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Monday, Feb. 20, 2017

Top Stories

Development to boost Forest Park Southeast neighborhood

Construction of more than 150 mixed-income housing units is planned to begin later this year in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. The $27 million project will be led by Rise Community Development and Unify Grove Development and sponsored by the Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation.

MySci program boosts science learning, standardized test scores

Pattonville School District elementary students — at every grade level and of every ability — made statistically significant gains in science after completing the innovative MySci curriculum developed by the university’s Institute for School Partnership.

WashU Expert: Re-evaluating ‘The Birth of a Nation’

Despite the controversy surrounding it, Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” advances representations of slavery, says Sowande’ M. Mustakeem, assistant professor of history and of African and African-American studies in Arts & Sciences.

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Events

7:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20

Engineers Week begins

Noon Monday, Feb. 20

Global Health Week begins

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Day of Discovery logo

The View From Here

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WashU in the News

China grants Trump a valuable trademark registration

NPR

Six ways your relationship is good for your health

Essence

Why we can’t get rid of racism, according to psychology professor

St. Louis Magazine

St. Louisans reflect on legacy of Japanese American internment

St. Louis Public Radio

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Campus Voices

Translators Under 40: Kurt Beals interview

German language translator Kurt Beals, of Arts & Sciences, discusses his book project and the work of a translator in a Q&A with “The Culture Trip” website.

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Notables

David K. Tan, MD, an associate professor of emergency medicine at the School of Medicine, has been elected president-elect of the National Association of EMS Physicians.

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