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Phillip B. Williams, a student in WUSTL’s Master of Fine Arts creative writing program in Arts & Sciences, is one of five young poets awarded a $15,000 scholarship from the Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine.

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Holden Thorp, PhD, WUSTL provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, has appointed an eight-member committee to identify candidates for dean of the School of Law. Daniel Keating, JD (right), the Tyrrell Williams Professor of Law, will serve as interim dean.

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My Name Is Strong, a Clinton Global Initiative University project, hosts an art exhibit today, Sept. 20, at Union Avenue Church. Some 60 works, including this piece (right) by Brown School student Kyle Brandt-Lubart, explore the issue of gender-based violence and celebrate the strength of survivors.

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New WUSTL students interested in entrepreneurship had the chance to get their feet wet even before classes began. The IDEA program, from the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, introduces students to WUSTL’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, allowing them to connect with each other and with upperclassmen during a weeklong orientation program.

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H. James Wedner, MD (left), has been installed as the Dr. Phillip and Arleen Korenblat Professor at the School of Medicine, where he serves as chief of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The named professorship, a gift from Jess and Alice Yawitz, honors their longtime friend and physician, Phillip E. Korenblat (right), and his wife, Arleen.

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11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20
“NASA’s GreenLab Research Facility: A Potential Global Solution for Water, Food/Feed, Fuel and Energy” by Bilal Mark McDowell Bomani, PhD, senior NASA research scientist. Free and open to the public. Event details. Whitaker Hall, Room 100. (314) 935-4620.
8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21
Dept. of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering hosts Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference for Missouri and Illinois engineering students and faculty. (Until 4:30 p.m.) Event details. Brauer Hall, Room 12. zaltsmanl@wustl.edu.
Noon Monday, Sept. 23
“The Toxic Effects of Drone Strikes on Targeted Communities, the Global Role of the U.S., and Our Constitutional and Democratic Principles” by James Cavallaro, prof. of law, Stanford U. Free and open to the public. Co-sponsors/event details. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310. (314) 935-6414 or tokarz@wulaw.wustl.edu.
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The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum launches its 2013-14 exhibition season with Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks and American Places: Painting the Landscape in the Nineteenth Century, both opening today.
About 30 WUSTL graduates joined Teach for America this year, serving high-need students. Teach for America reports that WUSTL consistently ranks high among mid-sized colleges and universities that contribute teachers. This year, WUSTL is No. 12.
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