Announcements

Graduate student Sarah Linley and senior Danielle Bogdanowicz were among the winners of the 2011 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition. Sarah (Ledet lab) will advance her research into lower back pain. Danielle, will use the grant to advance her research using stem cells to regrow and repair bone and cartilage at Columbia University. Andrew Dias (Corr lab) and Sterling Nesbitt (Kotha lab) also earned honorable mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Rebecca Wachs (Ledet lab) won the Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. Academic excellence, commitment to improving the human condition, and the promise of continued impact are cornerstones of the rigorous criteria.

Harnessing Entrepreneurship and Engineering to Problem-Solve Poverty Featuring George Roter, Co-Founder and CEO of Engineers Without Borders -- an award-winning, global entrepreneur and social leader of an organization that has grown to 50,000 members supporting the creation of opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa through agriculture, rural infrastructure, water and sanitation programs.When:Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:15 PM - 6:15 PMWhere: Biotech Auditorium