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Christopher Goddard, JD, assistant vice chancellor and associate general counsel for Washington University in St. Louis, recently was awarded the prestigious William E. Jaudes Service Award by the St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Joseph Corbo, PhD, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received research grants from the McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology and from the Washington University Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center.

Seth Carlin, professor of music and head of the piano program in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected as an audition judge for the 69th annual auditions of the Artist Presentation Society.

This year’s Fair Saint Louis will be held Thursday through Saturday, July 2-4, in Forest Park. Washington University is again providing access to some campus parking areas during the fair, so employees and students should be aware and plan for alternate arrangements.

Robert M. Feibel, MD, has been named director of the Center for History Of Medicine of Washington University. The center is housed in the Bernard Becker Medical Library at the School of Medicine.

Mark Anastasio, PhD, professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows in recognition of his important contributions to biomedical engineering.

Over the next several months, construction projects at and near Washington University Medical Center will continue to affect traffic flow and shuttles as improvements to parking and intersections continue.

Christopher A. Maher, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a three-year, $450,000 Susan G. Komen Career Catalyst Award for research focused on understanding the role of long noncoding RNAs in estrogen-positive breast cancer treatment resistance. Maher’s lead mentor is Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, the Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Distinguished Professor of Medicine.

M. Gilbert Grand, MD, clinical professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, has been elected president of The Macula Society.

PB&Joy, the annual universitywide food drive, runs from April 2-14. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to donate nonperishable, kid-friendly foods or to make a financial donation to Operation Food Search. Drop-off spots are available across the Danforth, Medical, North and West campuses.