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Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - see the full calendar Wednesday, Sept. 9 • Siteman Cancer Center Prevention & Control Program Seminar Series — "Diffusion of Innovations in Cancer Care" Friday, Sept. 11 • Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminar Series — "Solar Cells by Design. Harvesting Light Energy With Nanostructure Assemblies" Campus Calendars - Academic calendar - Assembly Series - Graduate Professional Council calendar - Schools' calendars - 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 Scholarship campaign to start "Opening Doors to the Future" The Board of Trustees has authorized a fund-raising initiative designed to increase support for student scholarships. "Opening Doors to the Future: The Scholarship Initiative for Washington University" has a goal of raising $150 million to support scholarships and fellowships. A formal kickoff for the initiative will take place Nov. 7. A knockout day Senior Michael Fahey (left) and sophomore Dave Lee box each other during the annual First Friday celebration on the Village Green Aug. 28. Bee venom harnessed to kill tumors in mice The toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumor cells by School of Medicine researchers. Jazz at Holmes series opens Sept. 10 with outdoor tribute to Woodstock Jazz at Holmes will open its fall series of free Thursday night jazz concerts Sept. 10 with an outdoor jazz tribute to the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Three generations Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton visits in his office Aug. 21 with Yoshio "Matt" Matsumoto (second from left), Yoshio's son Joseph and his grandson, Andrew, a current freshman. Yoshio was sponsored by the University to leave a Japanese internment camp in the 1940s to attend classes here and had not been back to St. Louis since earning his degree in 1944. WUSTL hosts conference blending art, architecture in November World-renowned artist and computer scientist John Maeda will serve as opening speaker for "Economies: Art + Architecture," the first joint conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the National Council of Art Administrators. Each One Teach One extends to KIPP school Each One Teach One (EOTO), the University's signature tutoring initiative that connects WUSTL tutors with area elementary and high school students, has launched a new program, EOTO: KIPP. The program will partner with the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Inspire Academy, a new charter school for underresourced youth. Quilters of Gee's Bend to sing, talk about craft Several quilters from Gee's Bend, a rural Alabama community famous for its distinctive quilting style, will sing and talk about their craft for the program "The Women of Gee's Bend" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, in January Hall, Room 110. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption For some freshmen, service in the community started even before classes began. Arts & Sciences sophomore Tobi Lee (standing), a counselor with the Leadership Through Service program, guides freshman participants in the program as they prepare to paint murals at Hamilton Elementary School in St. Louis last month. Judge David Coar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois addresses students after the School of Law's annual Matriculation Ceremony last month in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Announcements New Web site launches to assist WUSTL families The new WUSTL Family Network Web site — WUSTLfamily.net — provides an online forum where members of the WUSTL community can exchange information about parenting, events and the St. Louis area. Cancer research grant applications due Oct. 30 Applications are due Oct. 30 for awards from the University's American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant. Look here for 'Green Tips' from the Office of Sustainability Where to go Update your contact information at emergency.wustl.edu so WUSTL can reach you in an emergency. Washington People Model professor Cindy Grimm, Ph.D., associate professor, is director of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering's Media and Machines Laboratory. Projects range from computer graphics to computer vision to machine learning, which includes robotics. Sports Watch WUSTL sports live online More Headlines Students give back during Service First Schreiber, Kennedy in concert Sept. 3 Skandalaris Center welcomes renewed funding for entrepreneurial contest School of Law celebrates service of adjunct professors