Notables

Sean Spinks, former director of academic success at Harris-Stowe State University, has been appointed director of the Danforth Scholars program at Washington University, according to Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs. Spinks, who began Feb. 1, is the program’s first full-time director.

Hongyu An, professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, is the new chief of the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Lab (BMRL) in the Division of Radiological Sciences. 

Ryan Bogdan, ​associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, has been named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

The Washington University men’s and women’s track and field teams both won the University Athletic Association Indoor Championship Feb. 27 in Cleveland. 

Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, has been named an associate editor of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Three faculty members and one alumna of the McKelvey School of Engineering have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Beau M. Ances, MD, PhD, the Daniel J. Brennan Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine, recently received the Shining Star Award from the Down Syndrome Association of Greater St. Louis.

Rachel Ruggirello, associate director of the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis, is the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Administrative Support Award by the National Science Education Leadership Association.

Brown School faculty members Jin Huang and Margaret S. Sherraden (pictured), along with colleagues elsewhere, have guest-edited a special issue of the research journal Families in Society focused on financial well-being.

Five researchers from the School of Medicine and one from the McKelvey School of Engineering have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors.