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Gregory Zimet, a professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been named co-leader of the cancer prevention and control research program at the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center. The group tries to reduce cancer and cancer deaths through prevention, early detection and helping cancer survivors.

Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. named Douglas J. Wenners its senior vice president for provider engagement and contracting. He succeeds Bob McIntire, who had previously announced he would retire at year’s end. Wenners is currently president of WellPoint's health insurance plan in New Hampshire.

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Molecular biologist,David G. Skalnik will become associate dean for research and graduate education at the IUPUI School of Science in January. Since 1991, Skalnick has been a researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine, leading a team of three in the study of epigenetics—factors that influence whether certain genes are turned on or turned off.

Art museum names fundraising chief

Cynthia Rallis, who begins work Jan. 1, held a similar job at the National Museum of Science and Industry in London.

Illinois casino plan could amp up gambling competition

Proponents of Illinois’ plan say it could raise up to $1 billion in new tax revenue annually for a state that could face a deficit of up to $15 billion next year. But experts say Illinois is likely to take more money from its own residents rather than residents of Indiana or Wisconsin.

Also this week

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra does double duty on Dec. 18. In addition to its “Yuletide Celebration” performance, it’s also offering “Classical Christmas” at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Raymond Leppard conducts, with the Apollo’s Voice choir. Details here.

The Indiana Wind Symphony offers “A Holiday Happening,” Dec. 12 at Arsenal Tech High School Auditorium. Details here.

Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa at the Vogue Dec. 9. Details here.

Chris Isaak headlines WTTS’ Rock to Read Dec. 10 at the Murat Theatre. Details here.

On Dec. 9, the Indianapolis Museum of Art screens “Marwencol,” a documentary about an eccentric who photographs fantasy worlds populated by Barbies and G.I. Joe dolls. The film won a Grand Jury prize at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival. Details here.
 

“Jabberwocky”

Dec. 14
IndyFringe Theatre
One of the more creative and fun additions to the local arts lineup has been Jabberwocky, a collaboration between Storytelling Arts and Indy Fringe that combines the sensibilities of the two groups. At each monthly event, a few “experts” on a given subject are invited to share a short, personal story. Then the audience is invited to join in with five-minute-or-under variations on the theme. The cover charge includes appetizers, and there’s a cash bar to help loosen lips. This time out, the theme is the December holidays, which, besides the obvious, could include Pearl Harbor Day, Frank Sinatra’s birthday, National Maple Syrup Day and Boxing Day. Details here.
 

Refinancing boosts Bioanalytical Systems

Shares of the West Lafayette-based pharmaceutical-services firm soared after it wriggled out from under a $1.3 million loan that was due in February.

Handel’s “Messiah”

Dec. 18
Clowes Hall
The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir raises the roof on the oratorio that has become a holiday classic. For the record, it was actually composed in summer and premiered in April. Details here.
 

“Wicked”

Dec. 15 to Jan. 1    
Murat Theatre
While all the attention is focused on the previews of the new “Spider-Man” musical on Broadway, let’s flash back to 2003 when the musical “Wicked” was raising eyebrows while working out its kinks between a tryout run in San Francisco (where one critic called it “a few bricks shy of a road”) and its New York opening. Composer and director were battling, songs such as “Dancing Through Life”—a first act highlight—had yet to be written, the Wizard himself was about to be let go from the cast, and the show was running three hours and 20 minutes. Another flop in the making?

Not so fast. Changes were made. The show opened. And a blockbuster was born. Lesson: Don’t listen to everything you hear before opening night.
We’ll see what happens with “Spider-Man.” In the meantime, we do know what happened with “Wicked.” That show, still attracting big audiences on Broadway, is back for a second extended run as part of the Broadway in Indianapolis season. Details here.
 

IURC clears ex-judge in Duke Energy ethics scandal

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s internal probe found no irregularities regarding former administrative law judge Scott Storms’ handling of Duke Energy cases, but it did reopen a case Storms handled in July involving storm damages.

Mother shops with baby in car

Indianapolis police say Zella Davis, 28, went shopping Monday night while her 7-month-old baby waited in the car. Davis, who was arrested for neglect of a dependent, left her car running and doors unlocked with the baby inside while she shopped at the Big Lots store at 30th Street and Georgetown Road. Davis took one of her children into the store with her, but left her oldest child, a 5-year-old, at home unattended. All three children are now in protective custody.
 

Good Samaritan alerts family to fire

An unidentified Good Samaritan is being credited with saving a family of four from a west-side Indianapolis house fire early Tuesday morning. The man saw fire coming from the roof of a house in the 250 block of Addison Street and knocked on the door. Kathy Dean, the only person home who was not deaf, answered the door and alerted her husband and two children. Investigators believe the blaze was caused by an electrical fire in the attic.
 

Carjack victim escapes armed men

Indianapolis police are searching for two men who robbed and abducted a man at gunpoint on the west side early Tuesday morning. Police say the victim was getting into his car at an apartment building near Mickley Avenue and Vermont Street about 6:30 a.m. when the two men attacked him, tied him up with duct tape and put him in the back of a red sport-utility vehicle. One suspect drove away in the SUV while the other followed in the victim’s car. The hostage said he was able to escape the vehicle on the east side of the city near 10th and Rural streets after a struggle with the gunman. The victim said he may have shot the suspect in the hand during the escape. His car was found abandoned a short time later about a mile from the scene.
 

Builders of faulty Indiana bridge face state-work ban

A committee has recommended that the state highway department stop hiring Gary-based Superior Construction Co. and Indianapolis-based bridge designer RQAW Corp. over a northwestern Indiana highway that has been closed because of safety concerns.

Local firm set to launch two more mutual funds

Founded in 2005, The Archer Funds will now have three mutual funds to offer clients. It is among just a handful of locally based firms that markets its own mutual funds.