After testing and evaluating different learning management systems over the past two years, a committee of faculty, staff and administrators has selected Blackboard Learn 9.1 to be the new online teaching and learning tool for the Danforth Campus. The new system is being phased in on campus beginning this fall.

Greece’s government is teetering on the brink of collapse, backing away Nov. 3 from a referendum on staying with the Euro. While events continue to evolve, Greece is likely to default on its entire debt, says Costas Azariadias, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.

Scientists at the School of Medicine, led by David M. Holtzman, MD, have shown that a protein may help prevent the kind of brain damage that occurs in babies with cerebral palsy. The research is reported online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Robert J. Skandalaris and his wife, Julie, helped celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Nov. 2 in the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. The couple established a program for entrepreneurial studies in the Olin Business School in 2001.

7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7

Middle East-North Africa Fall 2011 Film Series

Tenja (The Testament) (2004). Discussion follows. Sponsored by Dept. of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Free and open to the public. Brown Hall, Rm. 118. Contact: (314) 935-5110.

University-wide blood drive set for Wednesday

A university-wide blood drive will be held Wednesday, Nov. 9, at eight different locations on both campuses and at a variety of times to accommodate busy schedules. An additional collection will take place Thursday, Nov. 10, at the School of Medicine. 

Rochelle Smith

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Volleyball’s quest for a conference title

The volleyball team played for the University Athletic Association title in New York, while men’s soccer, football, swimming & diving and even women’s basketball saw action this past weekend. Find out how your favorite WUSTL sports team fared at bearsports.wustl.edu.