[bioundgrd] Biology Undergraduate Awards 2012

[Janice Chang]

To the Biology Community -

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

Ryan Alexander -  Ned Holt Prize - For demonstrated excellence in 
scholarship as well as service to the MIT community.

Allison Alwan - John L. Asinary Award - for outstanding research in 
the field of life sciences for work in a UROP and 7.18.

Alvin Jeon- Gene Brown Prize - For outstanding academic scholarship, 
and demonstrated excellence as a teaching assistant in 7.02.

Evgeny Kiner- Ned Holt Prize - For demonstrated excellence in 
scholarship as well as service to the MIT community.

Kamena Kostova- Salvador E. Luria Prize - For scholarship and 
research of publication quality.

Kateryna Kozyrytska - Merck Prize - For outstanding research and 
academic performance in biophysical or bioinformatics sciences.

Christine Lai- 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.

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

Kate Phillips  - John L. Asinary Award - for outstanding research in 
the field of life sciences for work in project lab 7.13.

Stephanie Senna  - John L. Asinary Award - for outstanding research 
in the field of life sciences for work in project lab 7.13.

Stephanie Lin - recipient of Rhodes Scholarship.

Undergraduate Research Symposium Speakers 2012 -  These students were 
nominated by faculty and selected to speak at the Undergraduate 
Symposium in January 2012.
Samuel Acquah, Ryan Alexander, Allison Alwan, Hamsika Chandrasekar, 
Frances Chen, Paul Jaffe, Melissa Ko, Kateryna Kozyrytska, Kenneth 
Lin, Victoria Lu, Akansh Murthy, Mariya Samoylova, Sabine Schneider, 
Lauren Sless, Sabina Sood, Christina Welsh

Biology students nominated for Phi Beta Kappa 2012 -
Jessica Agatstein, Stephanie Chen,Tiffany Chen, Avital Fischer, 
Allison Hamilos, Yunxin Jiao, Jun Kim, Evgeny Kiner, Kamena Kostova, 
Stephanie Lin, Ambar Mehta, Kate Phillips, Zoe Rogers, Stephanie 
Senna, Sumi Sinha, Anupong Tangpeerachaikul, Sasha Targ, Grace 
Taylor, Anjali Thakar, Christina Welsh

The following students were acknowledged and thanked for their work 
with the Biology Undergraduate Student Association:  Evgeny Kiner, 
David Han, Sarine Shahmarian, Jonathan Gootenberg, Victoria Lu, Diana 
Wang, Olivia Papa, Divya Pillai.
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