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Welcome to the online edition of this week’s Record. Gephardt Institute to celebrate inaugural event – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5566.html?e Constitution Day to be marked by discussion with Gephardt – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5740.html?e WUSTL gives generously to hurricane relief – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5762.html?e Coordinating Council for Diversity Initiatives formed – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5741.html?e ‘Freshman 15’ theory is validated by medical study – http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5760.html?e RECORD […]

Courtesy photoBin RamkePoet Bin Ramke will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, for the Writing Program Reading Series. The reading is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, located on the second floor of Duncker Hall, in the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Hoyt and Brookings drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.

Scottish poet and scholar Robert Crawford will read from his work at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, for the Writing Program Reading Series. The reading is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, located on the second floor of Duncker Hall, in the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Hoyt and Brookings drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.

Paul WarcholBrian Healy ArchitectsBrian Healy, founder and principal of Brian Healy Architects in Boston, will launch the fall Architecture Lecture Series, sponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, with a talk at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26.

NagamiInfectious diseases specialist Pamela Nagami will deliver the Olin Fellows Lecture for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5th in Graham Chapel. Her talk will focus on the exotic and strange infectious diseases she has encountered throughout her medical career. The lecture is free and open to the public.

A new study that enrolled nearly 50,000 women has revealed that digital mammography can detect breast cancer better than conventional film-based mammography in certain groups of women.

De SotoNonpartisan promotion of public service and volunteerism is the goal of the new Gephardt Institute, which is being formally introduced on campus Sept. 19 with major event.

Over the past five years, corporate governance has undergone historic changes. In addition to new policies enacted by state judiciaries and attorneys general, Congress adopted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enacted important securities law reforms, and the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ reformed listing standards. The world’s leading experts on corporate governance will come together to discuss the impact of these changes during a conference at Washington University in St. Louis Sept. 29 – Oct. 1.

What does the U.S. Constitution mean to you, and is it relevant today? These and other questions will be covered at “We the People: The Constitution and You, a conversation led by former Congressman Richard A. Gephardt and professor emeritus James Davis from 2-3 on Sept. 19 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge. The event is free and open to the public.

It will feature remarks by Richard Gephardt, a keynote lecture by internationally renowned economist Hernando de Soto and a reception.