Arianna String Quartet to perform April 9
St. Louis’ Arianna String Quartet, widely hailed as among the nation’s finest chamber ensembles, will be joined by renowned pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music in Arts & Sciences, for a concert of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Erno Dohnanyi and Robert Schumann.
St. Louis native Reding next up for Reading Series
Author and St. Louis native Nick Reding will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 16, for The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. The talk — part of The Writing Program Reading Series — is free and open to the public and takes place in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge. A […]
Conference to focus on art, aging
The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging is hosting the 2009 Friedman Conference April 21 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The conference, titled “In the Words of the Artist: The Influence of Age on Creativity and Expression,” focuses on the ways artists experience the aging process and how it affects creativity and expression.
Washington University’s Eliot Trio to present annual concert April 19
Washington University’s Eliot Trio will perform music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) and Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, in the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. Named for Washington University founder William Greenleaf Eliot, the trio consists of Seth Carlin, professor of music and director of the piano program in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences; violinist David Halen, concertmaster for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; and cellist Bjorn Ranheim, also with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Safer methadone use found for pain and addiction
New findings may improve the safety of methadone, a drug widely used to treat cancer pain and opioid-drug addiction.
TV crime drama compound shows immune cells’ misdeeds
Scientists are using a TV crime-drama technique to highlight immune inflammation found often in arthritis, atherosclerosis, cancer and neurodegenerative disease.
Jones to head Human Research Protection Office
Martha F. Jones has been named executive director of the Human Research Protection Office effective April 6.
Nanotechnology institute formed
A nanomedicine working group has been established in an effort to apply nanotechnology to the treatment of human diseases.
Dehner receives pathologists’ highest honor
Louis P. “Pepper” Dehner, M.D., received the Distinguished Pathologist Award of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology.
We’re jammin’
Photo by David KilperSchool of Medicine students play at a recent afternoon coffeehouse performance at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.
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