Student Awards

Four Neuroscience Graduate Program first year students were presented with Convocation 2017 Awards.

• Katherine Andersh was the recipient of the Irving L. Spar Award
• Karl Foley received the Walle J.H. Nauta Award for Excellence in the Neurosciences
• Berke Karaahmet was the recipient of the Merritt and Marjorie Cleveland Fellowship Award
• Allison Murphy was the recipient of the J. Newell Stannard Graduate Student Scholarship Award

Katherine Andersh

Karl Foley

Berke Karaahmet

Allison Murphy

Join us in congratulating Ally for receiving this award from the Society for Neuroscience. The award will support travel to this year’s meeting in Washington, DC, and a special poster session for all trainees at the meeting. Ally will also benefit from admission to Professional Development Workshops, and presentation of her poster in the meeting at-large, Wednesday November 15.

Neuroscience Graduate Program student Jessica Hogestyn, a student in the Mayer-Pröschel Lab, has been selected as one of the winners of the 2017 Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student. Her nomination material exemplified her ability as an outstanding educator with bright future.

Congratulations Jessica!!