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The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 30-Oct. 5. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Sept. 30 10:46 a.m. — A […]

Photo by Mary ButkusA dialogue between alumni Michael Adams (left) and Gyo Obata drew a standing room-only crowd to Steinberg Hall Oct. 2. Their talk, titled “Remembering the Internment,” focused on the friendship between their famous fathers, the photographer Ansel Adams and the painter Chiura Obata, pictured above in the black and white photograph.

Marcel Duchamp was among the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was also a dedicated chess player who saw strong correlations between his art and the game. On Oct. 14 the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will present “Playing with Chance: Duchamp, Chess and Roulette,” a gallery talk and exhibition match combining the ultimate game of strategy with the ultimate game of chance.

Pianist Martin Kennedy, assistant professor of composition and theory in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will present a free faculty recital at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. The program will include five original works by Kennedy, performed by Kennedy and guest musicians from Washington University, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Maryville University and the University of Missouri—St. Louis.

Milbrandt Jeffrey D. Milbrandt has been named head of the Department of Genetics and the James S. McDonnell Professor at the School of Medicine. He brings a strength in basic and translational science to his new position and an appreciation of the expanding role of genetics in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease.

Poet Claudia Rankine, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in The Writing Program in Arts & Science, will lead a talk on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. In addition, she will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29. Rankine is the author of four poetry collections, including Nothing in Nature is Private (1995), The End of the Alphabet (1998), PLOT (2001) and the experimental Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (2004), which combines poetry, essays, images and travelogue. Her most recent project is a play, The Provenance of Beauty, A South Bronx Travelogue, for the Foundry Theatre in New York

Chronic sleep deprivation in mice makes Alzheimer’s brain plaques appear earlier and more often, School of Medicine researchers found.

The Children’s Discovery Institute has awarded nearly $2.5 million in grants to four researchers seeking to advance child health.

The Department of Medicine’s Division of Hospitalist Medicine is celebrating its 10th year this fall.

The Department of Pediatrics has created a Division of Hospitalist Medicine, naming Douglas Carlson, M.D., as its director.