Congratulations to the graduate students who competed for the Westin Teaching and Outstanding Paper awards this Spring 2023! There are always wonderful things happening in this department, and it is reflected through the hard work of our students.

Congratulations to Jin Li for winning the Outstanding Paper Award for your article “Comparative Analysis of 84 Chloroplast Genomes of Tylosema esculentum Reveals Two Distinct Cytotypes”. Honorable mentions to Russell Engelman and Yu Grant Liu.

Congratulations to Shivansh Dave for winning the Joanne Westin Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award, and honorable mentions to Eric Prileson and Troy Neptune.

We look forward to seeing these students continue to go above and beyond in their research and mentoring!