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Dr. Danielle Benoit was featured on WXXI's Healthy Friday on December 17, discussing Polymers and biomedical materials in health related issues Vitamin D Guidelines.

Dr. Danielle Benoit'sALSF grant has received co-funding from the I Care I Cure Foundation. The Benoit lab was one of three chosen from all 2010 ALSF grants. The I Care I Cure Foundation supports the development of, and raises public awareness about, cutting-edge, targeted therapies for childhood cancer, so the treatment of childhood cancer will be gentler and more tolerable.

Dr. Danielle Benoit's (BME) Young Investigator Grant titled: Targeted polymeric parthenolide carriers to treat childhood AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia), has been selected by ALSF's Scientific Advisory Board for funding. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ASLF) has raised over $30 million dollars for pediatric cancer research since 2004, and is committed to finding a cure for all types of childhood cancers.

The SEAS Xerox Undergraduate Fellows Program is a highly competitive program to provide engineering undergraduates with an opportunity to participate in a research experience in SEAS during the summer preceding their senior year. Additionally, students will receive independent study course credit for the continuation of their work during the fall and spring semesters of their senior year. Selection criteria include research interests, competitive academic performance, and intellectual ability and curiosity. Hannah will continue her work in the Benoit Lab focusing on Hydrogel Culture Environments for Regenerative Medicine Applications.