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A memorial for student Sarah Longyear has been scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, in College Hall on the South 40 area of campus. A reception will follow in Tisch Commons in the Danforth University Center.

Audrey Odom, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and of molecular microbiology in the School of Medicine, and Timothy Wencewicz, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, both of Washington University in St. Louis, are the recipients of inaugural ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Awards.

The Gephardt Institute is again collecting data on the myriad ways that Washington University is involved in the community. Faculty, staff and students who oversee community engagement efforts are asked to complete the streamlined Community Counts survey by Sept. 30.

Jeff Michalski, MD, the Carlos Perez Distinguished Professor of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and a radiation oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has been elected radiation oncology co-chair of the National Cancer Institute Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee.

The Gephardt Institute encourages faculty to apply for funding for programs to engage students in the election through special events, discussions or projects. Proposal deadlines are every Friday until all funds are distributed or Nov. 4.

Question: Which former U.S. president visited Washington University 100 years ago?

The Institute for Public Health and the Skandalaris Center are holding an immersive Public Health Challenge Sept. 16-18, during which multidisciplinary student teams will develop programs and concepts to reduce gun violence in St. Louis.

Registration for this fall’s WashU Moves activity challenge is open. Benefits-eligible faculty, staff, clinical fellows and postdoctoral appointees can participate in the challenge, which runs Sept. 7 – Dec. 15.

Washington University will host Midwest Research University Network’s Gateways to Innovation conference at the Cortex Innovation Community on Sept. 15. The event will focus on technology transfer and startup financing. The deadline to register is Sept. 8.

The School of Law is celebrating its 150th anniversary at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, with a toast, cake and a Clydesdale outside Anheuser-Busch Hall.