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Nuruddin Farah will be on campus Feb. 13 and 14 to speak on “Political Islam and Clan in Present-day Somalia” for the Assembly Series, and to present a reading/discussion of his works for the Department of English in Arts & Sciences.

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Work is steadily progressing on three major Danforth Campus construction projects.

StEP, the Student Entrepreneurial Program on the Danforth Campus, has a newly designed Web site organizers hope will attract more students to take advantage of the unique opportunity to operate and own a business while in school.

Courtesy PhotoAhmet T. Karamustafa, Ph.D., associate professor of history, of religious studies and of Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern studies, all in Arts & Sciences; Risa Zwerling Wrighton, wife of Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton; and Olin School of Business alumnus Seckin Sürücü (’01) in front of the Blue Mosque, among the most important sites in Istanbul, Turkey. The three were part of a group of University administrators, including Chancellor Wrighton, who recently visited three Turkish universities to gauge interest in partnering with the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

Two staff members have joined Alumni & Development Programs. They are Susan Plassmeyer in the new position of executive director of administration, and Gary Kornell as senior director of development for Arts & Sciences.

Photo by Robert BostonPhysicians cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Northwest Tower, which houses faculty offices.

Joel Perlmutter, M.D., professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America for the HDSA Center of Excellence. … Matthew J. Ellis, MBBCH, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $43,412.80 grant from the St. Louis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. for “The Navigator Project.” … Roberto Civitelli, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $43,200 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Shoenberg Chair. … Jeffrey Crippin, M.D., professor of medicine, has received a two-year, $35,750 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Role of Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease Undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) as a Predicator of Post-TIPS Liver Failure and Survival.”

Courtesy photoBruce LindseyArchitect Bruce Lindsey — who joined the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts last fall as dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design — will speak about his work at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, as part of the spring Architecture Lecture Series.

Photo by Mary ButkusShanti Nagarkatti (left), Valerie Toothman and her husband Josh Toothman, all students in the John M. Olin School of Business, share snacks at the Super Advertising Bowl Feb. 4 in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center.