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Kelly Monk, PhD, assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received three nerve research grants.

Shelli Kastin, head of publishing production services at Washington University Libraries, received the Jackie Kaiser Volunteer Award in November from the nonprofit agency Provident for her nine years of service as a peer facilitator of Survivors of Suicide support group meetings.

Gaya Amarasinghe, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology and of biochemisry and molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received three grants from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Thaddeus Stappenbeck, PhD, MD, and Matthew Ciorba, MD, assistant professor of medicine, both of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have received a one-year, $152,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Oregon Health & Science University for research titled “Influence of Gene-environment Interactions on Innate Immune Function.”

Shankar Sastry, PhD, professor of engineering, has been awarded the Hind Rattan Award from the NRI Welfare Society of India. The award recognizes nonresident Indians who have made exceptional contributions to society.

Rebecca Copeland, PhD, is one of two winners of the 2014-15 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature for her translation of Kirino Natsuo’s “The Goddess Chronicle.” She is chair of the East Asian Languages and Cultures Department in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Richard A. Dammkoehler, professor emeritus of computer science in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, died Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. He held appointments at the university for more than 40 years.

Two Washington University in St. Louis students majoring in classics in Arts & Sciences will get to spend time next year studying at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome.

Ron Cytron, PhD, professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded a 2014 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award.

Christopher “Kit” Wellman, PhD, chair of the Department of Philosophy, has won the 2015 Berger Memorial Prize, awarded to an outstanding published article in philosophy of law.