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Dear members of the Washington University community, Washington University is committed to reducing the impact it and others have on the environment through our operational and research initiatives. But to become a truly sustainable community, WUSTL needs help from you — our students, faculty and staff. We invite you to make a commitment to sustainability […]

Each year, the Washington University in St. Louis community has the opportunity to hear presentations by public intellectuals, historians, authors, prominent academics and major figures in today’s cultural milieu thanks to the acclaimed Assembly Series. This spring’s lineup includes CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien and 11 other renowned speakers coming to the WUSTL campus.

Health 2.0 and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently named Ozioma, an online cancer information tool from the Health Communication Research Laboratory (HCRL) at Washington University in St. Louis, one of two winners of a national contest. The Ozioma News Service was chosen a winner of the Enabling Community Use of Data for Cancer Prevention and Control Challenge, a part of the 2010 Health 2.0 Developer Challenge. The Ozioma tool helps reporters and media relations professionals create localized cancer stories for specific populations in specific communities.

A discussion on the need for interfaith cooperation, featuring Rabbi Steve Gutow and the Rev. Michael Kinnamon, PhD, was scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall at Washington University in St. Louis. This discussion has been canceled.

USA Today
 HCG weight-loss products are fraudulent, FDA says
 01/23/2011 A popular type of weight-loss product, heavily promoted on the Internet, is fraudulent and illegal, Food and Drug Administration officials say. HCG weight-loss products claim to contain human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone made by the placenta during pregnancy. Samuel Klein of Washington University School of […]

Sports updates for the week of Jan. 24, 2011.

The Washington University Chamber Orchestra will present “Follow the Fugue,” a concert of fugues in a variety of forms and arrangements, at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, in Graham Chapel. The program will feature examples by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven and Ernst Toch.

Undergraduate tuition at Washington University in St. Louis will be $40,950 for the 2011-12 academic year — a $1,550 (3.9 percent) increase over the 2010-11 current academic tuition of $39,400. The required student activity fee will total $410, and the student health fee will be no more than $632. Barbara A. Feiner, vice chancellor for finance, made the announcement. 

Robert L. Barrack, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, was appointed a member-at-large of the board of The Hip Society. In addition, he also was appointed to the board of The Knee Society and will serve as treasurer. The Hip Society and The Knee Society are limited by their […]

When the Senate convenes Jan. 25, it is expected to weigh a resolution to reform the filibuster rule and eliminate secret holds — protocols that many have blamed for encouraging congressional gridlock. Although the proposal is put forth by the Democratic majority in the Senate, it contains a series of relatively modest changes that should hold some appeal to the Senate’s Republiican minority, suggests congressional expert Steven S. Smith, PhD.