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Sam Fox School announces spring Public Lecture Series

Barcelona collaborative H ARQUITECTES will launch the Sam Fox School’s spring Public Lecture Series Feb. 3. In all, the series will feature 18 talks by nationally and internationally renowned figures, from architects Tatiana Bilbao and Thomas Phifer to artists Maya Muchawsky Parnas and Chitra Ganesh.

Awards & Notables

AAAS names eight Washington University faculty as 2021 fellows

Eight faculty members at Washington University are among 564 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Leonard Green, Elizabeth S. Haswell, Sophia E. Hayes, Erik Herzog, Mark A. McDaniel, Jay W. Ponder, Crickette Sanz and Pamela K. Woodard.

Engineering

Chakrabartty named vice dean for research in engineering

Shantanu Chakrabartty has been named vice dean for research and graduate education at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Awards & Notables

Silberman wins Promega D.O.O.R.S. scholarship

Miriam Silberman, a microbiology major in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, won a Diversification of Our Research Scientists (D.O.O.R.S.) scholarship from Promega.

Appointments & Promotions

Brown appointed director of Deneb STARS

Sabrina M. Brown, former interim executive director of academic engagement at Harris-Stowe State University, has been appointed director of the Deneb STARS program at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs.

Awards & Notables

Nettles receives award from Society for Neuroscience

Sabin Nettles, a graduate student at the School of Medicine, received the Pre/Postdoctoral Next Generation Award from the Society for Neuroscience in recognition of her work introducing neuroscience to young students through the Brain Discovery initiative.

Awards & Notables

Moyle wins Next Generation Investigation Award

Austin Moyle, a chemistry graduate student working with Michael Gross in Arts & Sciences, won a Next Generation Investigator Award from the California Separation Science Society.

Mental Health

WashU part of $65 million NIH study of schizophrenia in young people

Washington University School of Medicine is part of a major international study aimed at identifying causes and effects of the early stages of schizophrenia in young people, with the goal of improving early diagnosis and treatment. Daniel Mamah, MD, is the lead investigator at the WashU site.

Students

Student Commencement speaker sought

Undergraduate members of the Class of 2022 are invited to apply to be the student speaker at the universitywide Commencement ceremony May 20.

Obituaries

Carter Revard, of Arts & Sciences, 90

Carter Revard, professor emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences, died Jan. 3 at his home in University City, Mo. He was 90.