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The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis has been selected to host USA TODAY’s 10th CEO Forum. The Forum will feature an interview with IAC CEO and media veteran, Barry Diller. USA TODAY’s senior media reporter David Lieberman will moderate the event. The Forum, which will take place on campus before an audience of 300 select guests, will be followed by a question and answer period, allowing attendees direct interaction with Mr. Diller and Mr. Lieberman.

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding service to their profession during its annual Alumni Awards celebration at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and two faculty members will receive Distinguished Faculty Awards.

Born and raised in New York, Ann Fertig Freedman received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1971 from Washington University, where she was inspired by the modern collection built by art historian H.W. Janson. Upon graduation Freedman returned to New York and began her career at the front desk of the André Emmerich Gallery. […]

Ralph Cunningham is a founding principal of Cunningham | Quill Architects in Washington, DC. He has worked in residential, in-fill mixed-use, institutional and commercial architecture for more than 20 years. A native of Washington, DC, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from Washington University in 1983 and a Master of Architecture from […]

Judy Pfaff is one of the most celebrated artists of her generation, known for crafting large-scale installations that combine local materials with elements of painting, sculpture and architecture. Born in London, Pfaff moved to the United States at the age of 13 and studied in Michigan and Illinois before receiving her BFA degree from Washington […]

Tom Friedman is known for transforming mundane consumer products into playful yet meticulously crafted works of art, ranging from sculptures and drawings to prints, installations and multimedia constructions. Born in St. Louis in 1965, Friedman earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic illustration from Washington University in 1988 and a Master of Fine […]

Harry Kendall co-founded BKSK Architects in 1985 with Stephen Byrns and George Schieferdecker, both former classmates from Columbia University. Since that time he has served as partner-in-charge of business development as well as the firm’s public liaison for projects requiring complex regulatory approvals. Kendall has led design of some of BKSK’s largest projects in landmark […]

Sara Velas is a visual artist and founder and director of The Velaslavasay Panorama, an exhibition hall, theatre and garden in the historic Union Square area of Los Angeles. Born in the Year of the Fire Dragon in Panorama City, CA, Velas received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Washington University in […]

Three campus ensembles will join forces April 26 for the 2009 Chancellor’s Concert. The Washington University Jazz Band will open the program with a selection of big band scores. The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform music of Leonard Bernstein and Robert Schumann while the Washington University Concert Choir will present a selection of popular opera choruses. To conclude the program, all three ensembles will share the stage for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

Photo by Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-DispatchKathy and Natalie Ferrara prepare dinner. The Ferraras will be interviewed Friday by StoryCorps about Kathy surviving colon cancer.Three years ago, Kathy Ferrara was faced with the heartbreaking task of telling her children she had cancer. She carefully planned her message. Next week, Ferrara and her daughter Natalie will sit in a quiet room at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and talk in-depth about when mom found out she had Stage 2 colon cancer and cellular tests revealed a high risk for recurrence. The conversation will be recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit organization in Brooklyn that’s constructing one of the largest oral history projects of its kind.