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Artists Margaux Crump, Alison McNulty and Yvonne Osei have each won the 2022 Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards. The awards are presented by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Winners will receive $25,000 each to advance their studio practices.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

David S. Leonard, MD, an associate professor of otolaryngology, has been selected to lead the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.

The McKelvey School of Engineering’s Philip Bayly and a team of collaborators will study the mechanical causes behind traumatic brain injury using models and images.

WashU’s Deana Barch will use a $753,181 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand healthy neurodevelopment.

Alvitta Ottley, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will use a $528,223 National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop personalized visual analytic tools.

Liberty Vittert, professor of practice of data science at Olin Business School, was recognized by Poets & Quants for her engaging teaching style and ability to bring real-life examples to the classroom.

Carolina B. López (right) and Christina L. Stallings, both professors of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine, have been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology in recognition of their scientific achievements and original contributions that have advanced the field of microbiology.

A new resonator system discovered in the labs of Lan Yang and Xuan “Silvia” Zhang at the McKelvey School of Engineering can interact with never-before-accessible ranges in the electromagnetic spectrum. The research was published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

The Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine has named pediatricians Jason Newland, MD, and Cassandra “Casey” M. Pruitt, MD, to the newly created roles of vice chair of community health and strategic planning, and vice chair of outpatient health, respectively.