Author: Liam Otten

Courtesy photoWashington University’s team: Shlomo Goltz, Nathan Heigert and Hubert CheungIn the world of advertising, the hardest thing to do is get people’s attention — a job that becomes exponentially harder as audiences diversify and traditional broadcasters compete with YouTube.com, MySpace.com and other online communities. So, rather than compete, companies are beginning to enlist those communities through what’s becoming known as “consumer-generated advertising.” This fall, a group of students from Washington University in St. Louis was one of five teams to make the finals of the “Chevy Super Bowl College Ad Challenge.” The winning team will be unveiled when its ad runs Feb. 4, during Super Bowl XLI. More…

The Washington University Chamber Orchestra will launch a yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a concert at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23. The program will include Mozart’s popular Eine kleine Nachtmusik as well as the less familiar “Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546” and arias from several of his operas.

In 1995, a bus crash outside Kokstad, South Africa, left 12 schoolboys dead. Wild rumors swirled: the crash was caused by witches, the deceased made zombie slaves. In the weeks that followed, mobs executed two elderly women while local sangomas (traditional Xhosa shamans) tried to resurrect the boys. Such is the true story behind Ipi Zombi?, Brett Bailey’s exploration of the South African psyche, presented Jan. 27 to Feb. 5 in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre.

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences has announced its Spring 2007 Faculty Fellows. The three recipients are: Patrick Burke, Ph.D., assistant professor of music; Gerald Izenberg, Ph.D., professor of history; and Akiko Tsuchiya, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish, all in Arts & Sciences. Each will spend a semester in-residence with the center, researching a new book project while attending a variety of presentations and delivering one formal, public lecture about their work.

DavisKathryn Davis, recently appointed senior fiction writer in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will open the program’s spring reading series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in Hurst Lounge.

Courtesy photoTurtle Island String QuartetTwo of the most adventurous ensembles in contemporary American music, The Turtle Island String Quartet and the all-sibling Ying Quartet, will perform selections from their Grammy-nomindated collaboration 4 + Four (Telarc Classics) at Washington University’s Edison Theatre. The special, one-night-only concert begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series. In addition, Turtle Island will present an all-ages matinee performance of “The Art of the Groove,” a cross-cultural musical journey ranging from Vivaldi to Jimmy Hendrix, as part of the ovations! for young people series at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.

Photo by Mary ButkusWashUCity, a University mentoring program, raised about $30,000 to fund a dozen new computer stations at U. City High School.

A 37-foot-long semi-trailer is the centerpiece of MySci, a comprehensive K-2 science experience developed thanks to a $3.7 million grant from the Monsanto Fund.

The performances will feature close to 40 student dancers, selected by audition, performing six works by faculty and guest choreographers.

She teaches undergraduate and graduate printmaking and drawing majors, as well as general elective printmaking.