[bioundgrd] Biology Undergraduate Awards 2014

[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!

Benjamin Bell -  Ned Holt Prize - For demonstrated excellence in scholarship as well as service to the MIT community, and research in Prof. Cathy Drennan's lab.

Andrew Chen - Merck Prize - For outstanding research and academic performance in biophysical or bioinformatics science in Prof. Jeff Gore's lab.

Cynthia Chen - 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 lab.

Danielle Cosio - John L. Asinari Award - For outstanding research in the field of life sciences for work in project lab 7.16 with Prof. Jeroen Saeij.

Andrea Kriz - Salvador E. Luria Prize - For scholarship and research of publication quality in Prof. Phil Sharp's lab.

Jennifer Plotkin - Gene Brown Prize - For outstanding academic scholarship,  and demonstrated excellence as a teaching assistant in 7.016.

Amy Taylor - John L. Asinari Award - For outstanding research in the field of life sciences for work in Prof. Lenny Guarente's lab.

Meghan Torrence - 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.

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

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

Undergraduate Research Symposium Speakers 2014
These students were nominated by faculty and selected to speak at the Undergraduate Symposium in January 2014.
Kaitlin Allen, Cynthia Chen, Amy Fan, Andrea Kriz, Vivian Liu,  Laura McCulloch, Quynh Nguyen, Prakriti Paul, Rebecca Shi, Robert Williams.

Biology students nominated for Phi Beta Kappa 2014
Benjamin Bell, Cynthia Chen, Sungmin (Regina) Cho, Kate Koch, Angela Ma, Priyanka Saha, Katherine Silvestre, Sasilada Sirirungruang

Kate Koch -- received a Marshall Scholarship for 2014.

The following students were acknowledged and thanked for their work with the Biology Undergraduate Student Association:  Nikhil Buduma, Emma Chaloux-Pinette, Jenny Halford, David Han, Krystal Lai, Geronimo Mirano, Olivia Papa, Divya Pllai, Sarine Shahmirian.


Best wishes,
Janice
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