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The Department of English in Arts & Sciences will host a memorial reading in honor of Charles Newman, an acclaimed writer and longtime faculty member, who passed away last March at the age of 67. Speakers will include William H. Gass, Richard “Red” Watson, Margarita Boyers and Robert Boyers.

FerkolThomas Ferkol, M.D., has been named director of the Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Ferkol, associate professor of pediatrics and of cell biology and physiology, will continue as director of the Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program and as director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center.

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First art museum west of Mississippi River to open new facilities Oct. 25 by Fumihiko Maki, architect of Tower 4 at World Trade Center site

Photo by Robert BostonJennifer Manly, John Morris, M.D., and Norman Seay at the first annual Norman R. Seay Lecture Sept. 19.

Photo by Mary ButkusMcDonnell Academy scholars from 12 of Asia’s leading universities were given an inside look at American politics at a recent forum.

Schools from all over the Midwest will be represented.

The popular Travel Lecture Film Series, brought to campus each year courtesy of the Washington University Alumni Association, returns this season with eight travelogues that cover the world. Created by some of the most esteemed artists in the industry, the films feature gorgeous scenery and great storytelling. The travelogues can be seen at 6 p.m. […]

The fourth week of October will feature an actor, a graphic novelist, and a mathematician.

Photo by David KilperThe southern facades of the Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall. Also pictured is the Dula Foundation Central Courtyard.For the first time in decades, all of the University’s undergraduate design and visual arts programs will be located in a single, central location.