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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>Ryan Alexander</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>Jenna Caldwell</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><font color="#000000"><b>Amelia Chang</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>Michelle Dang</b></font> -<font
color="#000000"> Salvador E. Luria Prize - For scholarship and
research of publication quality</font>.</div>
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<div><b>Christine Hazlett</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><b>Tracy Kambara</b> -<font color="#000000"> John L.
Asinary Award - for outstanding research in the field of life sciences
for work in project lab 7.13.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Naomi Jiang</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>Ambar Mehta</b> <font color="#000000"> - Gene Brown Prize
- For outstanding academic scholarship, and demonstrated
excellence as a teaching assistant</font> in 7.03.</div>
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<div><b>Abigail Van Hook</b> -<font color="#000000"> Gene Brown Prize
- 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>Sarah Whiteside</b> - Ned Holt Prize -
For demonstrated excellence in scholarship as well as service to the
MIT community with her teaching in 7.03.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Undergraduate Research Symposium Speakers
2011 - These students were nominated by faculty and selected to
speak at the Undergraduate Symposium in January 2010.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Michelle Dang, Helen D'Couto, Yun-Han
Huang, Tracy Kambara, Kamena Kostova, Oana Ursu, Andrew VanBenschoten,
Diana Wang, Sarah Whiteside</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Biology students nominated for Phi Beta
Kappa 2011</font> -</div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Jenna Caldwell, Amelia Chang, Jonathon
Gunn, Yun-Han Huang, Matthew Meisner, Ann Ouyang, Jay Rajan, Lauren
Rodda, Danielle Wang, Stephanie Wang</b></font></div>
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<div>The following students were acknowledged and thanked for their
work with the Biology Undergraduate Student Association:
Co-Presidents: <b>Jenna Caldwell and Naomi Jiang</b>;
Senior Officers: <b> Evgeny Kiner and Stephanie Yoon</b>;
Publicity Officer: <b> Diana Wang;</b> Life Science
Liasons: <b> Jonathan Gootenberg and Sarine Shahmarian</b>;
Biomatrix Liason: <b> Richard Manfready;</b> Freshman
representative:<b> David Han</b>.</div>
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