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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

 
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Matt Holliday and mom team with Siteman
to promote colon cancer screening

St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday and his mom, Kathy, have teamed up with the Siteman Cancer Center to spread the word about the importance of colon cancer screening.

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Motivational workplace award programs not as effective as thought

Think having an “Employee of the Month” program will motivate your workforce? Think carefully. Award programs actually may be less effective at motivating employees than academic literature suggests, finds new research from Olin and Harvard business schools. Olin strategy professor Lamar Pierce, PhD (right), is a study co-author.

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Cynthia Brinkley shares thoughts on climbing
corporate ladder

Anyone with aspirations for climbing the corporate ladder knows that the best advice comes from insiders at the top, and Cynthia Brinkley has occupied the top rungs at some of the largest, most-established companies for more than a quarter-century. Brinkley will share her insights at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Graham Chapel for the next Assembly Series program.

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PAD stages In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Medical history, gender studies and comedy: Sarah Ruhl’s acclaimed In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) has it all. WUSTL’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present an all-new staging of Ruhl’s Pulitzer- and Tony-nominated play April 19-28 in Edison Theatre.

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Obituary: Rabbi James S. Diamond, 74

Rabbi James S. Diamond, former executive director of Hillel at WUSTL, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, in a traffic accident in Princeton, N.J., where he lived. He was 74.

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Calendar Highlights

4 p.m. Tuesday, April 16

Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellow lecture

“Violence as Evidence: Interracial Sex, Murder and the Law in Postcolonial Brazil,” Yuko Miki, asst. prof. of Latin American history. Free and open to the public. Event details. Busch Hall, Room 18. (314) 935-5576.

6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16

Sam Fox School public lecture series

“Public Art and Creative Placemaking,” Leslie Markle, curator of public art. Reception at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. Event details. Kemper Art Museum, Room 104.
(314) 935-9300.

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 16

Dept. of Music student recital

Free and open to the public. Event details. Graham Chapel. daniels@wustl.edu or
(314) 935-5566.

Announcements

PB&Joy food drive ends today

Today is the final day for PB&Joy, but it’s not too late to take part. There are many food drop-off locations across WUSTL’s four campuses, and it’s possible to make contributions online. Through PB&Joy, the university is partnering with Operation Food Search to collect food for the 135,000 area children who struggle for consistent meals during summer, when school is out.

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