Campus & Community

Kim and Tim Eberlein, MD, were recently honored with the 2025 Jane and Whitney Harris St. Louis Community Service Award. The honor recognizes couples who contribute to the betterment of the greater St. Louis community.

Jessie Minton, vice chancellor for technology and chief information officer at WashU, received a prestigious award from the HMG Strategy Global Leadership Institute during the organization’s recent summit.

Members of the WashU community may nominate honorary degree candidates for the May 2027 Commencement. The deadline is Oct. 3.

Elizabeth Pollina, an assistant professor of developmental biology at WashU Medicine, has been recognized by the Vallee Foundation for innovative research in neuroscience.

Joe Loewenstein, a professor of English​ and director of the Humanities Digital Workshop and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities, all in Arts & Sciences, will serve as co-principal investigator for a $798,000 Human Networks and Data Science grant from the National Science Foundation.

Emily Martin, a prospect management consultant with University Advancement, has been selected for Focus St. Louis’ fall 2025 Women in Leadership cohort. 

Nathan O. Stitziel, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and of genetics at WashU Medicine, has received the Harrington Discovery Institute 2025 Scholar-Innovator Award to support the development of breakthrough treatments for heart disease.

Xuming He, the Kotzubei-Beckmann Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, is the recipient of the 2025 Gottfried E. Noether Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Statistical Association.

WashU Medicine is one of eight academic medical centers to be selected for the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders. The program will provide funding to train a movement disorder specialist in the Department of Neurology.

Jorge A. Di Paola, MD, a professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, has been honored by the American Society of Hematology with the 2025 Mentor Award in Basic Science.