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George Kyei, MBChB, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Young Physician-Scientist Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Sam B. Cook, who served on the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees from 1977 to 1987, died July 15, 2016, at his home in Jefferson City, Mo. He was 94.

Question: How many times has the Olympic flame been near Washington University?

Memento, an interdisciplinary team of Washington University in St. Louis undergraduate, graduate and medical students, has won $10,000 in a national competition for their mobile app designed to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more quickly.

Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Young Physician-Scientist Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Seth Carlin, an internationally renowned pianist who taught at Washington University for 37 years, died Thursday, July 28, following a swimming accident in France. He was 71.

Question: Which event took place during the 1904 Olympic Games — for which the university and Francis Field served as a major venue — that is no longer an Olympic sport?

A memorial service for Jessie L. Ternberg, PhD, MD, professor emerita at the School of Medicine, will be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Ternberg, 92, died July 9.

“Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation,” the most recent book by Leigh Eric Schmidt, the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities, has been named by Publishers Weekly to its list of most anticipated books of fall 2016.

Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD, a researcher and medical oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has received a 2016 Career Development Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the American Association for Cancer Research. Each year, the organizations jointly recognize early-career pancreatic cancer researchers.