Notables

Isabella Welborn, a master’s student in public health at WashU, has won a Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations fellowship from the City University of New York School of Medicine.

Guy Genin, the Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WashU McKelvey Engineering, has been elected to the World Council of Biomechanics.

Jai Rudra, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at WashU McKelvey Engineering, will serve on the National Institues of Health (NIH)’s Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases study section.

A new exhibition spanning two decades of work by Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, will open April 24 at Bruno David Gallery in Clayton.

The WashU Venture Network has awarded four St. Louis startups its annual Follow-on Investments.

Barani Raman, a renowned expert in systems neuroscience, machine olfaction and bio-inspired computing, has been named the Dennis and Barbara Kessler Professor of Biomedical Engineering at WashU.

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has named two new fellows from WashU: Hong Chen and Jennifer Heemstra.

Apryle Gladney, vice chancellor and chief human resources officer at WashU, is being honored as one of 11 recipients of the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual HR Awards. The awards recognize individuals and organizations for influential work in human resources that benefits the St. Louis region.

Daniel Epps, an expert on the U.S. Supreme Court, has been installed as the Howard and Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law at WashU.

WashU juniors Margo Crothers and Vikram Karra have received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious award that honors students who conduct research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.