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Brett Teng Gao, an incoming senior at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was part of a team that won the Google-sponsored Artificial Intelligence Genomics Hackathon.

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

The university’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Community is now accepting applications for its 2017-18 cohort. The SEIC will host its 2017 kick-off event Sept 15.

Julie K. Schwarz, MD, PhD, an associate professor of radiation oncology, has been named director of the Cancer Biology Division in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and Chicago-based artists Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez have awarded four grants to support community design initiatives as part of the PXSTL project “A Way, Away (Listen While I Say).”

Denise Thomas, a medical assistant for 28 years in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and a student at University College, died July 4, 2017, in St. Louis. Thomas, 52, died several days after suffering a stroke at her home in St. Louis.

The Gephardt Institute’s Civic Engagement Fund awarded more than $20,000 during its May 2017 funding cycle for both teaching courses and for carrying out community projects.

Question: Washington University had the first chartered law school in the United States to admit women. In which year did the university make this pioneering decision?

Faculty and staff are encouraged to take part in the Stress Less Challenge during August, a program led by the Office of Human Resources. Take five minutes each day for a relaxing activity.

Chris Presley, an adviser in Olin Business School and an adjunct instructor for University College in Arts & Sciences, was selected as part of the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2017 class of “30 Under 30.”