Genevieve K. Croft, graduate student in biology in Arts & Sciences, and Barbara A. Schaal, PhD, the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor, have received a two-year, $14,969 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Evolution and Ecological Change in the Domestication Process: Insights From the Incipiently Domesticated Fruit Tree, Byrsonima crassifolia (Malpighiaceae).” …
Leslie Heusted, director of the Danforth University Center, has been elected vice chair of programs of the Board of Directors for the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA). NACA is the nation’s largest collegiate organization for campus activities. Heusted’s term began May 1. …
Helen Liapis, MD, professor of pathology and immunology and associate professor of medicine, was elected councilor to the Renal Pathology Society in March 2010. …
Joshua Marshack, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $3,000 grant from the Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for research titled “Affiliative and Agnostic Social Behavior in Pan troglodytes verus.” …
Michelle Sandau, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in pathology and immunology, received a three-year, $145,500 Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for research titled “BTLA as a Molecular Target of Graft-versus-Host Disease.”
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