Amy Suelzer, PhD, director of Overseas Programs in Arts & Sciences, came to Washington University for graduate studies in 1990 — and stayed. Today, she helps guide students through the myriad study-abroad programs, hoping they have the life-changing experience that she did.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor at the School of Medicine, is a recipient of the 2015 Keio Medical Science Prize. The prize recognizes scientists who have made outstanding and creative contributions to medicine or the life sciences for the benefit of humankind.​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators announced legislation last week that would overhaul the country’s criminal justice system, giving judges more leeway in sentencing and reducing sentences for some nonviolent offenders. Carrie Pettus-Davis, PhD, an expert on criminal justice system reform at the Brown School, says the bill doesn’t go far enough.

Lisa Cristine Simone, 25, a doctoral candidate in the Program in Physical Therapy at the School of Medicine, died unexpectedly Sept. 29, 2015, in St. Louis. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Valley Park.