William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a study in contrasts, joining elegant verse and bawdy humor with cruel punishments and magical enchantments “past the wit of man.” Beginning Friday, Feb. 25, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present the Bard’s most popular comedy as its spring Mainstage production. FULL STORY

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Scientists have decoded the DNA of the parasitic worm that causes trichinosis, a disease linked to eating raw or undercooked pork or carnivorous wild game animals, such as bear and walrus. FULL STORY

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Proposals ranging from sharing electricity savings with lab users to allowing students to bid on how much electricity they can save are among the ideas that students suggested in the Olin Sustainability Case Competition. The winner gets $5,000 cash and a meeting to present her proposal to the chancellor and other top administrators. FULL STORY

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Students who have a passion for collecting books can compete for prizes of $1,000 or $500 by entering the 24th annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. Sponsored by Washington University Libraries, the Neureuther competition offers prizes to four students who write short essays about their personal book collections. FULL STORY

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• 4 p.m. The Writing Center Workshop. “Writing a Resume” (with the Career Center). Free and open to all currently enrolled WUSTL students and all faculty. Eads Hall, Rm. 109. Register at writing@artsci.wustl.edu or (314) 935-4981.

• Traveling Gateway Arch exhibition on campus this week. The Sam Fox School is hosting a traveling exhibition in Givens Hall this week featuring the winning design concept in The City+The Arch+The River 2015 International Design Competition. The plans will be on display through Friday, Feb. 25.

• Women’s basketball improves to 20-4. The No. 9 women’s basketball team improved to 20-4 and bolstered its chances of earning an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament with a pair of home victories last weekend. The Bears play their regular season finale at home at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, against No. 8 University of Chicago.