WUSTL film series focuses on young starlets of Japanese cinema

Frustration, friendship, struggle, joy, anguish and love are among the emotions explored by some of Japan’s most talented young actresses as the Young Starlets in Japanese Cinema film festival debuts at Washington University in St. Louis Sept. 24 through Nov. 5. Among the films being shown is Kamikaze Girls, the 2004 film from director Nakashima Tetsuya.

Danforth Center on Religion & Politics announces fall lecture series

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics at Washington University in St. Louis has announced its Fall 2011 lecture schedule. Wide-ranging topics include challenges in a post 9/11 world; how American Christians learned to talk about homosexuality; how religion divides and unites; and politics in the pews. 

Levin receives national recognition from American Bar Association

The Administrative Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) recently named Ronald Levin, JD, the William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, the 2011 Volunteer of the Year. Levin has served as the section’s chair and as the ABA’s adviser to the drafting committee to revise the Model State Administrative Procedure Act.

Washington People: Julie Margenthaler

Julie Margenthaler’s practice centers on treating young women with breast cancer, who are more likely to be African-American and to have aggressive disease. “These women are empowered, and they bring a great energy to my practice,” Margenthaler, MD, says. “Yes, there are times when they are frightened — you have to face your mortality when you get a breast cancer diagnosis — but they also have an incredible optimism.”

Students to meet potential employers at Sept. 14 career fair

Washington University in St. Louis students will have the opportunity to meet with more than 85 potential employers during the Fall Internship & Job Career Fair from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the Athletic Complex Recreational Gym.

Share at the stairs

MBA students Nader Ben Younes (left) and Dieu Nguyen look at the “Inspire” board at the “Share at the Stairs” exhibit in Simon Hall. The display, located near the main staircase in Simon Hall, is designed to bring to life Olin Business School’s mission of “Create Knowledge, Inspire Individuals and Transform Business.”

Sukkah City STL announces jury

Environmental designer Mitchell Joachim — one of Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 People Who Are Changing America” — and Chicago architect Carol Ross Barney will join Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times, as jurors for Sukkah City STL, a design competition that reimagines traditional Jewish Sukkahs through the lens of contemporary art and architecture. Rounding out the jury will be Hyim Shafner, former Chief Rabbi of India; Nancy Berg, PhD, professor of Modern Hebrew Language and Literature; and Bruce Lindsey, dean of architecture.

The Cellist of Sarajevo author Steven Galloway opens this fall’s Assembly Series

The Assembly Series opens at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, in College Hall on the South 40 campus with Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, this year’s selection of WUSTL’s First Year Reading Program. The Canadian author’s third novel is based on a real event that occurred in the beseiged eastern European city […]