Acclaimed dancer Alonzo King to present panel discussion Sept. 22; choreography Sept. 23
Marty SohlAlonzo King’s LINES BalletAcclaimed dancer/choreographer Alonzo King, founder and artistic director of Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet in San Francisco, will take part in a public panel discussion on “Understanding Dance as the Language We Embody” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22. The talk comes as part of a residency sponsored by a grant from the National College Choreography Initiative. The grant will support a variety of workshops and master classes with both King and Arturo Fernandez, ballet master for LINES, Sept. 12-23.
Taiwanese narrative opera group visits campus, Sept. 18-26
Uhan Shii, an award-winning Taiwanese theatre group, will visit campus Sept. 18-26.Uhan Shii, an award-winning Taiwanese theatre group, will visit campus Sept. 18-26 and offer a public performance of the narrative opera “My Journey” at the Saint Louis Art Museum auditorium at 7 p.m. Sept. 23.
Obituary: Van den Burg
Herbert Van den Burg, a lecturer in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences from 1953-1970, died Aug. 14; he was 100.
Economist Ping Wang to hold Seigle Family Professorship
He comes to Washington University from Vanderbilt University to chair the Department of Economics in Arts & Sciences.
Protective footwear nearly 30,000 years old
Erik Trinkaus analyzed anatomical evidence of early modern humans, which suggests a reduction in the strength of the smaller toes.
African & Afro-American Studies changes its name
It will now be referred to as the African and African American Studies Program in Arts & Sciences.
Students, faculty go overseas to teach teenagers in Georgia
Joachim Faust, Aaron Weisman and Steve Lopatin were in Georgia for a four-week English language camp supported by the University.
Brain activity in youth may presage Alzheimer’s pathology
Image courtesy of Benjamin Shannon, John Cirrito, and Robert Brendza Washington University in St. LouisBrain regions active during default mental tates in young adults reveal remarkable correlation with those regions showing Alzheimer’s disease pathology.Researchers who used five different medical imaging techniques to study the brain activity of 764 people, including those with Alzheimer’s disease, those on the brink of dementia, and healthy individuals, have found that the areas of the brain that young, healthy people use when daydreaming are the same areas that fail in people who have Alzheimer’s disease. Findings suggest Alzheimer’s may be due to abnormalities in regions of the brain that are active when people are musing, daydreaming, or thinking to themselves.
Rankings of WUSTL by News Media
Below is a link to the Washington University news release about the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings for 2004-05:
http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3627.html
To view a full listing of U.S. News magazine, book and Web-only rankings for 2004-05, please visit the U.S. News & World Report site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
Protective footwear started nearly 30,000 years ago, research finds
Erik Trinkaus / Czech Academy of SciencesA 26,000 year-old early modern human showing the reduced strength of the bones of the lesser toes.Those high-tech, air-filled, light-as-a-feather sneakers on your feet are a far cry from the leather slabs our ancestors wore for protection and support. But believe it or not, our modern day Nikes and Reeboks are direct descendents of the first supportive footwear that new research suggests came into use in western Eurasia between 26,000 and 30,000 years ago.
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