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If you have a question about something being recyclable, e-mail sustainability@wustl.edu.

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service will commemorate Constitution Day with a panel discussion titled “Did the Japanese American Internment Violate Constitutional Rights … and Why Do We Care?” at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Danforth University Center, Room 242.

After the print Record went to press this week, Washington University identified the first cases of influenza A among its students based on medical tests completed at the Habif Health & Wellness Center.

The first of four University-wide blood drives this academic year will be held Tuesday, Sept. 15, at nine locations throughout the University.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 1-8. 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. 6 3:02 p.m. — A student […]

Julie Otsuka, author of “When the Emperor Was Divine,” this year’s Freshman Reading Program selection, will present the Assembly Series/Neureuther Library Lecture at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Graham Chapel. Otsuka Otsuka’s debut novel explores themes of identity, loss and injustice. It is the story of a Japanese immigrant couple and their American-born children […]

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum presents “Chance Aesthetics,” a major loan exhibition investigating the use of chance as a key compositional principle in modern art. The exhibit opens with a reception at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 and remains on view through Jan. 4, 2010.

Fiction writer Lydia Millet will read from her work at 8 p.m. Sept. 17 in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge to open the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences’ fall Reading Series. Millet is the author of six novels, beginning with the subversive coming-of-age tale “Omnivores,” which centers on a young woman whose megalomaniac […]

Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., who joined WUSTL July 1 as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, will be installed as the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony Sept. 16.

On Sept. 12, the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will explore the role of ethnicity in contemporary dance with “Dancing Who I Am,” a panel discussion and informal concert featuring faculty performers and leading critics and choreographers from around the country.