UMSL and Leadership Academy alumna Arzu Karimova poses for a “Dear World” photo last fall at the inaugural Chicago Idea Week. Other participants in the portion of the photo series shot in Chicago included Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and NBA player Shane Battier. Photo subject’s scrawl messages on their bodies. Karimova is working on new form of cervical cancer screening that she hopes replace Pap smears. (Photo by “Dear World”/dearworld.me)
