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Charles Lipton, an honorary emeritus trustee of Washington University, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Wellington, Fla. He was 96. Lipton also had served as chair of the WashU Public Relations Council for over 30 years.

The Office of Resource Management invites WashU faculty and staff to learn about WashU’s partnership with Southwest Airlines and other preferred travel partners. The webinar will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3.

A new award supports work at Washington University to develop a framework that will allow autonomous systems to maintain safety even in the face of sensor malfunctions, mechanical failures or deliberate cyberattacks.

More than a dozen interdisciplinary research projects won the latest batch of “Here and Next” Seed Grants.

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Aimilia Gastounioti, an assistant professor at WashU Medicine, a five-year $3 million grant to improve breast cancer risk assessments for Black women.

Submissions are being accepted until Thursday, Feb. 6, for the first-ever WashU Data Viz competition.

Yixin Chen is the first person from Washington University to be elected a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

Andrew Tuch, a professor at WashU School of Law, received the 2024 Berkeley-European Corporate Governance Institute Best Paper Award. The annual honor recognizes legal research in environmental, social and governance issues.

Sean McWilliams, a 29-year employee of Washington University in St. Louis, died at his home Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. He was 55. A celebration of life will be held March 7.

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