SearchPast Issues Sept. 6, 2007

Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - See the full calendar Thursday, Sept. 6 • History Colloquium • Women & Gender Studies Program Global Feminisms Lecture Series Friday, Sept. 7 • Olin Business School Meir Rosenblatt Memorial Seminar Series Thursday, Sept. 13 • The Writing Program Fall Reading Series Campus Calendars - Academic calendar - Assembly Series - Graduate Professional Council calendar - Schools' calendars - Spark student calendar - University calendar The Record, a twice-weekly electronic newspaper for Washington University faculty, staff and students, is the official source for news and information of vital importance to all members of the campus community. Click below to contact us about: - Record staff - Comments, story ideas - Technical web/email issues - To subscribe - To unsubscribe Students install Maya Lin artwork Over the last two-and-a-half weeks, 16 master's candidates — seven from the Graduate School of Art and nine from the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design — have worked with museum staff to construct and install new sculptures, drawings and installations by Maya Lin. Babies' brains to be monitored using light scans School of Medicine researchers have improved a recently developed brain imaging technique to allow brain scans of infants. School for autistic children opens with help of Olin students The St. Gemma Program for Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities at the St. Gemma Center opened for classes Sept. 5 with the help from Olin students in the Taylor Community Consulting Program. Gambling assessment tool first step in addressing racial/ethnic disparities "With African-Americans and other minority groups having both problem and pathological gambling rates that are two to three times higher than Caucasian gamblers, accurate diagnosis is essential to treat gambling addiction," Laumeier Park design finalists launch series The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and Laumeier Sculpture Park will launch the school's fall Architecture Lecture Series Sept. 10. Beginning with talks by three prominent architects — David Lewis, Lawrence Scarpa and Charles Rose. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum appoints two new curators The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has appointed two new curators to its staff. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Freshman architecture major Mike Pope paints a jungle gym at Barbara C. Jordan Elementary School in University City during the annual Service First. The St. Louis Black Rep will open its 31st season with "Boesman and Lena" at Edison Theatre Sept. 12-23. Announcements University-wide blood drive to be held Sept. 11 Volunteers are being sought to give blood during the University's first campus-wide blood drive Sept. 11. Washington People Prolific researcher and popular teacher MacDonald has won many fans The swashbuckling economist frequently instructs using a fencing foil. He keeps it safe. He doesn't lunge or attack anyone. Instead Glenn MacDonald, Ph.D., uses the foil to engage his students in animated discussions about microeconomics or game theory or his daughter's belly-button jewelry. Sports Football wins season opener 41-28 More Headlines Getting an emissions test? Be wary, says professor Newark's mayor delivers talk on community service 'Access to justice' focus of School of Law's 10th annual speaker series New LGBT office created ‘Work, Families and Public Policy’ series begins Sept. 10