Allman, Solnica-Krezel receive faculty achievement awards
Jean Allman and Lilianna Solnica-Krezel will receive Washington University’s 2021 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced. Also, Aaron DiAntonio and Jeffrey Milbrandt, at the School of Medicine, will be recognized for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Michael E. Hughes, assistant professor of pulmonary medicine, 41
Michael Evan Hughes, a neuroscientist and chronobiologist highly respected for his research at the School of Medicine, died May 4 at his home in St. Louis after a six-year battle with brain cancer. He was 41. A public celebration of life will be held Saturday, May 8, in Olivette, Mo.
Fournier to study dynamics of fast chemical reactions
Joseph A. Fournier, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, won a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. Fournier’s research program focuses on characterizing the dynamics and mechanisms of fast chemical reactions.
Clothes, confidence and the stubbornness of joy
Fashion design majors from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present their work at 4 p.m. May 15 as part of the 92nd Annual Fashion Design Show. Filled with sleek silhouettes, saturated palettes and crazy-quilt textures, the show — titled “The Collective” — is a full-throated rejection of pandemic-era dourness.
Six to receive honorary degrees from Washington University
The university will award six honorary degrees during its 160th Commencement ceremonies, May 20-21. Among the recipients is NBA great and humanitarian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who will deliver the Commencement address.
Megan Flake: Keeping engineering labs running during the pandemic
McKelvey School of Engineering labs couldn’t shut down due to COVID-19. Megan Flake kept them running smoothly while research was on hold.
Reminder about campus parking during Commencement events
Parking & Transportation Services provides updates on parking and traffic flow plans for spring Commencement events, which will take place May 20, 21 and 30.
Hammond receives Merck research fellowship
J. Gmerice Hammond, MD, a cardiologist and health policy research fellow in the Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine, has received a Merck Fellowship Research Award from the Association of Black Cardiologists and the American College of Cardiology.
Michael Friedlander, professor emeritus of physics, 92
Michael W. Friedlander, professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences, died April 29, 2021, in St. Louis. He was 92.
Rethinking the international student experience
More than a year into the pandemic, with more knowledge about COVID-19 under our belts and the vaccine rollout underway, it’s beginning to look like campus might soon return to some semblance of normal. But in early 2020, it was a different story. Last March, most Washington University in St. Louis students returned home to […]
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