EEB graduate program news
Congratulations to Ruth Shaw on receiving the 2012 Council of Graduate Students Outstanding Faculty Award! This is the only faculty award that expresses the appreciation of the entire graduate student body for a faculty member's exceptional contributions to graduate education. Winners are nominated and selected by graduate students from across the U. Ruth also received the inaugural EEB Outstanding Adviser Award last year (2011) and it's great to see her talents and efforts recognized at the University-wide level as well. Congratulations, Ruth -- and thank you!
Graduate student Margaret Kosmala has been awarded a CIC Smithsonian Institute Graduate Fellowship.
Congratulations to EEB graduate students Adam Clark, Aaron David, Virginia Heinen, and Clare Kazanski, who all received NSF fellowships, and Jane Cowles and Tricia Rubi, who received Honorable Mentions!
Travis Henspeter has been awarded an Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship from the Graduate School to work at the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics at the Saint Anthony Falls Lab.
Graduate student Daniel Nidzgorski won a "Breaking the Silence" award last spring. Read about his efforts to raise GLBT visibility within the college and the sciences in general. Read "Bio-diversity"
