Talented advocate Smith pushes to improve health care

When Carson Emmons Smith wasn’t working in her parents’ bicycle and fitness shop in Paducah, Ky., she was dribbling a soccer ball, whacking a softball, pirouetting in a dance studio or bouncing on her trampoline. “I love the outdoors,” says Smith, who also admits to growing up a bookworm. Naturally, it was under the spell […]

Linsenmeyer celebrates musical instruments of the world

Antonio Stradivari reportedly crafted some 1,100 stringed instruments in the northern Italian city of Cremona and died a celebrated artist whose creations are coveted by musicians and collectors the world over. Why has the Stradivarius continued to set the standard of musical perfection, commanding more than $3.5 million at a Christie’s auction in 2006? Chanot […]

2009-10 OVATIONS season announced by Edison

Theater is challenging, educational and inspiring. It is also, lest we forget, fun. For its 2009-10 season, Edison Theatre will present more than a dozen events by nationally and internationally renowned performing artists.

Edison Theatre announces 2009-10 line-up

Theater is challenging, educational and inspiring. It is also, lest we forget, fun! For its 2009-10 season, Washington University’s Edison Theatre will present more than a dozen events by nationally and internationally renowned performing artists. The flagship OVATIONS Series will range from provocative dance and multimedia rock opera to funk-infused klezmer (or is that klezmer-infused funk?) and whimsical twists on literary classics. Meanwhile the popular ovations for young people series will offer specially priced Saturday matinees for audiences of all ages.

Washington University in St. Louis to offer four new full-tuition scholarships for its new Master of Public Health program

The new Master of Public Health program (MPH) at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work is offering four new full-tuition, merit-based scholarships to support students interested in improving community health locally, nationally and internationally. The scholarships are available to prospective MPH students who have professional interests or experience in a range of areas, including health communications, nursing and community or public service as well as to prospective students completing health and preprofessional health majors who seek career opportunities in public health. Additional tuition assistance also is available to students entering the program, which debuts with the fall 2009 class.

Washington University physicians provide free asthma screening at Science Center

If you’ve regularly been coughing, wheezing or short of breath, you may want to get tested for asthma at the Saint Louis Science Center on Saturday, May 16, 2009. As part of a nationwide program, Washington University School of Medicine physicians will be at the Science Center to test lung function and answer questions about asthma. The screenings are free.