Notables

A top educational Spanish language podcast for kids recently featured Allison Martinez Mejia, a biomedical engineering PhD candidate at Washington University.

Douglas Flowe, an associate professor of history in Arts & Sciences, is featured in “San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood,” which will premiere Oct. 9 at the New York Film Festival. Flowe also was recently featured in episodes of the History Channel series “Prison Chronicles.”

Leslie Paige, a graduate student in Arts & Sciences, is using geospatial tools to map the habitat of a critically endangered primate. She presented her work at the Geo-Resolution conference in St. Louis.

For the second straight year, WashU has won the Citizens for Modern Transit College Transit Challenge. The annual competition encourages students, staff and faculty from local colleges to log their rides on MetroLink and Metro buses for bragging rights and the College Transit Trophy.

Crickette Sanz, a professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the James W. and Jean L. Davis Professor in Arts and Sciences Sept. 4. Her installation address was titled “Learning From Great Apes About Rank.”

Katharine Flores, the Christopher I. Byrnes Professor at Washington University, has been named vice dean for graduate education at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Elizabeth Pollina, an assistant professor of developmental biology at WashU Medicine, has been named to the 2024 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars.

Timothy Wencewicz, an associate professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at WashU, is the winner of the American Chemical Society’s Saint Louis Award. Wencewicz’s research focuses on drug discovery to address the antibiotic resistance crisis.

Christine Keller, director of career communities and career development at at the Center for Career Engagement at WashU, was selected for Focus St. Louis’ fall 2024 Women in Leadership cohort among 34 local leaders.

Richard Harrod, a doctoral candidate in history in Arts & Sciences, has been named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2024-25. The award, granted by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program, will allow him to research the history of education in the Sultanate of Oman.