Notables

Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, was one of two early-career leaders chosen for this year’s Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain.

WashU Medicine postdoctoral researchers Wesley Saintilnord and Matthew Reynolds have been named Jane Coffin Childs Fellows. The fellowship is designed to support the most promising postdoctoral scientists as they seek to advance research into the causes and treatments of human disease.

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, a clinical innovator who has developed new devices and techniques for heart valve surgeries, has been named the new director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at WashU Medicine.

Monika Weiss, a professor of art at the Sam Fox School, is featured in exhibitions at the Silas von Morisse Gallery Viewing Room and the A.I.R. Gallery, both in New York.

For the third cycle in a row, WashU receives a prestigious sustainability recognition.

Feng Jiao, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, was elected a 2025 American Chemical Society fellow.

The American Society for Engineering Education has awarded Janie Brennan, a senior lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis, the Ray W. Fahien Award for early-career excellence in chemical engineering education.

WashU graduate and women’s track and field standout Emma Kelley has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. 

John F. Bade, a former executive of The Boeing Co. and a longtime professor of practice, has been named executive director of the Henry Edwin Sever Institute in the McKelvey School of Engineering.

The WashU Arboretum, home to more than 7,000 trees, has received a national sustainability honor.