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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.

The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a two-weekend run of “Measure for Measure,” one of Shakespeare’s most confounding “problem plays” that explores the nature of power, the relationships between men and women and the battle between justice and mercy. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 and 10, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 11 in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre in the Mallinckrodt Student Center. Performances continue the following weekend at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 18.

Frances Moore Lappe, who influenced a generation about the social and personal significance of a new way of eating with her 1971 book “Diet for a Small Planet,” will present a talk for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in Graham Chapel.

Poet Thomas Sayers Ellis will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. The event, part of the Writing Program’s Fall Reading Series, is free and open to the public and takes place in Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge.

The Interfaculty Initiative for American Indian Affairs is sponsoring Witaya Lecture Series, a new program that focuses on topics related to American Indian and Alaskan Native studies.

Photo by Whitney CurtisFreshman Alex Brainard hands out candy in Park/Mudd Residential College during the Campus YMCA’s Safe Trick or Treat event Oct. 27 in the South 40.

A 16,000 square-foot data center is being constructed on Newstead Avenue to meet the massive computing needs of the Genome Sequencing Center.

Though the first University-wide blood drive in September was a huge success, more blood is needed. The second of four University-wide blood drives this year will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6.