Sophomore Julita Ewa Patrosz, a major in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology has been awarded a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Ms. Patrosz is one of 321 scholarship winners nationwide. In addition to excellent classroom performance, her application was enhanced by her work in the laboratory of Chemistry professor Jayanti Pande in the Life Sciences Building.

Veronika Agueeva - Great Dane Award
Zakhar Berkovich - Outstanding Senior & Rod Hart Memorial Award
Ian Feinstein - Great Dane Award
Natacha Jean-Louis - Outstanding Senior Award
Kendra Joseph - ResLife Outstanding Achievement Award
Eric Koch - Oustanding Senior & Five Quad Award
Neil Volk - Outstanding Senior Award

Glenn Bumpus Award
Eric Koch, Christina Padget
Bazzoni Fellowship
Eric Koch
Presidential Award
Erich Koch
Departmental Excellence in Research
Abigail Curtis, Jonathan Friedman, Wesley Harlow, Fraulin Joseph, Jessica Taylor, Jess Wess

Fri 3:00, May 9, D'Ambra Aud, LSRB - Federico Sesti, Physiol & Biophysics, NJ/RW Johnson Med Ctr, Redox-modulation of K+ channels in neuroprotection and ageing

NOTE TIME: Fri 12:00, May 16, D'Ambra Aud, LSRB.
Jasper Rine, Molecular & Cell Bio, Univ Cal, Berkeley. Looking for good news in the human genome.
Professor Rine is a 1975 graduate of UAlbany where he completed his undergrad research project in the laboratory of Professor Jon Jacklet.

George Robinson of the Department of Biological Sciences, UAlbany will be speaking at the NYS Museum as part of a series on Biological invaders.
Wed., May 14, 7 PM - Biological Invasions: How mild species go wild.
More about the series....

Graduation Weekend is May 17-18. Plan to attend your University Graduation Ceremony and the Departmental Recognition Ceremony. The University Graduate Ceremony is Saturday morning; The Biology Undergraduate Recognition Ceremony is Saturday at Noon; The University Undergraduate Ceremony is Sunday. The Invitation/reservation form has been mailed, but can also be downloaded as a pdf.