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Multidisciplinary artist, experimental filmmaker and writer Crystal Z Campbell has been named the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellow at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts for the 2023-24 academic year. 

Ramesh Agarwal, a professor of mechanical engineering & materials science, and Yixin Chen, a professor of computer science and engineering, both in the McKelvey School of Engineering, have been elected as fellows of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), an interdisciplinary organization of AI industries.

Siyuan Ding, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology at the School of Medicine, has received the 2023 Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award from the American Society of Virology.

The Washington University Danforth Staff Council has added 12 new members and elected its executive officers for the academic year.

Sarah Ackerman, an assistant professor of pathology and immunology at the School of Medicine, has received a 2023 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience.

The American Astronomical Society honored William B. McKinnon of Arts & Sciences for outstanding contributions to planetary science, including his work to propose and develop a series of novel ideas that profoundly changed the view of geophysical processes in the solar system.

Tansu Daylan, an assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, was selected by NASA to join the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite science team.

Researchers working with Chuan Wang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, have developed ink pens that allow individuals to handwrite flexible, stretchable optoelectronic devices on everyday materials including paper, textiles, rubber, plastics and 3D objects. The study is published in Nature Photonics.

Two students received grants from the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund, which is advocating for a more equitable and accountable technology ecosystem.

Washington University School of Medicine’s Alpha Omega Alpha chapter has chosen 24 faculty members, alumni and house officers-in-training to be new members of the medical honor society.