Evidence supporting the link between savings and college success is growing. Studies out of the Center for Social Development at the Brown School have found that among youth who expected to graduate from a four-year college, those with a savings account in their name were six times more likely to attend college than those with no account. FULL STORY

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Tennis legend and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King (center) chats with WUSTL women’s tennis players April 21 in the Knight Center. King was on campus, along with Ilana Kloss, former professional tennis player and CEO of World Team Tennis, to address students in the Olin Business School course on sports management. MORE

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Rather than peer into the future, Washington University biologists are looking backward, exploring how plant species alive today survived global warming at the end of the Pleistocene period and asking whether their responses provide any guidance for us today.  FULL STORY

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As a partnership develops with Brittany Woods Middle School in University City, programs that address students’ values, motivation and attitudes are joining those that focus on academic subjects. WUSTL students are participating in a number of programs at the school and the entire community is reaping the benefits. FULL STORY

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Members of the Sigma Chi fraternity accept a $500 prize for winning the Greek division of the Green Cup. The Green Cup competition lasted from March 28-April 22 and allowed residential colleges and fraternities to earn points for each percentage-point drop in per-person energy use over the competition. MORE

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• 1 p.m. Dept. of Psychology Lecture. “Judging Moral Character: Perceptions and Outcomes.” Kathryn Bollich, University Fellow in psychology. Free and open to the public. Psychology Bldg., Rm. 215. (314) 935-6565.

• Celebrate National DNA Day. The Genome Institute will host a variety of events today to celebrate 2011 National DNA Day, which marks the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of the double helix structure in April 1953. For more information, visit genome.wustl.edu/outreach/dna_day.

• Softball player close to school record. Senior pitcher Claire Voris has thrown 69 complete games in her WUSTL softball career, one shy of the school record. She may have an opportunity to tie the record today when the Bears (27-8-1) host Fontbonne University in a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m.