Jack Webster receives 2012 William E. Wine Award

Dr. Jack Webster, Professor of Biological Sciences, is one of three VT faculty members to receive this year's award for excellence in teaching.

2012 Virginia Tech Outstanding Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student

The award recipient, Ivan Tavassoly, is a Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Genetics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Program (GBCB) and is co-advised by Dr. John Tyson and Dr. Bill Baumann.

2012 Virginia Tech Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award

Graduate student Stephanie Voshell is a member of Dr. Khidir Hilu's lab.  

2012 College of Science Outstanding Master's Student

Graduate student Adam Altrichter is a member of Dr. Jeb Barrett's research group.

2012 Virginia Tech Undergraduates of the Year

Kayvon Izadpanah, a senior majoring in biological sciences and biochemistry, has been named VT Undergraduate Man of the Year, and Carly Stephens, a senior majoring in biological sciences, has been named VT Undergraduate Woman of the year.  The awards recognize the two for their overall excellent achievement during their undergraduate careers at Virginia Tech.  

HNFE / ILSB Research Symposium Poster Award Winners

Two graduate students from the lab of Dr. Daniela Cimini won awards for posters presented at the First Annual HNFE (Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise) / ILSB (Integrated Life Sciences Building) Research Symposium, which was held on April 19, 2012.  Bin He (left) won 1st place, and Josh Nicholson (right) won 3rd place.

2012 College of Science "Make a Difference" Scholarship

Sharmistha Mitra, a graduate student in Dr. Daniel Capelluto's lab, has been awarded the 2012 College of Science Roundtable "Make a Difference" Scholarship for Graduate Study.

2012 College of Science Dean's Roundtable Scholars

The following undergraduate students majoring in biological sciences have been named Dean's Roundtable Scholars: Katrina Loncar (Biological Sciences and Psychology), Julia Button (Biological Sciences and Biochemistry), Aaron Wilson (Biological Sciences and Chemistry), and Grace Mullholland (Biological Sciences and Psychology).

DDIG Grants awarded from the National Science Foundation

Graduate students Kevin Geyer (left) and Jeff Norman (right) have been awarded Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants from the NSF.  Both students are advised by Dr. Jeb Barrett.

MANRRS Undergraduate Student Essay Contest Award Winner

Ciani Clarke, a senior majoring in Biological Sciences, won 2nd place in the undergraduate essay contest at the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Conference held March 29 - 31, 2012 in Atlanta.  Ciani also serves at the Vice-President of the VT Chapter of MANRRS and is a MAOP Scholar.

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