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Wireless network users can now use one set of personal credentials to securely access the Internet from any Washington University wireless hotspot. Medical Campus wireless users can connect to the Medical School’s secure wireless Internet while on the Danforth Campus, North Campus or West Campus. The WUSTL secure wireless network also is accessible while on the Medical Campus.

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.