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Biology Faculty, Students, and Alumni in the News |
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On January 14, 2008 the Boston University community remembered their friend and colleague, Mary S. Erskine, who died on December 12, 2007, following a long battle with breast cancer. She was 61 years old. Mary was both a College of Arts and Sciences professor of biology and former director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). For more information, please read the profile on BU Today. Les Kaufman's research on the fish population of Lake Victoria was featured in the BU Today article, Nightmare of Global Proportions. Recently, Michael Baum's research was featured in a BU Today article entitled Scents and Sensibility. Sir Hans Kornberg was recently honored at a symposium at Boston University on January 19, 2008.
Tom Kunz's research on bat ecology was featured in an article entitled "Going Batty" in the July 16 issue of The Boston Globe magazine. His research was also featured in the January 22, 2008 issue of BU Today and in an article in the New York Times on March 25, 2008 and in the May 4th edition of the Boston Globe.
Professor Richard Primack has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study "Climate change in Thoreau's Concord." His research was recently featured on the New York Times website. Dr. Primack spoke recently to the University in a lecture entitled, What Would Thoreau Think? Global Warming at Walden Pond. His research was also highlighted in an article in the Smithsonian and National Wildlife magazines.
Karen Warkentin's research on the red-eyed tree frog was featured in the November issue of National Geographic magazine and also in the USA Today article, Science snapshot: Frog eggs tuned to bad vibrations.
Matt Wachowiak's research on how the nervous system processes information about odors was featured in the May 22, 2006 issue of The Boston Globe. James Traniello's research and NSF grant award was featured in the Fall issue of Bostonia. Faculty Awards Eric Widmaier was awarded the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching in May 2007. Vince Dionne was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Prize for Excellence in Student Advising John Finnerty was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences "The 2006 Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching" Stjepko Golubic was co-author on a paper in the journal Coral Reefs that received the "Best Paper Award" for 2005 in that journal. Richard Primack was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, "Climate change in Thoreau's Concord"
Dr. Madhava Meegaskumbura wins the 2007 Frank A. Belamarich award. Undergraduate Student Awards Dionne Fan Peacher, Senior College Prize for Excellence in Biology, Trustee Scholar Jessica Erin Chapuis, Senior Book Award Timothy Jeffrey Chu and Carrie Sheffield Soltanoff, Recognition of Academic Excellence Shannon Grace McCook, CAS/GRS Alumni Association Award for Writing Excellence in Natural Sciences, Frances Bacon Award Victoria Saccoccio, Harold C. Case Scholar Graduate Student Awards Dr. Madhava Meegaskumbura is the recipient of the 2007 Frank A. Belamarich award. Click here for more information. Daniel T. Starcyznowski is the recipient of the 2006 Frank A. Belamarich Award. For more information, click here. Jasmine Yang, East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute fellowship Madhava Meegaskumbura, Presidential Award from the Shri Lankan government for research Kevin Njabo, World Science Forum Essay Contest Winner presented in Budapest, November 2005 Vikki Rodgers, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Minita Gupta, I. Alden Macchi Award for Excellence in Endocrinology and Regulatory Biology Jie Ma, Wetterhahn Best Student Poster Award, Annual New England Membrane Enzyme Meeting Ken Adams, President's Award Poster at Boston University Science Day Kari Ryder Wilke, Boston University Women's Guild Book Award
Recent biology grad, Nancy Ringel (CAS’07), was recently featured in BU Today for her HIV/AIDS prevention work as a member of the Peace Corps in Africa.
Dr. Kevin Kelliher, who received a Ph.D. from our Department in 2001 under Dr. Michael Baum's supervision, was awarded this year's Frank A. Beach Award in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. This award is given by the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology to an outstanding young assistant professor working in the area of behavioral neuroendocrinology. Kevin received his award and presented a talk on his work on Oct 16, 2006 at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Atlanta. He has recently become an assistant professor of Biology at the University of Idaho. Questions
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