The Record

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.