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Coalition of the determined

Five founding institutions teamed with the city of St. Louis to create the Cortex Innovation Community in midtown St. Louis. The innovative life sciences and technology hub is leading the way toward a renewed economy.

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Planting partnerships for growth

Also known as Forest Park Southeast, the lively Grove neighborhood is located just south of the Washington University Medical Center.

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The culture club

Think of an iconic arts and culture organization in St. Louis, and chances are Washington University alumni are there, helping these beloved institutions enrich the community.

Humanities & Society

Brown’s 40-year partnership helps children of abuse

For more than 40 years, the Brown School and the Family Resource Center have been working together to give abused children hope and a better life.

Humanities & Society

FRC by the numbers

A look at the impact the 40-plus-year partnership between the Brown School and the Family Resource Center has had on the community.

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Healthy living for the long run

Courtney Berg is executive director of Girls on the Run

Courtney Berg, MSW ’05, explains how she became executive director of Girls on the Run, and what it means to her to have an impact on so many girls.

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Flying high

Recent graduate Alexander Cox, BSME ’14, MSAE ’14, was named the 2014 Air Force Cadet of the Year and now is preparing for a career as an astronaut in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program.

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Fighting for justice

Brittany Packnett at Teach For America St. Louis

Brittany Packnett’s commitment to social justice has taken her from the streets of Ferguson all the way to the White House, where she helped shape policy to make policing less racially biased.

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A champion of French colonial history

Elizabeth Gentry Sayad, AB ’55, MA ’03, preserves the St. Louis region’s French history.

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Denotation: Interactive composition

“[Improvisation] is much more difficult than reading music. You don’t have to be very gifted to read a novel. You do to write a novel,” says Rich O’Donnell, director of the Electronic Music Studio in the Department of Music.