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The American Physical Society has selected two physicists in Arts & Sciences among its 146 “outstanding referees” for 2016: James Buckley and Jonathan Katz.

The Health and Wellness Committee is hosting Bear Balance Week to celebrate and encourage fitness and nutrition. The inaugural week, March 28-April 1, includes free yoga, kickboxing and spinning.

Registration for this spring’s WashU Moves activity challenge is open. Benefits-eligible faculty, staff, clinical fellows and postdoctoral appointees can participate in the challenge, which runs March 30-July 8.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff through sunset Saturday, March 26, in remembrance of those who died in the terror attacks in Brussels this week.

John Baugh, the Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences, will begin research for a new book on linguistic profiling as part of an April 2016 scholar-in-residence program at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center on Lake Como in Italy.

Question: In recognition of March being Women’s History Month, what Washington University distinction does Phoebe Couzins hold?

Gastroenterologist C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, uses complex tools to learn what’s behind patients’ symptoms and treat them more effectively.

RECESS is a March Madness-style startup pitch competition involving 18 colleges nationwide. Interested students should apply to participate by Monday, March 28.

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Danny Kohl, a professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Saturday, March 12, 2016. He was 87. A memorial service will be held April 9.