Volume 26, No. 7, October 5, 2001
 The $50 million, 135,000-square-foot Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center --viewed here from the south --sits between Anheuser-Busch and Eliot halls on the Hilltop Campus. The five-story facility will be dedicated in a 4 p.m. ceremony today outside the building's south facade. "This dedication marks the beginning of a new era for Olin, Washington University and the St. Louis region," said Olin School of Business Dean Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D. |
Olin's Knight Center bolsters University; Dedication ceremony todayThe opening of the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center, among the most technologi- cally advanced executive education facilities in the nation, strengthens the Olin School of Business' position as a major center for management education. The five-story building, named after Charles F. Knight, chairman and chief executive officer of Emerson for 27 years, houses executive education programs for mid- through upper-level executives, and the business school's Weston Career Resources Center. Construction on the building began in March 1999 and was completed this summer. |
 Trivia teamwork Students first put their heads together (top) to come up with an answer, then celebrate a moment of triumph (below) during a trivia night Sept. 26 in the Mudd House multipurpose room. The event was held for residents of the Lee/Beaumont Residential College to raise money for the Red Cross' Sept. 11 relief fund. Approximately 70 students attended the event and helped raise more than $200 for relief efforts in New York City and Washington, D.C. 
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Seligman's SEC advisory committee issues reportBy Ann Nicholson As chair of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) advisory committee, Joel Seligman, J.D., dean of the School of Law and the Ethan A. H. Shepley University Professor, is helping pave the way for improvements in the public availability of market data generated by the nation's equities and options markets. The 25-member Advisory Committee on Market Information recently issued a 103-page report --titled "A Blueprint for Responsible Change" --with a variety of recommendations, including a new, more competitive structure for consolidating and disseminating vast streams of market information.
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Panel discussion on terrorism Oct. 11University College in Arts & Sciences will hold a panel titled "The Response to Terrorism: One Month After É and Beyond" at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 in Brown Hall Room 100. The panel of senior University faculty will focus on the roots and implications of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and will discuss the various political, cultural, economic and military issues raised by the tragic events. Arts & Sciences panelists include Robert Canfield, Ph.D., professor of anthropology; Steven Fazzari, Ph.D., professor chair of economics; Ahmet Karamustafa, Ph.D., associate professor of history and religious studies and director of the religious studies program; and Victor Le Vine, Ph.D., professor of political science. The moderator will be Repps Hudson, coordinator of communications and journalism at University College. For more information, call 935-6700. |
Employer Assisted Housing Program expands to UCityBy Jessica N. Roberts The Employer Assisted Housing Program established in 1997 has expanded to include University City. Developed in partnership with Fannie Mae for University employees, the program provides second-mortgage loans to eligible employees who buy a one- to four-family home in the Forest Park Southeast or Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhoods or University City. The boundaries of the expanded Employer Assisted Housing Program include Page Boulevard to the north, Partridge Avenue to the west, Olive Boulevard to the south and University City's limits to the east.
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 Fireside chat George B. Johnson, Ph.D. (center), professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, talks Sept. 25 with students at Lien House as part of the "Faculty Fireside Chats" program. "The fireside chat program is an innovative way to introduce students to the faculty and their research on an informal basis in Brookings Residential College," said Philip Freeman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences and faculty fellow in the Robert S. Brookings Residential College. "This program is just one way of helping our residents to bridge the gap between academic and residential life at Washington University." Fireside chats also include dinner with the faculty member. For more information, call Freeman at 935-4018. |
Airline offers holiday travel discountBy Jessica N. Roberts American Airlines is offering a discount to University students, faculty and staff for travel from St. Louis to New York and the Washington, D.C., area. The discount will apply to two upcoming travel periods, Nov. 16-30 and Dec. 10-Jan. 6. Travel can take place on any dates in each time period. For example, a traveler could leave on Nov. 18 and return Nov. 22. Airports included in the discounts are Dulles International, Reagan National, Baltimore Washington, LaGuardia, Kennedy, Newark, Islip, Stewart and White Plains. For travel from St. Louis during the Nov. 16-30 time period, American will give an 8 percent discount off the lowest applicable fares based on availability. When making the reservation, travelers must refer to authorization number A68N1DD to take advantage of the discount. For travel from St. Louis during the Dec. 10-Jan. 6 time period, American will give a 13 percent discount for bookings made 60 days in advance or an 8 percent discount for those reservations made closer to the travel date. The discount authorization for this time period is A43D1AN. Reservations can be made through American at (800) 433-1790 or by contacting a travel agent. In either case, the authorization number must be provided to receive the proper discount. The discount applies to American Airlines, American Eagle and TWA Airlines LLC and is not valid for use in conjunction with any other discounted fare, such as senior, child, government/military or Internet. |