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Photo by Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotoThe Kemper Art Museum, designed by Fumihiko Maki, is both the centerpiece and the public face of the university’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The five-building, $56.8 million complex also features Maki’s new Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall, which will house studios, classrooms and offices for art students and faculty. Click to see photos from the Oct. 25 dedication of both buildings.

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The annual Dance Marathon charity fund-raising event will be held Nov. 4-5 at the Athletic Complex. Dance Marathon is a year-long effort to raise funds and awareness for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Greater St. Louis. Planned and executed entirely by undergraduate students at WUSTL, all proceeds go directly to St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. While fund-raising events take place throughout the entire year, the main event is the 12-hour dance-a-thon.

The second program in the Danforth Lecture Series featuring former Sen. John C. “Jack” Danforth speaking on “Faith & Politics,” which was held Oct. 16 in Graham Chapel, now can be accessed on the Web.

Photo by Kevin LowderFirst-year law students practice the art of fine dining from WUSTL law alumna Joan Newman (center).

Writing center administrators and tutors from all around the Midwest will come together to explore a variety of ways to encourage and support student writing.

The football team notched its third consecutive victory with a 13-6 win over Case Western Reserve University Oct. 21 at Francis Field.

New research from WUSTL economists offers strong evidence that Soviet chess masters very likely engaged in collusion.

Using radiofrequency devices, School of Medicine heart surgeons have shortened atrial fibrillation surgery and made it easier to perform.

James C. Sisk, M.D., a retired assistant professor of medicine in dermatology at the School of Medicine, died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, of cancer. He was 83.