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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton was among a delegation of eight college and university presidents who traveled with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to Chile and Brazil Aug. 18-24 to promote higher education partnerships and exchanges between the United States and Latin America.

Photo by Mary ButkusFirst-year law students help spruce up a home in north St. Louis County as part of Washington University School of Law’s sixth annual Orientation Service Project.

Photo by Mary ButkusStart of something new A student of Liggett Koenig Residential College enthusiastically displays house pride at the Convocation Aug. 23 in the Athletic Complex Field House.The inaugural event of the academic year is Chancellor Mark Wrighton’s opportunity to welcome new students and parents to the University.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe South 40 was abuzz with activity last week as students began moving into residence halls. WUSTL organizations, such as University Police, were on hand to introduce themselves to the new campus residents. Campus police officers also were busy directing the heavy volume of traffic on the South 40. (Slideshow available)

A group of Jewish educators becomes spirited during a session of the annual Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) conference held on the Danforth Campus Aug. 2-9.

The new central underground parking garage on the Danforth Campus is now open. During this academic year, the lot provides an additional 380 parking spaces.

Fred J. “Ted” Hodges III, professor emeritus of radiology and one of the founders of the neuroradiology section at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007.

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will launch its fall 2007 concert series with “4 x 4,” a performance by the Washington University Chamber Orchestra. The program — which begins at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall — will feature concertos written for four instruments, including Concerto in B minor for four violins by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741); Concerto for four flutes by Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729); and Le Phénix for four cellos by Michel Corrette (1707-95).

Thirteen WUSTL students have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year. Nine are recently graduated seniors and four are current graduate students. They will spend a full academic year in a host country.

As a way to support interdisciplinary study, the deans of WUSTL’s seven schools have signed a new graduate/professional tuition allocation agreement that encourages graduate and professional students to take courses outside of their home schools.