Study sheds light on asthma and respiratory viruses
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Kreuter installed as Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Family Professor of Public Health
Matthew W. Kreuter, PhD (right), was installed Sept. 2 by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton as the inaugural holder of the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Family Professorship in Public Health. Kreuter is a professor of social work and of medicine, associate dean for public health and a faculty scholar in the Institute for Public Health.
The Black Rep brings ‘Purlie’ to Edison
The Black Rep, one of the nation’s largest and most critically acclaimed African-American theater companies founded by Ron Himes in 1976 while a student at Washington University in St. Louis, will launch its 38th season with the Tony Award-winning musical “Purlie” in Edison Theatre Sept. 10-21. Himes is now the Henry E. Hampton Jr. Artist-in-Residence in Arts & Sciences.
‘Rise of the Rest’ entrepreneurial road tour stops at Washington University Oct. 10
Calling all entrepreneurs, innovators and anyone interested in the future of our economy — the Rise of the Rest Road Tour is headed to St. Louis and will be hosting a fireside chat at Washington University in St. Louis at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 10 in the Frick Forum. The tour also features a $100,000 business pitch competition. Applications are due Sept. 21.
Aiming for the stars
Early in September, the X-Calibur mission, preparing for launch at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, N.M., put its pointing system through its paces to make sure all of its parts were working in programmed harmony.
9/11 to be remembered with 2,977 flags on Mudd Field
Members of the Washington University in St. Louis College Republicans will spend the evening of Sept. 10 on Mudd Field planting 2,977 flags — one for each life lost on 9/11. Junior Kaitlyn Cullen says it’s important that those too young at the time to comprehend the tragedy reflect on it now.
Jane Jennings, Gail Hintz present Liederabend Sept. 14
Soprano Jane Jennings and pianist Gail Hintz will perform Washington University in St. Louis’ annual Liederabend concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, in the 560 Music Center. Literally translated as “evening of song,” Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers.
Open Streets initiatives benefit physical, social health of communities
Open Streets initiatives temporarily close streets
to automobile traffic, so that people may use them for walking,
bicycling, dancing, playing and socializing. Although the movement
is gaining popularity in the United States — more than 100 different
cities have hosted Open Streets events since 2008 — little is known
about planning and implementing them. Brown School researchers Amy Eyler,
PhD, and J. Aaron Hipp, PhD, explore the development and implementation
of Open Streets initiatives and make recommendations for increasing the
capacity of organizers to enhance their success.
Re-formed trio Tracer launches Jazz at Holmes Sept. 11
In the 1970s and ’80s, the St. Louis band Tracer was one of the area’s premiere exponents of fusion-style jazz. On Thursday, Sept. 11, the re-formed Tracer will launch Jazz at Holmes Series. The annual fall series also will include tributes to John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Gaslight Square.
Need for authenticity drives gender transitions in later life
As we age, all of us begin to think about what makes us tick and what kind of legacy we want to leave. For some, this manifests itself in the purchase of a motorcycle, a boat or an exotic vacation. But for others, the issues of age and transition are a bit more contemplative. Vanessa Fabbre, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, considers these issues in her paper “Gender Transitions in Later Life: The Significance of Time in Queer Aging,” recently published in the 2014 issue of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.