Notables

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has named Washington University in St. Louis a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students. Last year, 15 recent Washington University alumni earned Fulbright awards to travel abroad to conduct research or to teach English.

Maxine Lipeles, a professor emerita of law and former director of the School of Law’s Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic, will receive the Lifetime Achievement and Career Award at the 2023 Albert P. and Blanche Y. Greensfelder Forum on Feb. 11.

Kathy Clark, manager of medical apprenticeships at the School of Medicine, has been selected as the Innovation in Human Resources honoree, as part of the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual HR Awards.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum has received a $10,000 Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Novelist, screenwriter and journalist Sayed Kashua is regarded as one of Israel’s most prominent Palestinian voices. On Feb. 12, Cinema St. Louis will present a special preview of “Let It Be Morning,” adapted from a novel by the WashU doctoral candidate.

John Hendrix, a professor and founding chair of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture program, was installed Jan. 26 as the Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art.

Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in nephrology in the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, has received the 2023 Research Scholar Award from the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation.

Tonya Edmond, a professor and interim co-dean at the Brown School, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) for 2023. The AASWSW is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners who are dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare.

Peter Hook has been appointed director and associate dean of the Law Library at the School of Law. Hook, who comes to the university from the University of Notre Dame Law School, will begin his role July 1.

Zakiya Luna, a Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar of sociology in Arts & Sciences, has been named the 2023 Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award winner by Sociologists for Women in Society.