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Financial Times (London, England) A profile that spans the globe 2/14/2011 MBA and EMBA programmes — business degrees for working executives — are proliferating in China, mirroring the country’s economic growth. Such rapid growth, especially within the last decade, has meant that many of the top-tier universities in China have multiple and overlapping MBA and […]

Librarian Ruth Lewis (right) shows senior Huifeng Yu (left) how a digital research management tool works at Olin Library’s Taste of Technology fair Feb. 10. Yu was among the many students, faculty and staff who stopped by the fair, where Washington University Libraries staff demonstrated a variety of technologies useful in research, education and entertainment.

Historian Sean Wilentz, PhD, will be on campus for three days next week delivering this year’s “President’s Week” lectures for the Assembly Series. The lectures will provide an overview of the role these presidents — Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant — played in advancing democratic nationalism, which in turn led to the abolition of slavery.

U.S. News & World Report | HealthDay News Eating breakfast may lead teen moms to better health 2/15/2011 Teenagers, generally not renowned for their good eating habits, tend to have healthier weights and snacking habits when they start the day with breakfast, according to a study co-authored by Debra Haire-Joshu, a professor and director of […]

Recipients of the annual James M. Holobaugh Honor were recognized at a reception Feb. 9 in Holmes Lounge. The award recognizes individuals and organizations that promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender equality, perform direct advocacy and service to the St. Louis metro community and incorporate education and dialogue as part of their practice.

BBC | Earth News Prairie dogs kiss and cuddle for an audience 2/14/2011 A prairie dog kiss may be a form of social reassurance, much like a human kiss. It seems humans are not the only animals that change their behaviour when they are being watched. Captive prairie dogs — large and very sociable rodents— […]

WUSTL’s top 11 percent finish in last year’s RecycleMania competition was impressive, but the Office of Sustainability is challenging WUSTL to finish even higher in the 2011 RecycleMania contest, which lasts eight weeks and ends Saturday, April 2. RecycleMania 2011 pits WUSTL against other colleges and universities to see which campus can keep the greatest amount of waste materials from landfills.

D. Craig Allred, MD, professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $24,000 grant from the Longer Life Foundation for research titled “Predicting Prognosis in Invasive Breast Cancer by Genetic Instability.” … Tamara Burlis, DPT, assistant professor of physical therapy and associate director for clinical education in physical therapy, has been appointed by Missouri […]

Chronicle of Higher Education Dumped on by data: Scientists say a deluge Is drowning research 02/10/2011 The Human Connectome Project will allow researchers to navigate freely available data to come up with new ideas about the brain. “The insights emerge from comparing across a whole collection of studies looking at similar, but not identical, questions,” […]

The 2011 Adam Cherrick Lecture, sponsored by Arts & Sciences, will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, in Busch Hall, Room. 100. Rabbi Marc Saperstein, principal of Leo Baeck College, Europe’s premier center for progressive Jewish learning, will address the topic of Christian-Jewish relations.