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Six School of Medicine faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Washington University students looking for a career that will help shape the future of the United States can find a wealth of information during “A Call to Service,” a series of events promoting government and public policy careers from Nov. 7-9.

Charly Coleman, Ph.D., Clifton R. Emery, Ph.D., Carl Minzner, J.D., John Orrock, Ph.D., Thomas Sattig, Ph.D., Vincent Sherry, Ph.D., Julie Singer, Ph.D., Ying Xie, Ph.D.

The Olin Business School has appointed a new associate dean and director of the undergraduate degree program, effective Jan. 1, 2008. Jeff Cannon will take the reins from Gary Hochberg, Ph.D., who is stepping aside after overseeing the BSBA program for 25 years and helping it attain international recognition for excellence.

In print Carter C. Revard, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences, has a poem titled “We do like Capistrano, but …” in the current issue (Vol. 12, No. 2) of Salamander, a magazine for poetry, fiction and memoirs. His scholarly essay titled “Oppositional Thematics and Metanarrative in MS Harley 2253, Quires 1-6” […]

Actor Peter Sarsgaard, a 1991 WUSTL alumnus and one of the stars of the current film “Rendition,” will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at Graham Chapel. The event is sponsored by Congress of the South 40.

The 2007 St. Louis Area Dance Marathon will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the Athletic Complex. The 12-hour dance-a-thon is the culmination of a year’s worth of fund-raising for Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis.

Gail A. Peters has been appointed executive director of compliance and audit, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Peters, formerly the director of internal audit and University compliance officer, will report to the chancellor and will oversee the Internal Audit Department and University Compliance Office.

Photo by David KilperLike his research subjects, Ken Kelton is ‘changing phases’ as new physics chair

The Washington University-Fudan University EMBA Program is ranked seventh-best international executive MBA program in the world and, for the second consecutive year, as the best program in mainland China, according to 2007 rankings released last week by The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business newspapers.