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<div>To the Biology Community -</div>
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<div>The department is pleased to announce that the following students received Biology awards and recognition at last night's Undergraduate Dinner. Congratulations to all!</div>
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<div><b>Benjamin Bel</b>l - Ned Holt Prize - For demonstrated excellence in scholarship as well as service to the MIT community, and research in Prof. Cathy Drennan's lab.</div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Andrew Chen</b> - </font><font color="#000000">Merck Prize - For outstanding research and academic performance in biophysical or bioinformatics science in Prof. Jeff Gore's lab.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Cynthia Chen</b> - </font>Whitehead Prize - For outstanding promise for a career in biological research through academic scholarship as well as contributions to research and the MIT community, for work in Prof. Harvey Lodish's
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<div><b>Danielle Cosio </b>- John L. Asinari Award - For outstanding research in the field of life sciences for work in project lab 7.16 with Prof. Jeroen Saeij.</div>
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<div><b>Andrea Kriz</b> - <font color="#000000">Salvador E. Luria Prize - For scholarship and research of publication quality in Prof. Phil Sharp's lab.</font></div>
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<div><b>Jennifer Plotkin</b> - <font color="#000000">Gene Brown Prize - For outstanding academic scholarship, and demonstrated excellence as a teaching assistant</font> in 7.016.</div>
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<div><b>Amy Taylor</b> - John L. Asinari Award - For outstanding research in the field of life sciences for work in Prof. Lenny Guarente's lab.</div>
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<div><b>Meghan Torrenc</b>e - 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.</div>
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<div><b>Yiping Xing</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><b>Joanne Zhou </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>Undergraduate Research Symposium Speakers 2014</b> </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">These students were nominated by faculty and selected to speak at the Undergraduate Symposium in January 2014.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Kaitlin Allen, Cynthia Chen, Amy Fan, Andrea Kriz, Vivian Liu, Laura McCulloch, Quynh Nguyen, Prakriti Paul, Rebecca Shi, Robert Williams.</b></font></div>
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<div><b><font color="#000000">Biology students nominated for Phi Beta Kappa 2014</font></b></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Benjamin Bell, Cynthia Chen, Sungmin (Regina) Cho, Kate Koch, Angela Ma, Priyanka Saha, Katherine Silvestre, Sasilada Sirirungruang</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Kate Koch -- received a Marshall Scholarship for 2014.</b></font></div>
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<div>The following students were acknowledged and thanked for their work with the Biology Undergraduate Student Association: <b>Nikhil Buduma, Emma Chaloux-Pinette, Jenny Halford, David Han, Krystal Lai, Geronimo Mirano, Olivia Papa, Divya Pllai, Sarine Shahmirian.</b></div>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
<div>Janice</div>
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