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EEB Departmental Awards 2017

May 10, 2017 by armsworth

Congratulations to all the graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff who received awards at the EEB Awards Ceremony on May 1.   To view more photos, please visit the EEB Facebook page.  For more information about any of the awards below, please visit the Departmental Awards and Scholarships page.

2017 EEB Outstanding Master’s Thesis
Alix Pfennigwerth (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Jim Tanner Outstanding Dissertation
Michael Van Nuland (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Best Progress Toward Dissertation
Sam Borstein (O’Meara Lab)

2017 EEB Sandy Echternacht Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student
Tyson Paulson (Fordyce Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Publication by a Graduate Student
Rachel Wooliver (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Tom Hallam Appreciation Award
Angela Chuang (Riechert Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Outreach and Community Service by a Graduate Student
Alannie-Grace Grant (Kalisz Lab)

2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award
Sarah Ottinger (Classen Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Undergraduate
Patrick McKenzie (Armsworth Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Undergraduate Research
Hannah Anderson (Riechert Lab)

2017 EEB Undergraduate for Professional Promise
Katie Plant (Williams Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Outreach and Community Service by an Undergraduate Student
Heiler Meek (Schweitzer Lab)

2017 EEB Outstanding Administrative Service Award
Marva Anderson

Going Above and Beyond Award
Jess Welch (Simberloff & McCracken Labs)

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Summer Undergraduate Research Internships for EEB

March 20, 2017 by armsworth

Four undergraduate students affiliated with EEB received 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Internships. The Office of Research awards these each year for undergraduates to work in a faculty mentor’s lab for pay. The award is worth $2500:

  • Chandler Brown (mentor, Williams);
  • Aaron Free (mentor, Burghardt);
  • Terrell Carter (mentor, Schweitzer);
  • Han Noh (mentor, Schweitzer).

Congratulations to you all!

Filed Under: award, Burghardt, intern, MAIN, Schweitzer, Undergrad News, undergraduate, Williams Tagged With: Brown, Burghardt, Carter, Free, internship, Noh, Research, Schweitzer, Undergraduate, Williams

Williams, Edwards, and Ramsey in the American Journal of Botany

March 28, 2016 by armsworth

Prof. Joe Williams is the organizer of a special issue of the American Journal of Botany and lead author on the cover paper.

The issue also features a paper from Joe that has two undergraduate alumni co-authors (Jacob A. Edwards and Adam J. Ramsey), both now in graduate schools elsewhere.  The work was completed while they were students at UT.

Congratulations!

Filed Under: alumni, MAIN, publication, undergraduate, Williams

Press Release for Williams, O’Meara Article

May 6, 2014 by armsworth

EEB faculty Joe Williams and Brian O’Meara, together with former grad student Mackenzie Taylor, have a new article out in the American Journal of Botany that has been getting attention in the press.  Read the EurekAlert press release, “Which came first, bi- or tricellular pollen? New research updates a classic debate.”  Or, read the original, open-access article:

Joseph H. Williams, Mackenzie L. Taylor, and Brian C. O’Meara. Repeated evolution of tricellular (and bicellular) pollen. American Journal of Botany April 2014 101:559-571.

Filed Under: MAIN, O'Meara, publication, Williams

Outstanding teaching award

May 9, 2011 by artsciweb

The outstanding teaching award was named the Sandy Echternacht award in recognition of his many years of excellent teaching here. This year’s recipient was Mackenzie Taylor.

Filed Under: award, Echternacht, graduate, MAIN, teaching, Williams

Grad student Mackenzie Taylor to become assistant prof. at Creighton U.

January 20, 2011 by artsciweb

Mackenzie Taylor, a PhD student in Joe Williams’ lab, is off to an assistant professorship at Creighton University directly from grad school. Mackenzie studies evolution of the progamic phase in water lilies (the stage between pollination and fertilization).

Filed Under: graduate, MAIN, placement, Williams

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