A series of just-announced grants from United Way of Norman will benefit 28 nonprofits across the community, supporting organizations that address a wide array of Norman needs.
New director leads major changes in campus human research protection program
Gretchen Anding gets a good laugh from the question: When you were a little girl, did you dream of leading the Institutional Review Board at a major research university?
“I don’t think anybody grows up dreaming of working in research compliance, and if they did, I would love to talk to them,” says Anding, who became the director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison IRBs on April 1.
Gretchen Anding
Anding studied biology and chemistry as an undergraduate. But it was a course in bioethics that led her to pursue a master’s degree in bioethics from the Medical College of Wisconsin. That steered her toward a career in research compliance, first at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital and then as a member of the UW–Madison IRB office in 2004. In 2010, she was promoted to assistant IRB director.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
As part of the Smithsonian’s third annual (and first virtual) Women Filmmakers Festival, artist, filmmaker, and writer Mariam Ghani will join Saisha Grayson, time-based media curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Sabrina Sholts, curator of biological anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, for a conversation about the history of pandemics. The conversation will include clips of her film
DIS-EASE, which delves into themes of illness and invasion as well as excerpts from her in-progress short
The Fire Next Time, which traces the connection between epidemics and social upheaval from the 1800s to the present. Through the end of the week, Ghani’s feature-length documentary
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Women at NJPAC A Gathering Of Givers: Reshaping Our Communities and Our World on Monday, March, 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
As we begin to imagine our lives after the pandemic, we know that women s needs and choices will be critical to how the world evolves. Will the millions of women who left the workforce last year rejoin it? How will workplaces be transformed? What conversations will women lead in the public square, and how will our art chronicle this moment? How will our philanthropy reshape our communities? How can women move the country toward greater social justice?
Towering glass mosaic mural of Whitney Houston pays tribute to late singer, city’s musical roots
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
A glass mosaic mural of Whitney Houston at 45 William St. in Newark was unveiled Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.Andrew Maclean/Prudential Center
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The artist who crafted a towering mural of the late Whitney Houston by putting together more than 1,000 glass pieces on a luxury apartment building in Newark has finished her work.
The 19 foot by 28 foot mosaic was more than just a tribute to the late iconic singer, who was born in Newark and sang in the gospel choir at New Hope Baptist Church as a child. It was a way to uplift the community and remind residents along with visitors that Houston got her start in the Brick City, a place with rich musical roots.