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The Mosquito Alert app invites citizen scientists to track mosquito populations in order to better understand where mosquito hotbeds are in St. Louis.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old killed a decade ago, spoke about hope and justice on Wednesday at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration hosted by the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and St. Louis University.

SLU medical students each year conduct a memorial service to honor those who donated themselves to the school’s gift body program, which uses cadavers for research and instruction. This year, 372 people donated their bodies to the school so students learning to be doctors, physical therapists, physician assistants and other health professionals can study them.

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the project, a collaboration among eight partner institutions in Missouri and Illinois.

Across the country, some universities have weighed in on the new abortion landscape, but most St. Louis institutions have avoided taking a hard stance.

A new research collaboration is focusing on how and why students leave St. Louis city schools before the end of the school year.

A new report highlights schools that have seen student growth in academics, despite higher percentages of students who qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch. It’s part of a push to focus on more than achievement scores.

The lingering COVID-19 pandemic prompted Molly Wilson to seek a deeper understanding of vaccine hesitancy — and the possibilities for breaking through such hesitancy. She joins “St. Louis on the Air” as many parents are now weighing a big decision about vaccinating their kids.

St. Louis University honors Zadie Smith this week as the 2021 recipient of the St. Louis Literary Award. Smith’s 2019 story collection, “Grand Union,” is this year’s campus read.

Zadie Smith comes to St. Louis this week to receive an award from St. Louis University. She’s in good company: From Shelby Foote and Eudora Welty to George Plimpton and Chinua Achebe, the annual award has drawn heavy literary hitters to town since 1967.