American Airlines’ plan to lay off more than
13,000 employees and eliminate all four of its pension plans as part of
its bankruptcy reorganization could eventually spell the end of the
airline and leave its pilots with dramatically reduced pensions, say two
experts at Washington University in St. Louis.
Puppets and marionettes are among the world’s oldest entertainments. Though today often associated with humorous children’s programming, they are equally capable of evoking the tender and moving. This month, master puppeteer Joseph Cashore and his Cashore Marionettes will present Simple Gifts — a series of quiet, everyday vignettes set to classical music — as part of Edison’s ovations for young people series.
In a move reflecting the wave of entrepreneurial activity happening in the region, an unprecedented three teams were selected to receive up to $50,000 each at the annual Olin Cup awards ceremony Feb. 1. The annual competition is sponsored by the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
The East Loop and West Loop Special Business districts and Washington University in St. Louis have released the Delmar Loop Area Retail Plan & Development Strategy, the results of a study that found potential for retail growth in the Delmar Boulevard Loop area. The study was led by a steering committee of area property and business owners, residents, local government representatives and WUSTL administrators.
Freedom of assembly has become the forgotten constitutional right, with courts’ attention focused more on freedoms of association and speech. Both the Occupy and Tea Party movements, however, are reminders of how the right to assemble has been “at the heart of some of the most important social movements in American history: antebellum abolitionism, women’s suffrage and the Civil Rights Movement,” says John Inazu, JD, PhD, associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. In his new book, Liberty’s Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly, published last month by Yale University Press, Inazu examines why freedom of assembly has become “a historical footnote in American law and political theory,” and what has been lost with the weakening of protections for private groups.
Researchers working together at the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center imagine ways to adapt plants’ mechanisms, in hopes of producing renewable fuels and other beneficial outcomes.
James E. McLeod (1944–2011), who passed away Sept. 6, 2011, touched the lives of countless students and alumni as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
