Much of the world’s population is watching the World Cup, which began last week in South Africa. But soccer will never gain the popular foothold in the United States that it enjoys around the world, says Stephan K. Schindler, PhD, professor and chair of Germanic languages and literatures in Arts & Sciences. FULL STORY

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The BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine will be formally dedicated today at a Collaboration Celebration with events featuring U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, and artist Maya Lin, who designed the plaza's reflecting pool. FULL STORY

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Men's tennis coach Roger Follmer has been at the helm for nine seasons, and he and his players continue to pick up accolades. The program is one of the elite in NCAA Divison III because Follmer helps his athletes find the right balance of academic success, community service and athletics. FULL STORY

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Anthropologist T.R. Kidder, PhD, is helping to reveal for the first time a snapshot of rural life in China during the Han Dynasty. The rural farming village of Sanyangzhuang, flooded by silt-heavy water from the Yellow River around 2,000 years ago, offers an exceptionally well-preserved view of daily life in Western China at that time. FULL STORY

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Congress is working toward a final version of the financial reform bill, which is expected be on the desk of President Barack Obama by July 4. Securities law expert Hillary A. Sale, JD, professor of law, says the reform bill is coming at a good time for the Securities & Exchange Commission. FULL STORY

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The Energy Awareness Committee will host a Forest Park bike ride Thursday, June 24, and provide sustainability information at Danforth Campus Friday barbecues in June and July. FULL STORY

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• 8 p.m. Friday, June 18, Summer Concert. “Mama Knows.” Gateway Men’s Chorus. Tickets $25 and $20. Edison Theatre. 935.6543.

• Medical Center employees celebration June 18. Join other Washington University Medical Center employees to celebrate the opening of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 18, at three locations on the Medical Center campus.

• National champion swimmer Alex Beyer, a senior, and junior men’s tennis player Isaac Stein were named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine First-Team Academic All-America Men’s At-Large Team.