Campus & Community

Ramesh Agarwal, the William Palm Professor of Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, will receive the 2025 John J. Montgomery Award for Distinguished Innovation in Aerospace from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Jacob Chacko, inaugural executive director of WashU’s Center for Diversity & Inclusion and interim director of the Spectrum office in the Division of Student Affairs, has been chosen to serve on the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center’s board of directors.

Seven WashU faculty members are among the 471 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

WashU’s Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator and WashU Libraries recently awarded funding to faculty developing open educational resources for students.

Jessica Backman-Levy (left), at the Brown School, and Beryne Odeny, MD, PhD, at the School of Medicine, have been selected to participate in a yearlong program aimed at advancing women into senior leadership positions in global health.

John Powers, an assistant professor of film and media studies in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2024 Best First Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

Esther Viola Kurtz, in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, has published an article titled “Call, Response, and Compromisso: Ethical Practice in Capoeira of Backland Bahia, Brazil.”

Online voting is open for the top biomedical innovation or discovery of 2024. The first round ends early Monday, March 10.

Lawrence E. Thomas, a member of the WashU Board of Trustees and an alumnus, was honored with a lifetime achievement award by the St. Louis American Foundation.

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement has awarded its 22nd annual Gerry & Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award to eight members of the WashU community who are making a positive impact in the St. Louis region.