A study of Midwestern middle school science students suggests practice might make perfect. New research from WUSTL shows that students who received three quizzes on content questions before a unit test performed at the “A” level on those test questions, compared with a “C” level on questions that were not quizzed but still on the test. FULL STORY

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Beneath a portrait of WUSTL co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot, British ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald delivers the annual T.S. Eliot Lecture March 4 in Holmes Lounge. The lecture is named in honor of the famed poet who was the grandson of William Greenleaf Eliot. Sheinwald titled his address “Britain and America: An Easy Commerce of the Old and New,” taking a line from T.S. Eliot’s Little Gidding. MORE

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Helen Piwnica-Worms, PhD, the Gerty T. Cori Professor, has been named head of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the School of Medicine. FULL STORY

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Appointments are available for the campus-wide blood drive Wednesday, March 30, at multiple locations on the Danforth, Medical and West campuses. All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to donate blood. Anyone who donated blood on or before Feb. 2 is eligible to donate again March 30. FULL STORY

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• 8 p.m. “Jazz at Holmes” Spring Series. Drummer Ben Thigpen and his quartet. Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. Info: staylor@artsci.wustl.edu or (314) 862-0874.

• Emergency siren test 1:30 p.m. today. WUSTL will test its emergency sirens at 1:30 p.m. today, March 10, as part of a Missouri statewide tornado drill. The test originally was scheduled for March 8 but was rescheduled due to weather. Today’s test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather or some other emergency is occurring. For more information, visit news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21985.aspx.

• Women’s tennis defeats Kalamazoo. The No. 16 women’s tennis team improved to 3-1 overall after an 8-1 victory over Kalamazoo College March 5. Next, the Bears embark on a spring break trip to Orlando, Fla., where WUSTL will compete in six matches, including two against NCAA Central Region foes and two against NCAA Division I programs. Competition begins Sunday, March 13, when WUSTL takes on University of Wisconsin-Stout.