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Edward R. Fickenscher, director of business development in the Office of Technology Management (OTM), died suddenly Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. He was 68.

All students interested in studying abroad are invited to attend the third annual Study Abroad Showcase. The event takes place from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in College Hall on the South 40.

Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD, has announced that Barbara A. Schaal, PhD, the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, will become the university’s next dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Schaal succeeds Gary S. Wihl, the Hortense & Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, who will be on leave beginning Jan. 1, 2013.

About 150 volunteers still are needed this weekend for Service First. Through this annual community service project, WUSTL sends student, staff and faculty volunteers to help brighten public schools in St. Louis City and University City. Originally set for Sept. 1, with more than 1,000 volunteers participating, Service First was rescheduled due to inclement weather.

Student, faculty and staff presenters are being sought for a multimedia “Ignite” event that will be held Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Danforth University Center. Ignite presentations are fast-paced, fun, five-minute presentations of 20 PowerPoint slides that automatically advance every 20 seconds.

Washington University in St. Louis experts are available to provide insight into issues driving the latest election news, including questions regarding economic trends, tax reform, health care and other election-critical policy issues. Click below for background on experts on topics ranging from the American presidency in war time to the the political mindset of evangelical […]

Teacher Erin Gruwell’s story of transforming students who were labeled stupid and apathetic into confident, motivated high school graduates became an inspirational best-selling book and movie. Gruwell will discuss “Becoming a Catalyst for Change” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Anheuser-Busch Hall Moot Courtroom. Part of the Assembly Series, the talk is free and open to the public.

Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MD, the Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor and head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will be the “Honored Guest” at the annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

Clara McLeod (right) greets Jane Ervin, the widow of John B. Ervin, after Ervin spoke at the Ervin Scholars Program 25th Anniversary Celebration Banquet, held Sept. 15 at St. Louis Union Station Marriott. McLeod’s husband, the late James E. McLeod, founded the Ervin Scholars Program in 1987 to pay tribute to WUSTL’s first African-American dean, John B. Ervin, PhD.

The Washington University Woman’s Club held a luncheon Sept. 14 to introduce women new to the university to the club, which offers members opportunities to form friendships and grow intellectually through luncheons, lectures, tours and programs. The club, which celebrated its centennial in 2010, also funds scholarships for deserving University College students.