Dr. Lawrence Agodoa, director of NIDDK’s Office of Minority Health Research Coordination (OMHRC), has retired after 35 years of service to NIH.

The College of the Holy Cross, founded in 1843 in Worcester, Mass., named a campus facility after NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who graduated from the school in 1962. A dedication ceremony was held on June 11.

NIH chief officer for scientific workforce diversity Dr. Marie A. Bernard was awarded the John A. Hartford Foundation Trustees Award for her many years of dedication to improving the lives of older adults through research, education and clinical practice improvement.

Dr. Carter Van Waes, clinical director and chief of the Head and Neck Surgery Branch and tumor biology section at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, will retire on June 30.

NIAMS communications director Dr. Nancy Garrick retired after 28 years of NIH service. The former neuroscientist reflected on a fruitful NIH career, which started earlier than most.

The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) recently awarded NIGMS with a Certificate of Excellence in Citizen-Centric Reporting for fiscal year 2020.

Several designers in ORS’s Medical Arts recently were honored by Graphic Design USA. Winning pieces included posters, flyers, visual branding and murals for several NIH institutes, centers and offices.

Two NIBIB intramural trainees are recipients of 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards.

Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless stepped down as NCI director, effective Apr. 30.

NIH had an impressive showing at the Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) awards celebration, which took place on December 8, 2021 in Washington, DC.