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The mission of PECaD is to ensure that all cancer patients and communities benefit from the clinical and scientific advances at Siteman Cancer Center. The program strives to reduce the cancer burden and related disparities, while engaging communities to promote health equity across Siteman’s catchment and beyond.

Advancing Secondary Science Education through Tetrahymena (ASSET) is an NIH SEPA funded science education outreach program at Washington University in St. Louis. ASSET has developed a variety of modular science education materials designed to stimulate hands-on, inquiry-based learning of fundamental biological concepts for all grade levels. Among the aims outlined in the grant for the program is reaching populations traditionally underrepresented in science in the St. Louis area.

Developed by experts at the Brown School of Social Work, this website facilitates access to curated multi-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) EHDI data–with data analysis to support research and benchmarking at the state and national levels–for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) professionals.

“Architecture for Non-Architects” is designed for WashU undergraduates who are not enrolled in a traditional architecture studio. The course introduces students to the processes architects use to think about, view, and produce the built environment.

The Healthy Kids Express– Diabetes Program brings a team of diabetes experts including those from Children’s Hospital and Washington University Physicians to underserved area schools.

The mission of the Black Genome Project is to understand how genetic research is impacting Black communities in St. Louis and how Black communities value their genomes and genetic data. Using research methods that include members of the community on the research team and through the study of individual people and community culture, project leaders hope to create a space for Black people to understand genetic diversity and to evaluate, learn, and take ownership over the future of genomic medicine. Together with Black communities, the Black Genome Project hopes that individuals become more empowered and have agency over their genetic health information.

The Science Media Fellowship program at WashU Medicine’s McDonnell Genome Institute supports local high school students interested in science, journalism, public policy, and more. Additionally, the program shares with students how stories told about science influence public perception and public policy.

The mission of the Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Science (TRIADS) is to explore new datasets and new techniques to understand better and address critical problems facing society today. TRIADS creates and supports transdisciplinary collaborations among scholars to connect big data to big questions.

Washington University Libraries created exhibits in conjunction with a series of related events focusing on the history of slavery and the stories of enslaved individuals in St. Louis. The Slavery in St. Louis exhibition and the Archives of Resistance Event Series highlight primary source documents from the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections at University Libraries. A related display of Black Numismatics will be on display in the exhibition Coins Across Time: Ancient to American Numismatics. The exhibit and events arise from the WashU & Saver Project’s efforts to examine and address WashU’s historical entanglements with slavery, which include foundational research with contextualization of relevant collections in the library archives.

Revisit and reconstruct the history of Asian Americans in St. Louis utilizing an intuitive digital humanities tool, ArcGIS StoryMap. The story map, called Asia in Saint Louis, comprises images, interactive maps, narratives, and interview videos, and is conceptualized and structured around the four themes/sections: Historical traces, early Chinese Americans, early Japanese Americans, and Asian American civil rights. The story map will use primary sources from four local historical societies and archives: Washington University Libraries Special Collections, Missouri Historical Society, State Historical Society of Missouri-Saint Louis, and National Archives in Kansas City.