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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012

 
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Foremost authority discusses Sephardic Jews’ experiences during Holocaust 

Aron Rodrigue, this year’s annual Holocaust Memorial lecturer, has put to rest the widely held notion that Sephardic Jews living in the Balkans and other European lands during the Holocaust were not as badly affected as the Ashkenazi in Eastern Europe. The truth is they experienced the same persecution and destruction under Nazi occupation. Rodrigue will speak on campus Monday, Oct. 29.

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New chairs appointed in Arts & Sciences??

Five new department chairs have been named in Arts & Sciences: Mark G. Alford, PhD, Department of Physics; Mark Rollins, PhD, Performing Arts Department; John Nachbar, PhD, Department of Economics; Hillel Kieval, PhD, Department of Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; Peter Schmelz, PhD, Department of Music; and Timothy Moore, PhD, Department of Classics.

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Canter named Tuttle and Hauck Professor

?Charles E. Canter, MD, has been named the first Lois B. Tuttle and Jeanne B. Hauck Chair in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the School of Medicine. Canter is internationally renowned for his expertise in pediatric cardiology.

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Poet Mark Wunderlich to read Oct. 25

In The Anchorage, his debut collection, poet Mark Wunderlich creates a central metaphor of the body as anchor for the soul. His poetry is set in New York’s summer streets, in the barren snowfields of Wisconsin and along stretches of Cape Cod’s open shoreline. On Thursday, Oct. 25, Wunderlich will read from his work.

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Calendar Highlights

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24

Sam Fox School lecture

“Designing a Path Out of Poverty." Ed Chan-Lizardo, chief development and partnerships officer for KickStart International. Free. Event details. Steinberg Hall Auditorium. (6 p.m. reception at Kemper Art Museum.) 935-9300.

Announcements

Health open enrollment begins in November

The 2013 health open enrollment for the health/dental plans, the health-care and child-care flex spending plans, the Health Savings Account (HSA) and the Retirement Medical Savings Account (RMSA) will begin Monday, Nov. 12, and run through Sunday, Dec. 2. This is the only time all year employees may enroll in the flex spending plans, HSA and RMSA, or alter health plans and coverage without a qualifying family status change.

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In the Spotlight: Faculty, Staff and Studet News & Achievements
Notables: Grants, Awards, Lectures, Publications & Other Activities
Obituaries
Sports Highlights

Women’s soccer defeats Principia

The No. 5 women’s soccer team ran its home-unbeaten streak to 16 games with a 2-0 victory over Principia College in non-
conference action Oct. 16 at Francis Field. WUSTL closes out non-conference play at home against Millikin University tonight at 7 p.m.

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