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The Health and Wellness Committee is hosting Bear Balance Week to celebrate and encourage fitness and nutrition. The inaugural week, March 28-April 1, includes free yoga, kickboxing and spinning.

Registration for this spring’s WashU Moves activity challenge is open. Benefits-eligible faculty, staff, clinical fellows and postdoctoral appointees can participate in the challenge, which runs March 30-July 8.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff through sunset Saturday, March 26, in remembrance of those who died in the terror attacks in Brussels this week.

John Baugh, the Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences, will begin research for a new book on linguistic profiling as part of an April 2016 scholar-in-residence program at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center on Lake Como in Italy.

Question: In recognition of March being Women’s History Month, what Washington University distinction does Phoebe Couzins hold?

RECESS is a March Madness-style startup pitch competition involving 18 colleges nationwide. Interested students should apply to participate by Monday, March 28.

Washington University student group IDEA Labs received the Spirit of St. Louis Award at the St. Louis Regional Chamber’s 2016 Arcus Awards for advancing the city’s rich history and global reputation as a hub of innovation and forward-looking vision.

The Human Research Protection Office at Washington University in St. Louis received the 2015 Award of Excellence in Innovation from the Health Improvement Institute for the office’s training manuals.

Two Washington University researchers, Elaine Mardis and Ann Gronowski, have been recognized by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry for exceptional research and service in the field of laboratory medicine.

Spring break begins this weekend, and, as students and faculty take a break, so does the daily Record. The Record will be published Wednesday, March 16, then resume regular publication Monday, March 21. For the latest news, visit The Source. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour Sunday, March 13.