Notables

Vicki Match Suna, executive vice president and vice dean for real estate development and facilities at NYU Langone Health, has received the 2026 Dean’s Medal from the WashU Sam Fox School.

Architectural designer Catherine Chen has been selected as the winner of the 2026 James Harrison Steedman Memorial Fellowship in Architecture. The biennial award is organized by the WashU Sam Fox School and AIA St. Louis.

Bo Li, a renowned expert in data sciences, has been named a Stanley A. Sawyer Professor in WashU Arts & Sciences.

Salma Abdalla, at WashU Public Health, and Liz Chiarello, in WashU Arts & Sciences, have been named 2026 Public Scholarship faculty fellows in recognition of their work that connects rigorous research with public audiences.

The WashU Brown School presented its 2026 Awards of Distinction on April 23, honoring alumni and supporters for their work advancing positive change in communities worldwide.

In total, WashU startups received nearly $125,000 in funding during an event at the Skandalaris Center’s annual spring awards ceremony.

Arts & Sciences honored seven alumni for their achievements, service and commitment to the liberal arts.

Three physician-scientists at WashU Medicine — neurologists Suzanne Schindler and Christopher Smyser and otolaryngologist Sidharth Puram — have been recognized by one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies.

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.