Notables

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts recently installed Sung Ho Kim as the Raymond E. Maritz Professor of Architecture.

The Skandalaris Center awarded more than $75,000 in funding to WashU startups through its annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards ceremony April 19.

Ian Dobbins, a professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, has been named a 2023 fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

The 40th annual Brown School Awards of Distinction were presented April 13 at City Foundry STL. The event honored e​ight individuals who work t​o create positive change for people around the globe.

Dayna S. Early, MD, a professor at the School of Medicine, will receive the 2023 Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Patrick White, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2023 Josefina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Tori Harwell, a junior studying African and African American studies and environmental analysis in Arts & Sciences, has been named a Udall Scholar, an honor bestowed on students who have demonstrated leadership in the areas of the environment and conservation, tribal public policy or Native American health care.

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, chief of the cardiac surgery section in the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine, has been named the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease.

Denise Head and Lori Markson, professors, and Calvin Lai, an associate professor, all in Arts & Sciences, have been recognized for their achievements by the Association for Psychological Science.

Karma Frierson and Hyeok Hweon Kang, both assistant professors in Arts & Sciences, have won fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies.