Campus & Community

Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, has been named head of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America Research Committee.

A vast database of cancer genomics knowledge started by Washington University scientists has been named a Global Core Biodata Resource by the Global Biodata Coalition. It’s led by twin brothers Malachi Griffith and Obi Griffith, both associate professors of medicine.

The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators board of directors has elected Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, as its next board chair.

Washington University staff members are invited to nominate colleagues for the 2023 Distinguished Honor awards. The nomination deadline is March 24.

The east end project on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis has received the 2023 American Institute of Architects Regional & Urban Design Award

Benjamin A. Garcia, the Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the School of Medicine, was named best Latinx department head as part of Vanderbilt’s recent recognition of Hispanic and Latinx heritage month.

Washington University seniors Sabrina Hu and Sam Norwitz are among the 23 U.S. students who have been selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which fully funds postgraduate study and research at the University of Cambridge.

Sowande’ Mustakeem, in Arts & Sciences, will discuss her 2016 book, “Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage,” for three universities during the spring semester.

Three members of the Washington University in St. Louis community have been selected to participate in FOCUS St. Louis civic leadership programs.

The Central West End MetroLink station redesign project received an Excellence in Architecture award from the 2022 American Institute of Architects Central States Excellence in Design Program. The School of Medicine’s Operations & Facilities Management Project Team helped lead the renovation.