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Guy M. Genin, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected to the 2017 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Rod Barnett, chair of the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has received a $20,000 grant from the Whitaker Foundation to support the St. Louis Parks Project.

Question: During February 2016, by how much did Washington University student residential colleges reduce electricity consumption during the Green Cup Competition?

Washington University in St. Louis will test its emergency communication system, WashUAlerts, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or an emergency is occurring at that time.

The Skandalaris Center is now accepting applications for the Global Impact Award. The award supports university students, postdoctoral researchers and young alumni who seek to create entrepreneurial ventures with a global impact. Apply by March 20.

The university’s annual trademark licensed supplier fairs will take place soon. The first fair will be 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus; the next will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, March 10, in the Knight Center on the Danforth Campus.

Barbara A. Schaal, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), gave the president’s address at AAAS’ 2017 annual meeting, held Feb. 16-20 in Boston. Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, delivered the meeting’s John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences.

Four members of the Washington University in St. Louis community have been selected to participate in FOCUS St. Louis leadership programs. Brown School students Hannah Dubreville and Cory Schmitt will participate in the Emerging Leaders program, while Jennifer Thomas, sustainability coordinator, and Emily Underwood, a 2002 alumna, were chosen for the Coro Women In Leadership program.

Question: In honor of George Washington’s birthday, we ask this question: Outside of which building on the Danforth Campus can you find a tree directly descended from one of Washington’s trees, originally found on his Mount Vernon estate?

The St. Louis American Foundation will honor Andwele Jolly and Frank Wilson of Washington University in St. Louis at its seventh annual Salute to Young Leaders Awards Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Four Seasons Hotel.