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Li Yunzi, from Guangzhou, China, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Li earned a degree from the University of Hong Kong, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

Lin Chih-Chung, of the Hsintian District, New Taipei City, Taipei, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Lin earned a degree from the National Taiwan University, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

Richa Joshi, from New Delhi, India, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Joshi earned a degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

Bharatkumar Suthar, of Sadri, India, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Suthar earned a degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, which is one of 27 premier universities from around the world partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

Zhu Chuanmei, from Yueyang, Hunan, China, has been named a McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Zhu earned a degree from Tsinghua University, which is one of 27 premier universities partnered with Washington University in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. In addition to being selected as an Academy Scholar, she has been named the Charoen Pokphand Corporate Fellow.

WUSTL has been named one of the top universities nationwide for producing Peace Corps volunteers. The Peace Corps recently released the “Top Colleges” list, which ranks WUSTL No. 21 among medium-sized (5,000-15,000 undergraduates) universities. Currently, 24 alumni are serving as Peace Corps volunteers.

Due to an unavoidable conflict, a talk slated for Saturday, Feb. 18, as part of the Master of Liberal Art (MLA) Seminar Series, has been rescheduled. The talk, “The Works of Mercy,” by Daniel Bornstein, PhD, the Darrow Professor of Catholic Studies and director of the Religious Studies Program in Arts & Sciences, will now take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3, in January Hall, Room 110.

Mike McLaughlin, MBA student Olin Business School, will spend the day in a hammock Feb. 15, doing homework, reading and raising funds and awareness for his 2,500-mile six-month hike4kids.com hike through the entire Appalachian and Ozark trails beginning in late February.

WUSTL’s Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) will host an information session titled “Show Me LLI” for prospective students at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at West Campus. The event, free and open to senior adults ages 55 and older, will feature an orientation followed by several sample classes.

Vicki Kunkler, director of publications and communications at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, of cancer. She was 64.