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Senior Megan de Villiers (left), and sophomores Jennifer Korman and Vivek Gupta put the finishing touches on a mural in the entrance to Buder Elementary School in St. Louis Saturday, Sept. 4, as part of the WUSTL’s Service First program. More than 1,200 WUSTL students volunteered their time during the annual Service First event, helping to paint, landscape and clean 12 St. Louis-area schools to make their surroundings more enjoyable for students and their teachers.

James “Jamie” Kolker has been named assistant vice chancellor of campus planning and director of capital projects in Facilities Planning & Management at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration.

Internationally known human rights attorney and Washington University in St. Louis alumnus Arsalan Iftikhar, JD, also known as “The Muslim Guy,” will address the timely topic of “Islamic Pacifism” as the next speaker in the annual WUSTL School of Law Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series, titled “Access to Justice.” This popular series, now in its 13th year, runs from fall 2010 through spring 2011 and includes nationally prominent lawyers, academics, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists with expertise in human rights, environmental justice, death penalty, social justice, and free speech and fair use online. 

Scientists from across the country will gather Sept. 20 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The haunting modern fairy tales of Kate Bernheimer both echo and update stories and motifs drawn from traditional German, Russian and Yiddish folklore. On Sept. 16 and 23, Bernheimer, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, will present two events as part of the Writing Program Reading Series. 

In a scientific study of secondhand smoke exposure in St. Louis bars and restaurants, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that ventilation systems and “voluntary” smoke-free policies do not protect employees and customers from exposure to nicotine in the air.

Students celebrate First Friday, the annual campus celebration marking the end of the first week of classes, by sliding down a giant inflatable slide in the Village Sept. 3. Other First Friday events around campus included free donuts and ice cream, an appearance by comedian Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live, a dance party, games and more.

The St. Louis Nu-Jazz 5tet will launch Washington University’s fall Jazz at Holmes series with a free concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9. The popular series features professional jazz musicians from around St. Louis and abroad performing in Holmes Lounge — a casual, coffeehouse-style setting — most Thursday evenings throughout the academic year.  

Rose Windmiller has been named assistant vice chancellor for government and community relations, and Leah Merrifield the executive director for academic-civic engagement in the Office of Government and Community Relations, announced Pamela Lokken, vice chancellor for government and community relations.

Psychology Today / National Humanities Center Bright spots and blind spots in self-knowledge 9/7/2010 How well do you know yourself? How well do you know what makes you happy? Do others know things about you that you don’t know about yourself? If so, can you improve your self-understanding, bring your view of yourself more into […]