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Ralph G. Dacey Jr., M.D., the Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, was appointed to the advisory council of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The advisory council advises the institute on policy and procedures affecting the extramural research programs and provides a second level of review for all grant and cooperative agreement applications considered by the institute for funding. … Kejie Yin, M.D., Ph.D., research instructor in neurology, has received a four-year, $260,000 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “The Role of Bim in Vascular Degeneration in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.” … Leila Nadya Sadat, J.D., the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law, recently received the 2006 Article of the Year Award from the International Association of Penal Law (American Branch) for her paper, “Exile, Amnesty and International Law.” The annual award recognizes the “best scholarly contribution to the field.” Sadat’s article was published in volume 81 of the Notre Dame Law Review. The award’s committee described it as “a careful, thoughtful, thorough examination of current state and international practice on exile and amnesty.” Sadat’s article considers state and international practices regarding amnesties for jus cogens crimes, including genocide and crimes against humanity. … Vladimir J. Kefalov, Ph.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, has received a four-year, $200,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindness for that organization’s Career Development Award. … Dwight Towler, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $174,600 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Bone and Mineral Diseases Clinical Research Unit Bridge Funding.” … Steven M. Strasberg, M.D., the Pruett Professor of Surgery, chief of the section of hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery and associate professor of cell biology and physiology, was recently named a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the 7th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. He was honored as part of the 500th anniversary of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. … David L. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in the Department of Neurology, has received a three-year, $158,680 grant from the Thrasher Research Fund for research titled “Amyloid-B and Traumatic Brain Injury in Children.” … Samuel W. Buell, associate professor of law, recently received the U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service for his work on the Enron Task Force. Buell shared the distinction, the U.S. Department of Justice’s highest award, with other members of the investigative and trial team that successfully prosecuted individuals most responsible for the Enron fraud. Buell served as a special attorney on the Enron Task Force from January 2002 to March 2004. At the time, he was serving as assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts.

Martha Graham (1894-1991) is among the most acclaimed choreographers of the 20th century. In October, the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences’ Dance Program will host a weeklong series of public events with Gary Galbraith and Bonnie Oda Homsey, both former principal dancers with the Martha Graham Dance Company.

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will mark the centennial year of the birth of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) with a concert Oct. 15. The program includes several of his most popular chamber works, cinclude Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40; Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57; and two scenes from the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

Courtesy photoBruce LindseyBruce Lindsey, the Paul Rudolph Professor of Architecture at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., has been named dean of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, both part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The appointment — effective Nov. 10 — was announced today by Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School as well as the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Arts.

Photo by Joe AngelesCarmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, was formally installed as the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration in the Arts Sept. 19.

Courtesy PhotoInti-Illimani will perform one night only at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 in Edison Theatre.Inspired by Andean folk music, Inti-Illimani quickly rose to the forefront of Latin America’s Nueva Cancion movement, which combined politically progressive lyrics with traditional forms and instrumentation from Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Argentina.

Courtesy photoMarshall KlimasewiskiMarshall Klimasewiski, writer-in-residence in The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from The Cottagers, his debut novel, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, for The Writing Program Reading Series.

Courtesy of Galerie Max Hetzler, BerlinDetail, Albert Oehlen *The Annihilator*The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present [Grid Matrix], the first installment in the new series “Screen Arts and New Media Aesthetics,” Oct. 25 to Dec. 31. The exhibition investigates both ruptures and continuities between these two distinct yet related modes of visual organization, exploring how the grid and the matrix have influenced our understanding of aesthetics, art and media since the early 20th century.

Oren SlorTom Friedman, *There*Play-Doh, spaghetti and aluminum foil — sculptor Tom Friedman transforms mundane consumer products into playful yet meticulously crafted artworks of almost obsessive intricacy. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will inaugurate its new College of Art Gallery with Pure Invention, an exhibition of work by the renowned Washington University alumnus.

Mildred Lane Kemper Art MuseumWillem de Kooning, *Saturday Night*Over the last 125 years, Washington University has built one of the nation’s finest university art collections by focusing primarily on the acquisition and display of contemporary work. On Oct. 25, the university will dedicate its new Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, a dramatic, light-filled structure designed to showcase the renowned permanent collection as well as a vibrant program of temporary exhibitions. The opening will feature three special exhibitions as well as thematic installations highlighting landscape, portraiture, abstraction and artworks that engage the everyday.