Cheat on your wife. Betray your colleagues. The moral thing to do is whatever makes you feel good. When a beloved radio talk-show host dies, his son highjacks the station’s memorial broadcast to preach an inflammatory reading of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance. So begins Radio Free Emerson, a loose adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck by contemporary playwright Paul Grellong.
The Longer Life Foundation is seeking applications for research funding in 2012. The group plans to fund four or five grants in 2012. Letters of Intent are due by Feb. 20.
The Division of Emergency Medicine is offering a
two-year fellowship designed to allow emergency medicine trainees and
others interested in clinical, translational or basic research careers
to develop the skills to become successful, independent investigators. The program, which is coordinated through the
Clinical Research Training Center, culminates in a master’s degree of
science in clinical investigation.
Can’t get enough Elton John, Weego the dog,
Matthew Broderick or babies in slingshots? Plan to relive all your
favorite Super Bowl commercials during the annual SuperAd Bowl,
sponsored by the Olin Marketing Association, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 in
the Knight Executive Education Center.
David J. Murray, MD, chose pediatric anesthesia as a way to gain the confidence that he could manage the very worst that might happen, no matter how bad it got. Now, he uses clinical simulation to help students and residents learn to confront emergencies.
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.
