Several graduate students in the department received their Doctoral diplomas on Friday, May 16th with the support of their PIs.
Congratulations Dr. Stephanie Wood, Dr. Osmary Medina-Baez, Dr. Xiaotian Feng, and Dr. Oindrilla De!
Burns Lab PhD candidate Aruni Kadawatha has won the 2025 Ruth Barber Moon Award, presented by the School of Graduate Studies on Wednesday, April 30 at 3pm.
This award is presented to a graduate student who demonstrates:
academic promise
leadership ability
There is only one nomination per department for this award.
Congratulations Aruni!
Manish Sarkar, a PhD candidate in Karen Abbott's lab, was the recipient of a Unity Award from the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the 35th annual Unity Banquet on April 4th, 2025. This year's theme was “Gotta Laugh to Keep from Crying': Kindness as Resilience.”
The Annual Unity Banquet &...
Congratulations to the winners of this year's best graduate student presentations.
Osmary Medina-Baez: Assessing vulnerability of butterflies to climate change in Ohio using their physiological tolerances.
Best Talk
Taiwo Mercy Faloni: Beyond the Ice: Viral Community Dynamics Across Permafrost Thaw Gradients.
Best Lightning Talk
Suneeti Madhavan: FASNated by fat: WNT signaling activation causes early decline of de-novo...