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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.

The fall meeting of the Board of Trustees featured reports on the status and progress of the University, including a report from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton regarding admissions, construction, financial issues, appointments and a new scholarship initiative. In his remarks, the Chancellor noted the continuing success of the undergraduate admissions program in attracting the most […]

David Callahan, public policy activist and author of The Cheating Culture: Why Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead and The Moral Center: How We Can Reclaim Our Country from Die Hard Extremists, Rogue Corporations, Hollywood Hacks and Pretend Patriots, will present “Creating a Culture of Integrity.” His talk, at 11 a.m., Thursday October 15 in Graham Chapel, is being hosted by the Center for Academic Integrity Conference, the Assembly Series and the Center for Ethics and Human Values. The event is free and open to the public.

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A Washington University scientist has won a prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award — one of only 18 given this year — to develop innovative ways to simultaneously monitor the activity of many neurons.

Chiura Obata, *Silent Moonlight at Tanforan Relocation Center,* 1942.In the 1930s photographer Ansel Adams struck up a friendship with California painter Chiura Obata. Yet the arrival of World War II would set these two celebrated artists on radically divergent paths — paths that would, in very different ways, lead both to the now-infamous “war relocation centers” at which the U.S. government forcibly interred approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans. On Oct. 2 their sons, Michael Adams and Gyo Obata, will explore the impact of internment on their respective families in a public dialog at Washington University in St. Louis.

*Night Watch #3* (2007) by Roger ShimomuraCelebrated artist Roger Shimomura, whose paintings and performances wittily explore issues of culture, discrimination and ethnic stereotypes, will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Public Lecture Series at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12. Shimomura’s lecture is held in conjunction with the semester-long series “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” organized by the Center for the Study of Ethics & Human Values.

Don’t let rising unemployment figures get you down. The outlook this weekend at Washington University is positive for job seekers and employers alike. Multiple events focusing on careers, resume writing, interviews and how to clinch a job offer will put a positive spin on employment opportunities during economic recovery.

The School of Law has become the first law school in the United States to enter into a cooperation agreement with the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a partner in the ICC’s Legal Tools Project. Through the partnership, law students will work directly in helping the ICC to build the most comprehensive and complete database […]

The women’s golf team feels no extra pressure even though it is a “newbie” in one of the most elite athletics programs in the nation. Instead, in their second season as a varsity sport, the Bears have measured up against the best in the nation.