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Associated Press Contraception could be free under health care law 11/01/2010 Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law. But first, look for a fight over social mores, suggests the Associated Press in a story […]

Sports updates for week of Nov. 1, 2010.

CBS NEWS Mars Rover finds signs of buried water on red planet 10/29/2010 The sandy spot where the Mars Rover Spirit got bogged down last year harbors stratified layers of dirt with different compositions close to the surface, a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research reveals. These layers were likely caused by seepage […]

The annual health open enrollment period for the health/dental or dental-only plans, the health- and child-care flex spending plans, the Health Savings Account and the Retirement Medical Savings Account will be from Nov. 1-30. Enrollments and changes to these plans made during the open enrollment period and before the Nov. 30 deadline will be effective Jan. 1, 2011, for calendar year 2011.

Errol Sandler, PhD (right), associate dean of the Sever Institute of Continuing Studies in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, leads a group of riders from the Danforth Campus on a bike ride through Forest Park Oct. 20 during Campus Sustainability Day. The ride was held to raise awareness of alternate forms of transportation.

Washington University’s Alumni Association will commemorate the institution’s founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 6, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott. This is the second of a three-part series profiling the recipients of this year’s Founders Day awards. Carol B. Loeb, and the husband and wife couple Arthur and Marge McWilliams, are this year’s recipients of the Robert S. Brookings Award. 

The Alumni Association will commemorate the institution’s founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 6. Historian David McCullough will deliver the keynote address. The event also honors faculty and alumni who have made significant contributions to WUSTL. In this third of a three-part series on Founders Day, the six recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards are highlighted.

Lighting designer Ruth Grauert, who spent 40 years as assistant and stage director to legendary choreographer Alwin Nikolais (1910-93), will discuss “The Path to Post-Modern Dance and the Nikolais Aesthetic” at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3. The talk will explore the evolution of dance since the 1940s, as choreographers increasingly moved away from technique-centered to idea-centered works. 

Marco Colonna, MD, professor of pathology and immunology, has received a five-year, $1,824,000 grant from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research for research titled “The Role of NK-22 Cells in Anti-HIV-1 Mucosal Immunity.” … Deanna Jacquelyn Greene, PhD, has received a one-year, $40,000 postdoctoral fellowship grant from the Tourette Syndrome Association for research […]

Washington University’s Alumni Association will commemorate the institution’s founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 6, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott. David McCullough, acclaimed historian and award-winning author, will deliver the keynote address. The event also honors faculty and alumni who have made a significant contribution to the university, including Distinguished Faculty Awards to four faculty members.