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Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., who joined WUSTL July 1 as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, will be installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony Sept. 16.

Julie Otsuka, author of “When the Emperor Was Divine,” this year’s Freshman Reading Program selection, will present the Assembly Series/Neureuther Library Lecture at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Graham Chapel. Otsuka Otsuka’s debut novel explores themes of identity, loss and injustice. It is the story of a Japanese immigrant couple and their American-born children […]

Gary NoelDavid Dorfman Dance”Does what you do make a difference?” “Is violence ever justified?” “When can activism become terrorism, or vice versa?” Such provocative questions lie at the heart of underground, an ambitious evening-length multimedia dance piece by acclaimed choreographer David Dorfman. On Sept. 25 and 26 Dorfman — a Washington University alumnus — will return to Edison Theatre with his company, David Dorfman Dance, to launch the 2009-10 OVATIONS Series.

Photo by David KilperAs students, faculty and staff return to campus this fall from all corners of the world, WUSTL administrators and health officials are monitoring the spread of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus and ensuring the University is prepared should an outbreak occur on campus.

The 11th annual Service First will be held Saturday, Sept. 5, at 12 St. Louis area schools. Approximately 90 students will head to each school, helping paint indoor and outdoor murals and activities and maps on the playground and creating bulletin boards and preparing classrooms.

Photo by Mary ButkusJudge David Coar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois addresses students after the School of Law’s annual Matriculation Ceremony last month in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Photo by Joe AngelesChancellor Mark S. Wrighton visits in his office Aug. 21 with Yoshio “Matt” Matsumoto (second from left), Yoshio’s son Joseph and his grandson, Andrew, a current freshman. Yoshio was sponsored by the University to leave a Japanese internment camp in the 1940s to attend classes here and had not been back to St. Louis since earning his degree in 1944.

Jan Amend, Ph.D., Dennis L. Barbour, Ph.D., Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Ph.D. and more…

World-renowned artist and computer scientist John Maeda will serve as opening speaker for “Economies: Art + Architecture,” the first joint conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the National Council of Art Administrators.

The new WUSTL Family Network Web site — WUSTLfamily.net — provides an online forum where members of the WUSTL community can exchange information about parenting, events and the St. Louis area.