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Javon Bess, this year's Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year who led the Billikens to the A-10 Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance, has signed a free agent contract with the New Orleans Pelicans.

Did you know that many of the favorite Catholic hymns of the 70s and 80s were composed by a Grammy-nominated group of priests who studied at Saint Louis University? The St. Louis Jesuits came together last November during SLU's bicentennial celebration to perform their song “One Bread, One Body” at Chaifetz Arena.

On her first day at her assigned clinical site in Hardin, Illinois, SLU PA student Emily Sloan found herself helping its residents lay sandbags in an attempt to protect the town from the rising waters.

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a 30,000-square-foot store located at the southwest corner of Forest Park Avenue and Spring Avenue, has been announced as City Foundry STL's latest tenant and will serve neighborhoods throughout the city as well as Saint Louis University.

How do common chemicals used to treat roadways, like road salt, impact St. Louis' streams and freshwater supplies? SLU grad student Danelle Haake hopes to find out: ow.ly/xLYp50uH4uy

SLU's Campus Kitchen, which was the pilot site for the program that now works to address food insecurity, sustainability and nutrition at more than 50 colleges and universities across the country, is seeking helpers for the summer.

Forbes has named Saint Louis University one of "America's Best Employers." Read more: http://bit.ly/2IPDCWz

Stand out from the crowd. #BeaBilliken

Mystery solved? KMOV-TV Ch. 4 investigates the question everyone wants to know: What is a Billiken?

As a 2019-2020 Fulbright Scholar, Kevin Scannell, Ph.D., will spend the first six months of 2020 in Ireland developing computing resources for Irish speakers, including conversational agents like Siri and Alexa: http://ow.ly/KEum50uDuIc

Sending the luck of the Billiken your way, St. Louis Blues! #WeAllBleedBlue

Beginning Thursday, June 13, Fresh Gatherings Cafe will launch a summer lunch series featuring multiple courses and dishes created from local, seasonal produce and products: ow.ly/yGbz50uAUe3

As a result of St. Louis' thriving startup ecosystem, legal work for startups has become a growing interest for many students like Laura Beckering, who helped small nonprofit clients obtain 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status: ow.ly/5cjG50uxvCa

Let's go, Blues! #WeAllBleedBlue

James Hillis, co-founder of Good Life Growing and a doctoral student at SLU, uses geospatial technology to figure out where his company should plot more urban gardens to reduce food insecurity in North St. Louis.