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Urban Development
4:42 pm
Fri April 26, 2013

Land Lab Aims To Find New Use for Vacant Lots

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Credit Adam Allington / St. Louis Public Radio
Future site of the chess "pocket park."
Credit Washington University
Land Lab sites
Credit Rosemann and Associates
Chess Pocket Park Design
Credit Mackey Mitchell Associates
Bistro Box concept
Credit Don Koster / Washington University
Sunflower+ Project
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If you live in any big city in the Midwest, and St. Louis in particular, you’re probably all too familiar with the site of vacant, empty land where homes and businesses used to be. 

This issue of vacant land in an otherwise urban environment presents tough challenges for cities.  This weekend ground will be broken on several projects which aim to change the way neighborhoods and cities deal with vacant property.

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Features
5:00 am
Tue April 23, 2013

'The Muslim Guy' And Wash. U. Alum Arsalan Iftikhar On Marathon Bombings And Muslims In Daily Life

Credit Erin Williams
Iftikhar was in town to receive a Distinguished Young Law Alumni Award from Washington University. He received his Bachelors degree in 1999 and his Jurius Doctorate in 2003.
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Since his days as a student in the classrooms of Washington University, Arsalan Iftikhar has made a career out of educating others on the myths and realities in the Muslim world.        

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Global Health
4:30 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Wash U Center Aims To Increase Collaboration On Global Health

Credit Gary Weil/Washington University School of Medicine
Technicians test blood for filariasis, a parasitic infection, in a field laboratory in the town of Madingou in the Republic of Congo. Their work is part of project led by Dr. Gary Weil of the Washington University Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease.
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Researchers from all over the world are gathering today at Washington University for a conference on global health.

The event is the first to be organized by the university’s recently-created Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease. St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra spoke with the Center’s director Bill Powderly about its mission.

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