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Janet Sheung Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Study Cell Transport
Janet Sheung has received a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to advance understanding of the intracellular transport process, which can lead to more effective drug delivery systems.
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Hayley Pierpont ’22 Earns Recognition for Olive Oil Packaging Design
Hayley Pierpont ’22 received a silver medal in the Packaging Design category of the 2022 LA International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition.
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Scripps Research Tea Pairs Knowledge and Community
Each summer, Scripps College supports student research projects through the Johnson Summer Research Grant, the Scripps Undergraduate Fellowship in Environmental Analysis, the Racial Justice and Equity Fund, the Esterly Award, the Mellon Interdisciplinary Humanities Initiative, and the Arthur Vining Davis Student Summer Library Internship. Through these funding opportunities, students pursue faculty-directed research projects or conduct their own research with faculty endorsement.
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Stephanie Du ’21 Receives REPS Scholar Funding to Assist Sarah Budischak with National Science Foundation-Funded Fieldwork
Stephanie Du will serve as an NSF Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Students (REPS) scholar for the 2021–22 academic year. She’ll travel to Finland with Assistant Professor of Biology Sarah Budischak to study wild bank voles infected with a strain of hantavirus, a disease that can spread from rodents to humans.
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Patrick Ferree Receives National Science Foundation Grant
W.M. Keck Science Department Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Ferree received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study how certain “selfish” genetic elements alter inheritance patterns at the molecular level.
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Awards and Honors 2021
Awards to Seniors Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award Jamie Berkson – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain Lucy Ordman – English Teaching Assistant Award in Brazil Olivia Truesdale – English […]
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Sarah Budischak Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Study “Superspreaders” and the Transmission of Infectious Disease
W.M. Keck Science Department Assistant Professor of Biology Sarah Budischak received a National Science Foundation grant from the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program.
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Tselot Aklilu ’21 Awarded Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
By Rachel Morrison Sophomore Tselot Aklilu’s interest in community building and social justice began when she was just nine years old, when she moved from her native Ethiopia to Washington, […]
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Gabriela Ochoa ’19 Receives Presentation Award at West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference
Gabriela Ochoa ’19 received the award for best poster presentation in Ecology and Evolution at the 44th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Ochoa presented her thesis work […]
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Awards and Honors: Jessica Mei ’22 Receives First-Year Award from the Claremont Colleges Library
Jessica Mei ’22 received the First-Year Award as part of the Claremont Colleges Library’s sixth annual Library Undergraduate Research Awards, which honor students who demonstrate exemplary original research and scholarship. […]
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