Notables

St. Louis writer Marie Wenya Burns and WashU undergraduate student Alethea Franklin are the second annual recipients of the Heartland Journalism Fellowships.

Carla Bailey, director of learning and development for Human Resources at WashU, has been named one of Women We Admire’s “Top 50 Women Leaders of St. Louis for 2024” for development and delivery of leadership and team-building programs and workshops.

Rebecca Messbarger, in Arts & Sciences, is among the organizers of a symposium on “The Catholic Enlightenment in Europe, the Americas and Australia (1700-1840),” which will take place at WashU and at Saint Louis University Sept. 20 and 21. Some other faculty also are speaking.

The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society chapter at WashU Medicine has announced 25 inductees for its Class of 2024.

The Missouri Public Health Association has awarded WashU’s Emergency Support Team the Group Merit Award for its significant contribution to public health in Missouri.

Lisa Weingarth, senior advisor for St. Louis initiatives at WashU, has been appointed to the board of the United Way of Greater St. Louis.

A team of WashU undergraduate students recently competed in regional and national Arabic debate competitions.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recently presented the 2024 Minoshima-Pappas Transformative Leadership Award to Richard Wahl, MD, a professor of radiology and of radiation oncology at WashU Medicine.

Jennifer M. Heemstra, the Charles Allen Thomas Professor of Chemistry and chair of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at WashU, delivered a keynote address at the American Chemistry Society fall meeting in Denver.

Linda C. Samuels, a professor and chair of urban design in WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named the school’s inaugural director of sustainable design and environmental justice.