WUSTL community members looking to give back and have a little fun in the process are encouraged to attend the St. Louis Area Dance Marathon beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in the Athletic Complex Field House. Contributions to the event go to the Children’s Miracle Network. FULL STORY

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Shirley H. Perry, a WUSTL alumna and author of After Many Days: My Life as a Spy and Other Grand Adventures, will tell about her life as a CIA operative during the Cold War at a reading and book signing at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in Tisch Commons in the Danforth University Center. FULL STORY

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A fatal genetic disorder that frequently takes years to diagnose may soon be detectable with a simple blood test, researchers at the School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health report in Science Translational Medicine. FULL STORY

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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton holds a paper chain as a tricycle parade “cuts the ribbon” for the new Family Learning Center during the center’s grand opening Oct. 27. The center, which opened in September, serves the children — aged 6 weeks to 6 years — of faculty, staff and students. FULL STORY

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Acclaimed poet and fiction writer Eileen Myles, named by BUST magazine as “the rock star of modern poetry” and author most recently of Inferno (A Poet’s Novel), will present a pair of events Thursday, Nov. 4, and Thursday, Nov. 11, as part of the fall Writing Program Reading Series. FULL STORY

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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton talks with WUSTL neighbors at the “Report to the Neighbors” meeting Oct. 27 at the Knight Center. The meeting included a “state of the university” address by Wrighton and a question-and-answer session with a panel of WUSTL administrators. FULL STORY

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• 4 p.m. Fall 2010 Colloquium Series. “Shirin: A Medieval Icon of Womanhood in Modern Iranian Cinema.” Fatemeh Keshavarz, prof. of Persian language and literature and of comparative literature. Sponsored by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge. (314) 935-5102.

• Mentoring symposium offered for women of color in higher education. WUSTL will offer a symposium to discuss and promote mentorship among traditionally underrepresented women of color throughout its campuses from 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. The event is free to WUSTL employees. Registration and supervisor approval is required by Friday, Nov. 5. For more information, visit news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21463.aspx.

• Volleyball heads to conference tourney. The No. 1 volleyball team travels this weekend to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland for the University Athletic Association (UAA) championship. WUSTL finished UAA round-robin play with a 5-2 record, earning a No. 3 seed. Friday, Nov. 5, the Bears face Carnegie Mellon and Brandeis universities. Saturday, Nov. 6, the team takes on New York University.