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t m c » p u l s e | f e b r u a r y 2 0 1 8 38 Field Notes 3 4 1 5 [ 1 ] SWATHI ARUR, PH.D., associate professor of genetics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was selected as a member of the second annual class of Andrew Sabin Family Fellows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] MALCOLM BRENNER, M.D., PH.D., distin- guished service professor and founding director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital, received the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Outstanding Achievement Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] WILLIAM F. McKEON, president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center, presents the 2017 State of the Texas Medical Center at an annual lun- cheon hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] LUKE SCHULTZ, field operations manager at AECOM Hunt, operates one of the massive flood- gates in the Texas Medical Center, which helped keep institutions operational during the flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] WILLIAM C. SHRADER, vice president and director of the John P. McGovern Foundation, and BARBARA J. STOLL, M.D., dean of McGovern Medical School and the H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), stand before a new tribute wall at McGovern Medical School that honors John P. McGovern, M.D., and Kathrine G. McGovern, recognizing the $75 million gift from the McGovern Foundation to the school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] NEST360,° an international team of engi- neers, doctors and global health experts, won $15 million through the MacArthur Foundation's inaugural 100&Change competition for its efforts to end preventable newborn deaths in Africa. REBECCA RICHARDS-KORTUM, PH.D., a Rice University bioengineering professor, was one of the team representatives at NEST360°'s final presentation at the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition in Chicago. NEST360° is a collaboration of Rice University, the University of Malawi, Northwestern University, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and 3rd Stone Design of San Rafael, California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] Snow came to Houston and the TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER in early December 2017, staying long enough to accumulate on vehicles. 3 2 4 Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 courtesy photos; No. 5, Dwight C. Andrews; No. 12, Nick de la Torre 7 6