Marie Rossiter

Oct 25, 2024 | better.net | Marie Rossiter |Susan Berger |Amit Kuma

An exciting clinical trial involving a vaccine at the Cleveland Clinic could change the world of breast cancer. “Curing cancer has been something we all talk about. Even better, is to prevent the cancer in the first place. So, in a sense, prevention is the cure,” said Dr. Amit Kumar, CEO of Anixa Biosciences. An early-stage clinical trial for a breast cancer vaccine is yielding remarkable results.

Oct 21, 2024 | better.net | Marie Rossiter |Mark Harris

On October 24, 2015, Justin Phongsavanh walked out of a McDonald’s in Ankeny, Iowa, unaware he was taking his final steps. Until that cool fall evening, the high schooler had been an avid sportsman and was gearing up for a career as a journeyman electrician. A gunman’s bullets would abruptly and irrevocably change the course of Justin’s life.

Oct 21, 2024 | marierossiter.substack.com | Marie Rossiter

I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost - The Road Not TakenThis is one of those posts... The one where I try to explain where I’ve been and why I disappeared. I can give a million reasons, all of which would be true. I’ll sum it up: life has been having its way with me. But isn’t that true of us all?

Oct 18, 2024 | better.net | Marie Rossiter |Vicki Crain

This week, The Joffrey Ballet brings Atonement to the Lyric Opera stage. This is the first ballet adaptation of Ian McEwan’s best-selling novel turned Academy Award®-winning film, choreographed by Cathy Marston in a co-production with Ballet Zürich. Make It Better (MIB) spoke with Joffrey’s Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director, Ashley Wheater MBE, last week before the company moved to the stage for technical rehearsals before opening night.

Oct 17, 2024 | better.net | Marie Rossiter |Claire Zulkey

Penelope Steiner is a philanthropist and cinephile in equal measure. While Steiner has long supported prestigious cultural institutions like the Lyric Opera, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Joffrey Ballet, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Newberry Library, she walks into every movie screening with an open mind.