Month: January 2024

New York Times bestselling author Nnedi Okorafor will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, in Umrath Hall Lounge. The event is sponsored by the African Students Association at Washington University with support from the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program.

Kristy Guffey has been appointed associate vice chancellor and chief of staff to Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs, effective. Feb. 1, Gonzalez announced. 

Sudhir M. Singh, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research at the School of Medicine, died Dec. 24 following a short illness. He was 45.

Guy Genin, the Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been awarded the Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

The Women’s Society of Washington University seeks nominations for the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award. The nomination deadline is Feb. 16.

Patricia Weisensee, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a Young Investigator Program award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

John Sprague, the Sidney W. Souers Professor Emeritus of Government in the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences, died Dec. 21, 2023. He was 89.

According to a study led by researchers at the School of Medicine, diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades. Studying such trends may offer clues to possible prevention strategies.

To ensure broad communication, certain key university policies are published annually in The Record. These policies are intended to promote and support a positive working and learning environment. The policies also are available on the Human Resources website.

Ross Brownson, the Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor at the Brown School, has been named the recipient of the Society for Public Health Education 2024 Honorary Fellow Award.