Newsroom Stories

Acclaimed dancer Alberto del Saz, artistic director of the Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance Company as well as co-director of The Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, will teach an open master class in modern dance technique at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio. Del Saz will spend a week on campus to set choreography for “Tensile Involvement,” a signature work by the innovative multimedia choreographer Alwin Nikolais (1910-1993).

• Various lane closures are scheduled between Bellevue Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard through Oct. 6. • Clayton Avenue will be closed between 5 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Oct. 8.

The St. Louis Chapter of the American Jewish Congress and the School of Law are co-sponsoring the 27th annual Constitutional Conference titled “In a Nation of Immigrants, Immigration Impasse: What Now?” from 2:30 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 7 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Margo Schlanger, J.D., professor of law, has been named the new reporter for the American Bar Association’s effort to rewrite and update its standards relating to the legal treatment of prisoners.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton hosted a luncheon Sept. 25 to celebrate the contribution of 72 recent retirees to the University. “Today, people at Washington University are benefiting from your hard work,” Wrighton told the retirees. “On behalf of everyone at Washington University, you have my thanks and appreciation for all that you’ve done to make this the great place that it is; a great place for a wonderful education, a great place to work and, in many respects, a place that brings benefits well beyond St. Louis.”

It’s been almost 100 years since Oxford University Press published the collected works of Edmund Spenser. A Washington University English professor and a team of Arts & Sciences undergraduate and graduate students are involved in a major project to publish a new edition for Oxford University Press — which will be complemented by an even more substantial digital archive.

The Program in Physical Therapy has been awarded a five-year, $4.6 million grant to establish a training program for physical and occupational therapists.

The list of reasons to not smoke has gotten longer: School of Medicine researchers report that smoking interferes with ligament healing.

Judy Pfaff, *Neither Here Nor There,* 2003.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. In October Pfaff — a 1971 graduate of Washington University — will return to St. Louis to discuss her work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Cassie Adcoc, Asad Qadri Ahmed, Jean Allman, Xiumin Martin