{"101381":{"#nid":"101381","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biology Undergrad Award Winners Honored","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Biology would like to congratulate its 2010 award winners, who were recently honored at an institute-wide ceremony.  Awards and their 2010 winners are listed below: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECherry Emerson Research Award, given to a junior or senior Biology major in recognition of a significant contribution to science through their undergraduate research.   This award honors two members of the Emerson legacy at Georgia Tech:  Cherry L Emerson Sr. and Jr. This year, we had two winners: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ELaura Couser, based on her work in Terry Snell\u00e2\u0080\u0099s lab on mate recognition pheromone receptors in the rotifer Brachionus manjavacas, and\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETyler Cunningham, co based on his work in Michael Goodisman\u0027s lab on resource allocation in social wasps\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty Award, given by the School of Biology faculty to a graduating Biology major who has demonstrated outstanding scholarship, meritorious character, and significant contributions to the School of Biology.  This year\u00e2\u0080\u0099s winner is Tiffany Lowe.  Tiffany has performed research in the labs of Frank Loeffler and Patty Sobecky, is a member of Georgia Tech\u0027s Womens\u0027 Recruitment Board, the Collge of Science Advisory Board, is a one-to-one tutor for Success Programs, and is President of the Biology Student Advisory Council.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn H. Ridley Award, given to a junior Biology major who plans to apply to medical school and has demonstrated outstanding scholarship and talent for research.  We have three winners this year:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EJohn McCaskey, who is conducting independent research with Linda Green and Meghan Duffy\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEthan Speir, who is conducting independent research with Steve Harvey, and\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EKarla van Rensburg, who is conducting independent research with Meghan Duffy\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EColleen Sari Award, given to a junior Biology major based on scholastic achievement, research accomplishments, and financial need.  This year\u0027s winner is Bonnie Ann Sarrell, who is conducting research in Meghan Duffy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s lab on zooplankton-parasite interactions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWilliams-Walls Award, given to a senior woman in the life sciences with an exceptional GPA and who has applied to graduate school.  The award honors the momory of Frederick Anton Williams, father of the founder of Applied Biology, Inc. This year\u0027s winner is Shadeah Suleiman.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to all the award winners!\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The School of Biology would like to congratulate its 2010 award winners, who were recently honored at an institute-wide ceremony.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Biology Undergrad Award Winners Honored"}],"uid":"27245","created_gmt":"2010-05-25 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:09","author":"Troy Hilley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"101391":{"id":"101391","type":"image","title":"Award winners: Karla van Rensburg and Bonnie Ann S","body":null,"created":"1449178166","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:26","changed":"1475894720","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:20"}},"media_ids":["101391"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/meghan-duffy\/","title":"Meghan Duffy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/micheal-goodisman\/","title":"Michael Goodisman"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/linda-green\/","title":"Linda Green"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/steve-harvey\/","title":"Steve Harvey"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/terry-snell\/","title":"Terry Snell"}],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBiology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:admin@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact School of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3700\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["admin@biology.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}