A husband goes missing. A celebrated writer fights to form words. Two young men embark on a pharmaceutically enhanced museum tour while a shell-shocked war veteran wanders the streets. Welcome to The Stroke Scriptures, winner of the biennial A.E. Hotchner student playwriting competition. The play by Chris Kammerer (left) gets its world premiere on campus Thursday, April 28. FULL STORY

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Starting in fall 2012, classes on the Danforth Campus will begin 10 minutes after their published start time, announced Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD. The only exception will be School of Law classes. This change extends the time between classes from seven minutes to 10 minutes. FULL STORY

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Nick S. Argyres, PhD, the Vernon W. and Marion K. Piper Professor of Strategy at Olin Business School, straddles two worlds, balancing his role as professor and researcher with his position as senior associate dean of faculty. FULL STORY

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Sprint will deploy an enhanced in-building and campus cellular network that enables those with Sprint phones and mobile devices to have seamless voice and data connectivity throughout the Danforth Campus. Service from other cellular carriers, such as Verizon and AT&T, will not be disrupted or affected by the new Sprint network. FULL STORY

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Lisa Jones (right) talks with Guillermina Lozano, PhD, from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center after the Minority Research Scholars Symposium April 20 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. The symposium was sponsored by the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences Diversity Programs Office. MORE

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Senior Renee Kramer has been awarded this year’s Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman Prize. The Isserman prize recognizes a WUSTL student who has made a significant contribution in leadership and service to ecumenical or interfaith activities, both on campus and in the wider community. FULL STORY

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• Noon. Div. of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science and Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging Seminar Series. “Health Care Reform: What Can We Expect?” Stanley Birge, assoc. prof. of medicine/geriatrics. Free and open to the public. Health Key Building, 4488 Forest Park, lower level conference room. weism@abraxas.wustl.edu.

• Earthquake drill Thursday. To help ensure the university community is prepared in the event of an earthquake, a voluntary earthquake drill will be held for all WUSTL faculty, staff and students at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, April 28. The drill is a part of the 2011 Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, organized by the Central United States Earthquake Consortium.

• Track team competes in UAA championship meet. The track team participated in the conference championship meet in Atlanta last Friday. Also scheduled for competition this past weekend were softball, baseball and men’s and women’s tennis. Find out how all WUSTL sports teams fared by visiting bearsports.wustl.edu.