[bioundgrd] Biology Undergraduate Awards 2010

[Janice Chang]

To the Biology Community -

The department is pleased to announce the following students who 
received Biology awards and recognition at last night's Undergraduate 
Dinner.  Congratulations to all!

Monique Brewster - John L. Asinary Award - for outstanding research 
in the field of life sciences for work in project lab 7.17.

Jenna Caldwell - 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.

Ryan Flynn - Salvador E. Luria Prize - For excellent scholarship and 
research of publication quality.

Alex Hopkins  - John L. Asinary Award - for outstanding research in 
the field of life sciences for work in a UROP.

Helen Hou - Merck prize - For outstanding research and academic 
performance in biophysical or bioinformatics sciences.

Claire Mazumbar - Whitehead Prize - For outstanding promise for a 
career in biological research through academic scholarship as well as 
contributions to research and the MIT community.

Ollie Osunkunle  - John L. Asinary Award - for outstanding research 
in the field of life sciences for work in project lab 7.17.

Lauren Shields  - For outstanding academic scholarship,  and 
demonstrated excellence as a teaching assistant in 7.06.

Dima Ter-Ovanesyan - Ned Holt Prize - For demonstrated excellence in 
scholarship as well as service to the MIT community.

Andrew VanBenschoten - For outstanding academic scholarship,  and 
demonstrated excellence as a teaching assistant in 7.02.

Helen Hou - Merck prize - For outstanding research and academic 
performance in biophysical or bioinformatics sciences.

The department congratulates two other Biology majors who won outside awards:

Steven Mo - Rhodes Scholarship

Vinay Tripuraneni - Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship


Undergraduate Symposium Speakers 2010 -  These students were 
nominated by faculty and selected to speak at the Undergraduate 
Symposium in January 2010.
Alex Hopkins, Amelia Chang, Ezgi Hacisuleyan, Sophia Li, Ylaine 
Gerardin, Jenna Caldwell, Jihye Kim, Sherry Yan, Stephanie Wu, Steven 
Mo, William Yee, Jay Rajan

Biology students nominated for Phi Beta Kappa 2010
Jennifer Chu, Timothy Humpton, Swetha Kambhampati , Grace Lee, Cheuk 
Leung , Leo  Luo, Vinayak Muralidhar, Lauren Shields, Yun Song, Mary 
Jane Ching, Tiffany Yuh

The following students were acknowledged and thanked for their work 
with the Biology Undergraduate Student Association:  President:  Dima 
Ter-Ovanesyan; Officers:  Jenna Caldwell, Ylaine Gerardin, Helen Hou, 
Naomi Jiang, Andrew Shie

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