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The ninth-ranked women’s basketball team was selected to host the 2016 NCAA Division III Championship first and second rounds Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, at the Field House. The Bears will face Greenville College at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Mark Ryan has been appointed assistant director of collections and exhibitions for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis.

Washington University in St. Louis will test its emergency communication system, WUSTLAlerts, at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 9. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or an emergency is occurring at that time.

The university’s Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, again will offer free vehicle inspections for students, faculty and staff. Bring your vehicle to the Millbrook Garage between noon and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5.

Individuals who suffered losses or damage from the severe storms and flooding that occurred between Dec. 23-Jan. 9 and live in one of the 33 counties included in the federal disaster declaration can apply for federal assistance.

Three blood cancer researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will receive the 2016 American Society of Hematology Scholar Award.

The university now offers international medical coverage through GeoBlue to benefits-eligible faculty, staff, clinical fellows and postdoctoral researchers traveling abroad for university business. The university also reminds all to record such plans on the International Travel Registry.

The Kemper Art Museum is now accepting Teaching Gallery proposals for spring 2017. The deadline for proposals is May 31. The Teaching Gallery is an exhibition space dedicated to exhibiting works from the museum’s collection with connections to university curricula.

The Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis has been accepted as a partner for 100Kin10, a 10-year national coordinated effort to train and retain 100,000 excellent science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in schools by 2021.

The phone network at the Medical Campus and several other School of Medicine and BJC locations was scheduled to be disrupted from late Friday, Feb. 19, through early Saturday, Feb. 20, for maintenance. However, that maintenance has been postponed. A new date has not been set.