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A new faculty and staff recruiting guide will help departments in their hiring efforts. Our Guide: The Insider’s Guide to Washington University in St. Louis and Our Surrounding Community is available upon request.

The first major U.S. museum exhibition in 16 years devoted to seminal modern artist Georges Braque will open Jan. 25, 2013, at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945 will run through April 21, 2013.

The annual “Report to the Neighbors” meeting was held Nov. 26 in Whitaker Hall. The event is held to help keep those living in neighborhoods surrounding WUSTL informed on university happenings and also to give neighbors a forum to voice comments and concerns to a panel of university administrators. Right, Clayton neighbor William M. Landau, MD, professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, asks a question during the Q&A session.

Washington University in St. Louis is taking part in a new U.S. Department of Education study, led by the Brown School’s Michal Grinstein-Weiss, to evaluate the GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness for Undergraduate Programs), the Education Department’s initiative to prepare youth for college.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns received WUSTL’s 2012 International Humanities Medal and accompanying $25,000 Humanities Prize Nov. 16. While on campus, Burns delivered an Assembly Series talk, met with students and previewed three of his films.

WUSTL, in collaboration with BJC Health System, has selected OfficeMax as the new contracted supplier for office supplies. A Request for Proposal recently was completed and OfficeMax submitted the most competitive package to WUSTL and BJC. OfficeMax will begin deliveries to the university Dec. 11.

Employees who book holiday gatherings through Dec. 14 at Ibby’s bistro in Danforth University Center are eligible to receive special offers, such as free desserts and appetizers for the group and $25 gift cards for the reservee. All reservations must be made in advance.

Bear Necessities is offering special discounts and expanded hours during its annual holiday sale. The store will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 11 and 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 12.

Bring burned out or unwanted light strings to Washington University this holiday season and help keep thousands of pounds of waste from landfills. The Holiday Light Recycling Drive is returning to WUSTL — with collection bins on all four campuses. The drive runs through Jan. 13.​

Otha L. Overholt, 71, who worked at Washington University for nearly 37 years, died at her home in Kirkwood, Mo., on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Overholt began as a technical specialist in the Office of Computing and Communications in 1971 and retired in 2008 as associate director of Computing and Communications.