Tuesday, Oct. 18. To register and for more information, click here.

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WUSTL sports teams run, kick into full gear

The football team opened at Knox College on Saturday, and fall sports began with a flourish over the weekend. Getting in on the action were men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball and women’s golf. To find out how your favorite sports team fared, visit bearsports.wustl.edu.