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Michael E. Wysession will open the series Sept. 28 with a talk on “The Sumatra Earthquake: Could It Happen Here?”

The fellowship provides research and teaching support for three years to a talented junior faculty member in Arts & Sciences.

Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin School of Business will get a Ding September 30 — and that’s good news. A Ding is part of a set of ceremonial bronze vessels, which historically came in a variety of shapes and were used for carrying food and wine. The Ding that the Olin School of Business will receive is five feet tall, four feet in diameter, and weighs 1500 pounds. The gift is a reproduction of the Da Ke Ding from King Xiao’s reign in the 10th Century B.C., which resides in the Shanghai Museum. The EMBA-Shanghai alumni are donating the Ding as a symbol of the strong ties they have to Washington University. The dedication takes place at 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 in the Knight Center courtyard on the Washington University Hilltop campus.

ByrnesChristopher I. Byrnes, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and the Edward H. and Florence G. Skinner Professor in Systems Science and Mathematics, has announced his intention to retire as dean after 15 years in the position, effective June 30, 2006, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform Franz Schubert’s famous “Unfinished” Symphony — the most mysterious and the most forward-looking of the composer’s works — as part of its fall 2005 concert. The performance is free and open to the public and begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, in the university’s Graham Chapel.

Jones was an internationally acclaimed scholar on Chinese law. He translated the last major imperial Chinese legal code — The Great Qing Code — and the first precursor of the civil code of the People’s Republic of China — The General Principles of the Civil Law. Jones also authored the popular legal reference book, Basic Principles of Civil Law in China.

MilbrandtJeffrey Milbrandt, M.D., Ph.D, professor of pathology and immunology, internal medicine and of neurology, will become the first David Clayson Professor of Neurology on Sept. 22.

Neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have assembled a first-of-its kind atlas of the folds of the cerebral cortex, the wrinkled surface layer of the brain credited with many of the higher cognitive functions that make us human.

Courtesy photoRocco LandesmanLegendary Broadway producer Rocco Landesman — whose smash adaptation of Mel Brooks’ The Producers won 12 Tony Awards, including “Best Musical” — will speak on “Why We Need Broadway” for Washington University’s Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences. The talk, which is free and open to the public, begins at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in the university’s Edison Theatre. Edison Theatre is located in the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. For more information, call (314) 935-5858.

His talk, titled “The Miracle of Religion in Modern American History,” will serve as the annual Thomas Fulbright Lecture.