Announcements

Aron Rodrigue, this year’s annual Holocaust Memorial Lecturer, has put to rest the widely held notion that Sephardim living in the Balkans and other European lands during the Holocaust were not as badly affected as the Ashkenazi in Eastern Europe. The truth is they experienced the same persecution and destruction under Nazi occupation. Rodrigue will speak on campus Monday, Oct. 29.

​Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, will host the annual Dean’s Update for all employees Nov. 7 and 9.

The dance performance for Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights celebration, will be held Friday, Nov. 9. and Saturday, Nov. 10, at Edison Theatre. One of the largest student productions on campus, the event features dances from multiple genres choreographed by the South Asian Student Association.

Hour-long Fall Arbor Tour of trees and gardens on the Danforth Campus begins at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 25. RSVP to kshilling@wustl.edu.

Students will be escorting little ghouls and goblins through the South 40 residence halls for the annual Safe Trick-or-Treat Saturday, Oct. 27, from 1-3 p.m. on the Danforth Campus. Games, refreshments and face painting is also planned. Open to children ages 12 and under. Sign up by Wednesday, Oct. 24 by calling the Campus Y at (314) 935-5010.

​​Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will host a half-day seminar on forms of dementia that strike suddenly and can kill an individual in a few weeks or months.​

In remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr., the Society of Black Student Social Workers (SBSSW) and the Office of Student Affairs at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis will host its annual Financial Freedom Seminar on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

The Community Service Office is holding a drive on behalf of the National Bone Marrow Registry at several locations on the Danforth Campus Wednesday, Oct. 17. The process only takes about 20 minutes and requires a cheek swab. The registry seeks to help people who need bone marrow transplants or are healing from leukemia and other life-threatening diseases.

Just two weeks before the presidential election, the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis puts the Affordable Care Act front and center with a policy forum on the signature legislation of Barack Obama’s presidency. “Affordable Care Act-the Evolution Continues” takes place at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Brown Hall Lounge on the Danforth Campus. Keynoting Jay Angoff, senior advisor at the U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Angoff is an expert on insurance law and insurance-related issues at both the national and state levels.

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service invites WUSTL faculty to apply for grants to support their community-based teaching and learning (CBTL), also known as experiential education, engaged research and, most commonly, service learning. To support CBTL course development and implementation, the Institute awards up to five faculty grants of $2,500 each.