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The event, presented by The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, focuses on various aspects of the publishing industry and includes talks and panel discussions with publishers, editors, authors and agents.

The John M. Olin School of Business recently hired Karen Branding, EMBA ’03, as associate dean and director of marketing and communications and Dorothy Kittner, MBA ’94, as director of corporate relations.

The School of Law is hosting the Philip D. Shelton Symposium titled “A Higher Sense of Purpose: Access to Higher Education and the Professions” from 1-4:30 p.m. April 12 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The symposium is the final event in the series “A Higher Sense of Purpose,” part of the Danforth Campus naming celebration.

Studying delayed gratification and risk, WUSTL researchers found that people are more likely to wait on collecting full payment for a non-consumable monetary reward than they are for any of three consumable rewards: beer, candy and soda.

Courtesy photoProject Row HousesArtist Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses in Houston, will speak about his work April 13 for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Established in 1993, Project Row Houses is an arts and cultural community located in a historically significant inner-city neighborhood in Houston’s Third Ward, on the site of 22 now-renovated shotgun houses.

Contemporary New York-based mixed-media artist Leslie Dill will discuss her work April 11 as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

“Civic Service Worldwide,” a comprehensive collection of the latest research and policy developments in civic service worldwide, provides an informed assessment of what works and what doesn’t work in the field.

The following incidents were reported to University Police March 28-April 4. 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. Crime Alert On March 28, University […]

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will honor five outstanding architecture alumni at its 14th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner March 29. The awards recognize architecture graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to both the practice of architecture and the School. Distinguished alumni for 2007 are Thomas A. Dutton (MAUD ’77) of Oxford, Ohio; George Nikolajevich, FAIA (MArch ’78) of St. Louis; Gene Schnair, AIA (BArch ’73, MArch ’76, MBA ’76) of San Francisco; and Laurie A. Sperling, CPSM (MArch ’79) of St. Louis. In addition, Erik G. L’Heureux, AIA, LEED (B.A. ’96) of New York received the 2007 Young Alumni Award. More…

John M. Cary, M.D., an instructor in clinical medicine since 1958, died of cancer Thursday, March 15, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. He was 74.