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<div>To the Biology Community -</div>
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<div>The department is pleased to recognize the following students who
received Biology awards at last night's Undergraduate Dinner.
Congratulations to all!</div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Samantha Burke</b> - Ned Holt Prize -
For demonstrated excellence in scholarship as well as service to the
MIT community.</font> Award was given for excellence as a
teaching assistant in 7.02, 7.012, 7.013, and 7.014.</div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Jocelyn Chin</b> - Salvador E. Luria
Prize - For excellent scholarship and research of publication
quality.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Adelaide Fuller -</b> John L. Asinary
Award - for outstanding research in the field of life sciences for
work in project lab 7.17.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Ryan Flynn</b> - Merck prize - For
outstanding research and academic performance in biophysical or
bioinformatics sciences.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Shuo Han -</b> John L. Asinary Award -
for outstanding research in the field of life sciences for work in a
UROP.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Jaclyn Ho -</b> John L. Asinary Award -
for outstanding research in the field of life sciences for work in a
UROP.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Tristan Kooistra</b> - Whitehead Prize -
For outstanding promise for a career in biological research through
academic scholarship as well as contributions to research and the MIT
community.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Grace Lee -</b> Gene Brown Prize - for
outstanding academic scholarship and demonstrated excellence as a
teaching assistant in 7.02.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Sunny Lou -</b> John L. Asinary Award -
for outstanding research in the field of life sciences for work in a
UROP.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Amudha Pannerslevam -</b> Susan
Hockfield Prize in Life Sciences<b> -</b> For a third-year MIT
undergraduate student in any area of the life sciences who has
demonstrated both exceptional performance and promise for graduate
study and research. </font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Nimisha Schneider -</b> John L. Asinary
Award - for outstanding research in the field of life sciences for
work in project lab 7.16.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Undergraduate Symposium Speakers 2008
-</b> These students were nominated by faculty and selected to
speak at the Undergraduate Symposium in January
2009s. </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Guo-Liang Chew, Christine Chin, Ryan Flynn,
Tristan Kooistra, Cassie Liu, AmudhaPannerselvam, Lauren Rodda, Dima
Ter-Ovanesyan, Clara Yuan, Eric Young, Mary Ann Zhang.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Biology students elected for Phi Beta
Kappa 2009</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Em Ho, Tristan Kooistra, Sunny Lou,
Carmel Mercado, Thomas Mildorf, Veena Venkatachalam, Yi
Wang, Kathleen Xie, Erica Young<b>.</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Regards,</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Janice</font></div>
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