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Washington University will test its emergency sirens at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, as part of a Missouri statewide tornado drill. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time. The drill is part of Missouri Severe Weather Awareness Week March 7-11.

The Supreme Court’s decision March 2 that a military funeral protest by Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church is protected by the First Amendment is a free speech victory, but “there is one note of concern for free speech advocates, which is the opinion’s toleration of ‘free speech zone’ theory,” says Neil Richards, JD, constitutional law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “The opinion notes with approval that the funeral protest took place from a free speech zone from behind a protective fence, and notes at the end that even though Phelps’ speech was protected, it would certainly be amenable to possibly aggressive time, place, and manner restriction,” says Richards, a former law clerk for former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. 

China Economic Review Top tips for cracking the MBA admissions process this year March 2011 The global economic downturn caused a spike in business school applications, but students now seem to be critically examining the cost-benefit of MBA programs. With EMBA programs in particular, relevant and constructive work experience often takes precedence over the importance […]

Gerald L. Early, PhD, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters and director of the Center for the Humanities, has been named to the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences established by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will launch its annual Kemper Presents Concert Series with a performance by the Pernikoff Brothers March 4. The series, designed to showcase the talents and diversity of contemporary St. Louis musicians, will feature seven local acts working in a variety of styles and genres, from indie-folk and a cappella to American roots music and lush, melancholic jangle-pop. 

The annual Relay For Life will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, at Francis Field’s Bushyhead Track at Washington University in St. Louis. The relay is a 12-hour family-friendly event that raises money for the American Cancer Society. More than 1,700 volunteers, participants and supporters will be on hand for the fundraiser that already has generated $180,000 this year for cancer research, advocacy, patient services and education.

BBC (UK) Exercise cuts bowel cancer risk 03/02/2011 Regular exercise reduces the risk of developing polyps, which can lead to bowel cancer, according to a study led by Kathleen Wolin of the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. The study shows a clear link between exercise and a reduced risk of bowel cancer […]

Washington University will test its emergency notification system, WUSTLAlerts, at approximately 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The WUSTLAlerts test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.

Washington University in St. Louis graduate and undergraduate students recently helped teacher Scott McClintock and his students at Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School complete a diverse study of wind energy, biomass, solar power, and hydropower, spending an entire week with four different classes.

Eleven Washington University research teams are preparing to ask and answer critical questions about pediatric health problems with help from $3.8 million in new grants from the Children’s Discovery Institute.