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Announcements CAS News April 17, 2014

Congratulations to these highly accomplished, hardworking, and talented individuals in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Faculty

Ireland Award for Scholarly Distinction
  • Dr. Kieran Quinlan, English
NSF Career Grant Winners
  • Dr. Ragib Hasan, Computer and Information Sciences
  • Dr. Eugenia Kharlampieva, Chemistry
  • Dr. Karolina Mukhtar, Biology
  • Dr. Thamar Solorio, Computer and Information Sciences
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant
  • Dr. Chris Kyle, Anthropology
Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Dr. Asim Bej, Biology
Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award
  • Dr. Cynthia Ryan, English
Alexander Von Humboldt Research Award
  • Dr. Andrew Demshuk, History
Provost's Faculty Excellence Awards
  • Dr. Nicole Riddle, Biology
  • Dr. David Schwebel, Psychology
Graduate School Dean's Award for Mentorship
  • Dr. Carolyn Conley, History
  • Dr. Aaron L. Lucius, Chemistry
Florida Historical Society—Dorothy Dodd Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Dr. Raymond Mohl, History

Advising

College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Faculty Advisor and National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Winner of the Outstanding Advising Award
  • Dr. Alison Chapman, English.
Outstanding New Advisor and NACADA Certificate of Merit, Outstanding New Advising Award (Primary Advising Role)
  • Jennifer Farnham, College of Arts and Sciences Advising Office, Psychology and Neuroscience students.

Students

Dean's Award Winners
Undergraduate:
  • Mohammad Abbasi, English and Chemistry
  • Elizabeth Cates , Art Studio
  • Harsh Shah, Biology
Graduate:
  • Clara Busby, English
  • Jacob Froehlich, Biology
  • Song Gao, Computer Science

Fellowship and Scholarship Winners

Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program
  • Daniel Gilliam, Neuroscience and Chemistry
Clarendon Scholarship
  • Miranda Collier, University of Oxford, Chemistry
Clinton Global Initiative University
  • Leah Berkebile, Biology and International Studies
  • Charity Yoonhee Ryder, Biology and Anthropology
  • Miesha Williams, Political Science
Critical Languages Scholarships
  • Charity Yoonhee Ryder, South Korea, Korean, Biology and Anthropology
  • Leah Berkebile, Morocco, Arabic, Biology and International Studies
DAAD-Rise Scholarship (Germany)
  • Michael Longmire, Chemistry and Biology
Goldwater Scholarships
  • Bliss Chang, Chemistry and Biology
  • Luke McClintock, Chemistry and Physics (Honorable Mention)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Fellowship
  • Timothy Fernandez, Biology
NOAA Sea Grant, John Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
  • Elizabeth Bevan, Biology (PhD)
Udall Scholarship
  • Courtney Rutherford, Biology and Psychology
UNCG Merck Undergraduate Research Scholarship
  • Quincy Jones, Biology
William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship
  • Charity Yoonhee Ryder, American University at Dubai, Biology and Anthropology
Parkinson’s Disease Fellowship
  • Ranjani Ponnazhagan, Neurobiology (interdisciplinary major)

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