DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Congratulations to Chris Holly (Ph.D. Research Assistant), Matt Roberts (Ph.D. Teaching Assistant) and Crystal Boudreaux (M.S. Research Assistant) who were named the University's top Graduate Assistants for the 2007-2008 academic year. Applications now being accepted for the new distance learning Masters of Science in General Biology program designed for secondary school teachers in the biological sciences. Get more details here. Congratulations to Professor Dwayne Wise who was presented the Meritorious Teaching Award by the Association of Southeastern Biologists on April 18 Professors Lakshmi Pulakat and Nara Gavini receive NSF funding to explore approaches to use Nitrogen-fixation as a source of fertilizer (more here). Assistant Professor Christopher Brooks is lead author of the monthly "highlighted article" in The American Naturalist (link here). Assistant Professor Jim Smith and graduate student Shawanda Wilson-Stanford are co-authors on a new paper in Biochemistry (link here). Graduate Student Matt Roberts is lead author on a new paper in Journal of Freshwater Ecology. Graduate Student Veronica Scott is lead author on a newly accepted paper with Associate Professor Karen Coats in Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology (link here)
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