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<div>To the Biology Community -</div>
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<div>The department is pleased to announce the following students who
received Biology awards and recognition at last night's Undergraduate
Dinner. Congratulations to all!</div>
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<div><b>Monique Brewster</b> -<font color="#000000"> 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><b>Jenna Caldwell</b> -<font color="#000000"> Susan Hockfield
Prize in Life Sciences - 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>Ryan Flynn</b></font> -<font
color="#000000"> Salvador E. Luria Prize - For excellent scholarship
and research of publication quality</font>.</div>
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<div><b>Alex Hopkins</b> <font color="#000000"> - 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>Helen Hou</b></font> -<font
color="#000000"> Merck prize - For outstanding research and academic
performance in biophysical or bioinformatics sciences</font>.</div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Claire Mazumbar</b></font> -<font
color="#000000"> 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><b>Ollie Osunkunle</b> -<font color="#000000"> 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><b>Lauren Shields</b> <font color="#000000"> - For
outstanding academic scholarship, and demonstrated excellence as
a teaching assistant</font> in 7.06.</div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Dima Ter-Ovanesyan</b> - Ned Holt Prize
- For demonstrated excellence in scholarship as well as service to the
MIT community.</font></div>
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<div><b>Andrew VanBenschoten</b> -<font color="#000000"> For
outstanding academic scholarship, and demonstrated excellence as
a teaching assistant</font> in 7.02.</div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Helen Hou</b></font> -<font
color="#000000"> Merck prize - For outstanding research and academic
performance in biophysical or bioinformatics sciences</font>.</div>
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<div>The department congratulates two other Biology majors who won
outside awards:</div>
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<div><b>Steven Mo</b> - Rhodes Scholarship</div>
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<div><b>Vinay Tripuraneni</b> - Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Undergraduate Symposium Speakers 2010 -
These students were nominated by faculty and selected to speak at the
Undergraduate Symposium in January 2010.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Alex Hopkins, Amelia Chang, Ezgi
Hacisuleyan, Sophia Li, Ylaine Gerardin, Jenna Caldwell, Jihye Kim,
Sherry Yan, Stephanie Wu, Steven Mo, William Yee, Jay
Rajan</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Biology students nominated for Phi Beta
Kappa 2010</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Jennifer Chu, Timothy Humpton, Swetha
Kambhampati</b> ,<b> Grace Lee, Cheuk Leung</b> ,<b> Leo Luo,
Vinayak Muralidhar</b>,<b> Lauren Shields, Yun Song, Mary Jane Ching,
Tiffany Yuh</b></font></div>
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<div>The following students were acknowledged and thanked for their
work with the Biology Undergraduate Student Association:
President: <b> Dima Ter-Ovanesyan</b>; Officers: <b> Jenna
Caldwell, Ylaine Gerardin, Helen Hou, Naomi Jiang, Andrew
Shie</b></div>
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