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AWARDS FOR 2011-2012

Mini-Grants

Summer 2012

• Claudia Abbiati, Junior, Communication Sciences (Mentor: Barry Guitar, Communication Sciences)
• Megan Connolly, Senior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Mark Starrett, Plant & Soil Sciences)
• Alex Fowler, Senior, Latin/Greek (Mentor: Robert Rodgers, Classics)
• Varun Gopinath, Senior, Community Development & Applied Economics (Mentor: Josh Farley, CDAE)
• Sophia Howat, Senior, Studio Art (Mentor: William McDowell, Art & Art History)
• Chelsea Mitchell, Junior, Biological Science (Mentor: Jason Stockwell, RSENR)
• Zachary Noel, Sophomore, Ecological Agriculture (Mentor: Lorraine Berkett, Plant & Soil Sciences)
• Cody Paiva, Junior, Microbiology (Mentor: Iwona Buskiewicz, MMG /Ralph Budd, Pathology)
• Lily Teitlebaum, Senior, Political Science (Mentor: Peter VonDoepp, Political Science)
• Jordon Tourville, Senior, Biology (Mentor: William Kilpatrick, Biology)

Spring 2012

• Jonathan Black, Senior, Studio Art (Mentor: Steve Budington, Art)
• Mariel Golden, Freshman, Nursing (Mentor: Sarah Heil, Psychology)
• Jonathan Gonzalez, Senior, Plant Biology (Mentor: Alison Brody, Biology)
• Megan Kelley, Junior, Political Science (Mentor: Ellen Andersen, Political Science)
• Sam Turner Mitchell, Senior, Spanish/History (Mentor: Tina Escaja, Romance Languages)
• Eric Peterson, Senior, Biology (Mentor: Joseph Brayden, Pharmacology)
• Brian Vedder, Sophomore, Secondary Education English (Mentor: Alan Tinkler, Education)
• Tyler Wilkinson-Ray, Senior, Global Studies (Mentor: Pablo Bose, Geography / Teresa Mares, Anthropology)
• Elizabeth Yasewicz, Senior, Biology (Mentor: Arti Shukla, Pathology)

Fall 2011

• Emily Andersen, Senior, Animal Science (Mentor: William Falls, Psychology)
• Kira Benson, Senior, Molecular Genetics (Mentor: Nicholas Heintz, Pathology)
• Chelsea Fifield, Senior, Social Work (Mentor: Gale Burford, Social Work)
• Eliza Gardner-Morse, Junior, Biological Science (Mentor: Sara Helms Cahan, Biology)
• Cassandra Godzik, Senior, Neuroscience (Mentor: James Abaied, Psychology)
• Kristin Heller, Senior, Business Administration (Mentor: David Jones, BSAD)
• Ashley Jones, SEnior, Medical Laboratory Sciences (Mentor: Lori Stevens, Biology)
• Danielle Leahy, Senior, Nutrition Food Science (Mentor: Stephen Pintauro, NFS)
• Catherine McGoldrick, Senior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Don Ross, Plant & Soil Science)
• Molly Morrissey, Senior, Biological Science (Mentor: Jason Stockwell, RSENR)
• Ariel Robbins, Senior, European Studies (Mentor: Steve Zdatny, History)
• Gain Robinson, Senior, Neuroscience (Mentor: John Green, Psychology)
• Rachel Schneider, Senior, Social Work (Mentor: Gary Widrick, Social Work)
• Tessera Strand, Senior, Neuroscience (Mentor: Christopher Francklyn, Biochemistry)
• Loren Teetelli, Senior, Anthropology/Art History (Mentor: William Mierse, Art History)

Irene Research Award 2012

• Joseph Acampora, Senior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Geography)
• Meghan Arpino, Senior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Geography)
• Elizabeth Olliver, Junior, Geology (Andrea Lini, Geology)
• Eliza Thompson, Senior, Geography (Mentor: Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Geography)
• Allison Tompkins, Junior, Russian (Mentor: Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Geography)

Public Research & Civic Endeavors Scholarship 2012

• Aviva Gottesman, Junior, Natural Resources (Mentor: Susan Munkres, Nutrition Food Science/CUPS)
• Houston Illo, Senior, Music-Jazz Studies (Mentor: Patricia Julien, Music)
• Alexander Jones, Junior, Political Science (Mentor: Alex Ewald, Political Science)
• Whitney O'Brien, Junior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Saleem Ali, RSENR)
• Tyler Wilkinson-Ray, Senior, Global Studies (Mentor: Teresa Mares, Anthropology)

Summer Internships 2012

• Lyndsay Brown, Junior, Neuroscience (Mentor: Kalev Freeman, Surgery)
• Christopher Cardona, Senior, Medical Laboratory Sciences (Mentor: Paula Deming, Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences)
• Anna Carragee, Senior, Natural Resources (Mentor: Kimberly Wallin, Forestry)
• Jennifer Chenette, Sophomore, Exercise Movement Science (Mentor: Sharon Henry, Rehabilitation Movement Science)
• Willard Gove, Senior, Biology (Mentor: John Green, Psychology)
• Jennifer Gustafson, Junior, Biology (Mentor: Sean Diehl, Medicine)
• Tom Hilzinger, Junior, Microbiology (Mentor: Susan Wallace, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics)
• Kellee Jackson, Junior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Patricia O'Brien, Oncology/Hematology)
• Megan Kelley, Senior, Political Science (Mentor: Ellen Andersen, Political Science)
• Jenny Klein, Junior, Biological Sciences (Mentor: Scott Morrical, Biochemistry)
• Hannah Lachance, Junior, Animal Science (Mentor: Andre-Denis Wright, Animal Science)
• Danielle Leahy, Senior, Nutrition Food Science (Mentor: Stephen Pintauro, NFS)
• Susan Leggett, Senior, Biochemistry (Mentor: Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Pathology)
• Jacqueline Mann, Senior, Biology (Mentor: Paula Deming, Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences)
• Eric Peterson, Senior, Biology (Mentor: Joseph Brayden, Pharmacology)
• Beck Powers, Senior, Plant Biology (Mentor: Jeanne Harris, Plant Biology)
• Robert Rudy, Senior, Microbiology (Mentor: George Wellman, Pharmacology)
• Tessera Strand, Senior, Biochemistry/Neuroscience (Mentor: Christopher Francklyn, Biochemistry)
• Chelsea Thompson, Junior, Biology (Mentor: Marie Wood, Hematology/Oncology)
• Tram Tran, Senior, Biochemistry (Mentor: Kalev Freeman, Surgery)
• Hannah Woolfolk, Junior, Psychology (Mentor: Jamie Abaied, Psychology)
• Eric Ziegelman, Sophomore, Global Studies (Mentor: Luis Vivanco, Anthropology/Global Studies)

Undergraduate Research Endeavors Competitive Awards 2012 (URECA!)

• Natalie Battistone, Junior, Classic Civilizations (Mentor: Lynne Greeley, Theatre)
• John Boucher, Junior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Donald Ross, Plant & Soil Science)
• Peter Doubleday, Junior, Biology (Mentor: Bryan Ballif, Biology)
• Dylan Goldman, Sophomore, Biology (Mentor: Vikas Anathy, Pathology)
• Jen Grauer, Junior, Zoology/Environmental Science (Mentor: Jed Murdoch, RSENR)
• Samuel Hart, Junior, Zoology (Mentor: John Barlow (Mentor: Animal Science)
• Erik Horak, Junior, Chemistry (Mentor: Matthew Liptak, Chemistry)
• Megan Kelley, Junior, Political Science (Mentor: Ellen Andersen, Political Science)
• Rebecca McBride, Junior, Animal Science (Mentor: Andre-Denis Wright, Animal Science)
• Benjamin Moody, Junior, Neuroscience (Mentor: Katarina Zvarova, Surgery)
• Whitney O'Brien, Junior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Saleem Ali, RSENR)
• John O'Day III, Sophomore, Animal Science (Mentor: Jana Kraft, Animal Science)
• Sean O'Neil, Junior, Animal Science (Mentor: Andre-Denis Wright, Animal Science)
• Emily Reynolds, Senior, Biochemistry (Mentor: Thomas Streeter, Sociology)
• Daniel Rosenblum, Junior, Anthropology (Mentor: Jonah Steinberg, Anthropology)
• Sara Stanton, Junior, Anthropology (Mentor: Luis Vivanco, Anthropology)
• Brian Vedder, Sophomore, Secondary Education English (Mentor: Alan Tinkler, Education)

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

Summer 2012

• Chelsea Mitchell, Junior, Biological Science (Mentor: Jason Stockwell, RSENR)

Spring 2012

• Catherine Evans, Senior, Secondary Education English (Mentor: Jennifer Hurley, Education)
• Ann Fiedler, Senior, Mechanical Engineering (Mentor: John Novotny, Engineering)
• Cassandra Jenis, Senior, Art History/English (Mentor: Kathy Marmor, Art)
• Megan Kelley, Junior, Political Science (Mentor: Ellen Andersen, Political Science)
• Caleb Lieberman, Junior, Biology (Mentor: Katrina Zvarova, Surgery)
• Brienne Toomey, Junior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Ernesto Mendez, Plant & Soil Science)

Fall 2011

• Meghan Arpino, Junior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Charles Hulse, Medicine)
• Eric Chase, Junior, Chemistry (Mentor: Christopher Landry, Chemistry)
• Kelsey Cook, Junior, Plant Biology (Mentor: David Barrington, Plant Biology)
• Chelsea Fifield, Junior, Social Work (Mentor: Holly-Lynn Busier, Leadership & Development Science)
• Kristin Heller, Senior, Business Administration (Mentor: David Jones, Business)
• Casey McGoldrick, Senior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Don Ross, Plant & Soil Science)
• Ariel Robbins, Senior, European Studies (Mentor: Steve Zdatny, History)

AWARDS FOR 2010-2011

Mini-Grants

Summer 2011

• Claudia Abbiati, Sophomore, Communication Sciences (Mentor: Barry Guitar, Communication Sciences)
• Ben Albertson, Sophomore, Biological Sciences (Mentor: Jeremy Sibold, Rehab Movement Science)
• Alexander Buckingham, Senior, Professional Nursing (Mentor: Helen Scott, English)
• Sarah Bush, Senior, Art Education (Mentor: Cameron Davis, Art & Art History)
• Paul Chambers, Junior, Anthropology (Mentor: Jeanne Shea, Anthropology)
• Elise Corriveau, Junior, Nursing (Mentor: Sarah Abrams, Nursing)
• Thomas Goldman, Sophomore, English (Mentor: Rashad Shabazz, Geography)
• Emily Kokoll, Senior, Anthropology (Mentor: Cameron Wesson, Anthropology)
• Katherine Lord, Senior, Resource Ecology (Mentor: Jed Murdoch, Wildlife Fisheries)
• Frederick Naumann, Junior, Biological Sciences (Mentor: Jane Hill, Engineering)
• Clara Pedley, Senior, Nutrition & Food Science (Mentor: Catherine Donnelly, NFS)
• Andrew Philips, Senior, Political Science (Mentor: Frank Bryan, Political Science)
• Katharine Rifken, Senior, Psychology (Mentor: John Green, Psychology)
• Todd Stanley, Junior, Nutrition & Food Science (Mentor: Jean Harvey-Berino, NFS)
• Daniel Yablonsky, Senior, English (Mentor: John Abbott, CDAE)
• Sara Ziegler, Junior, Ecological Agriculture (Mentor: Josef Gorres, Plant & Soil Science)

Spring 2011

• Mark Agostini Jr., Junior, Anthropology/Film Studies (Mentor: Scott Van Keuren, Anthropology)
• Lauren Blackington, Senior, Human Development & Family Studies (Mentor: Jacqueline Weinstock, HDFS)
• Rachel Brooks, Junior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Nicholas Gotelli, Biology)
• Alexis Gadwah, Sophomore, Nursing (Mentor: Mary Val Palumbo, Nursing)
• Dylan Harry, Junior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Jen Pontius, RSENR)
• Max Kravitz, Sophomore, Biology (Mentor: Richard Pratley, Medicine)
• Andrea Pack, Senior, Neuroscience (Mentor: Elzbieta Zakrzewska, Pharmacology)
• Meagan Quinlan, Junior, Psychology (Mentor: Wolfgang Dostmann, Pharmacology)
• Cameron Stern, Freshman, Molecular Genetics (Mentor: Mark Starrett, Plant & Soil Science)
• Gena Zollman, Junior, Psychology (Mentor: Alessandra Rellini, Psychology)

Fall 2010

• Evelyn Boardman, Sophomore, Enviromental Science (Mentor: Alan McIntosh, RSENR)
• Jessica Buckley, Senior, Civil Engineering (Mentor: Dan Baker, CDAE)
• Mikael Cejtin, Senior, Wildlife & Fisheries (Mentor: Therese Donovan, RSENR)
• Ross Cunningham, Senior, Economics/Russian (Mentor: Kevin McKenna, German and Russian)
• Alexsandra Dubin, Senior, Art History (Mentor: Anthony Grudin, Art History)
• Patrick Dunseith, Senior, Ecological Agriculture (Mentor: Deborah Neher, Plant & Soil Sci)
• Nathan Hicks, Senior, Biological Science (Mentor: Joe Schall, Biology)
• Ashley Jones, Senior, Medical Laboratory Sciences (Mentor: Lori Stevens, Biology)
• Cynthia McCormack, Senior, Nursing (Mentor: Hendricka Maltby, Nursing)
• Darlene Peterson, Senior, Biology (Mentor: Eugene Delay, Biology)
• Kyriel Pineault, Junior, Biological Science (Mentor: Beth Bouchard, Biochemistry)
• Kristin Pishvanov, Senior, Art History (Mentor: Sarah Nilsen, English)
• Noah Quinlan, Senior, Biology (Mentor: Jeff Spees, Medicine)
• Meredith Sooy, Senior, Biology (Mentor: William Falls, Psychology)
• Melanie Stewart, Senior, Animal Science (Mentor: James Murdoch, RSENR)
• Lauren Vivian, Senior, Communication Sciences (Mentor: Tiffany Hutchins and Patricia Prelock, Communication Sciences)

Public Research & Civic Endeavors Scholarship 2011

• Page Atcheson, Junior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Brian Tokar, ENVST)
• Jennifer Carmin, Sophomore, Film & Television/English (Mentor: Deborah Ellis, Film & Television/English)
• Erick Crockenberg, Sophomore, and Tad Cooke, Freshman, Self-Designed CALS (Mentor: Allen Matthews, Plant & Soil Science)
• Anya Gedrath-Smith, Senior, Environmental Studies (Mentor: Pablo Bose, Geography)
• Alyssa Iveson, Junior, Forestry (Mentor: Margaret Skinner, Plant & Soil Science)
• Alison Kelly, Senior, Political Science/English (Mentor: Patrick Neal, Political Science)
• Alexandra Miller, Sophomore, Plant Biology (Mentor: Bruce Parker, Plant Biology)
• Andrew Philips, Senior, Political Science (Mentor: Frank Bryan, Political Science)
• Rachel Schneider, Junior, Social Work (Mentor: Gale Burford, Social Work)

Summer Internships

• Rebecca Calder, Senior, Animal Science (Mentor: John Barlow, ASCI)
• Brittany Carroll, Junior, Biochemistry (Mentor: Eugene Delay, Biology)
• Justin Hoekstra, Senior, Studio Art (Mentor: Steve Budington, Art)
• Michael Klug, Senior, Mathematics/Biochemistry (Mentor: Stephen Everse, Biochemistry)
• Nicole Lafko, Junior, Psychology (Mentor: Dianna Murray-Close, Psychology)
• Marley Nordmeyer, Junior, Communication Science (Mentor: Patricia Prelock, Communication Science)
• Amanda Northrop, Senior, Zoology/Geology (Mentor: Charlotte Mehrtens, Geology)
• Samantha Ogilvie, Junior, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (Mentor: Gregory Gilmartin, MMG)
• Kyriel Pineault, Junior, Biology (Mentor: Beth Bouchard, Biochemistry)
• Kelsey Preston, Senior, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (Mentor: Nicholas Heintz, Pathology)
• Ali Sadeghi, Junior, Anthropology (Mentor: Kalev Freeman, Medicine)
• Jacob Wahlen-Strothman, Junior, Physics/Mathematics (Mentor: Kelvin Chu, Physics)
• Gena Zollman, Junior, Psychology (Mentor: Alessandra Rellini, Psychology)

Undergraduate Research Endeavors Competitive Awards 2011 (URECA!)

• Krist Aploks, junior, Biochemistry (Mentor: Frances Carr, Pharmacology)
• Ariel Baily, senior, Psychology (Mentor: Julie Dumas, Psychiatry)
• David Bernstein, sophomore, Mechanical Engineering (Mentor: Jason Bates, Vermont Lung Center/COM)
• Emily Bird, junior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Saleem Ali, Rubenstein)
• Jonathan Black, senior, Studio Art (Mentor: Laurie Peters, Art)
• Kanita Chaudhry, sophomore, Biochemsitry (Mentor: Dwight Matthews, Chemistry)
• Payal Desai, junior, Exercise Movement Science (Mentor: Connie Tompkins, Rehab & Movement Science)
• Liam Donnelly, junior, Molecular Genetics (Mentor: Christopher Huston, Medicine)
• Hannah Facey, senior, Animal Science (Mentor: Andre-Denis Wright, ASCI)
• Claire Freson, junior, Exercise Movement Science (Mentor: Sharon Henry, Rehab & Movement Science)
• Anya Gedrath-Smith, senior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Pablo Bose, Geography)
• Brianna Goddard, junior, Psychology (Mentor: Keith Burt, Psychology)
• Jonathan Gonzalez, junior, Plant Biology (Mentor: Alison Brody, Biology)
• Dylan Harry, senior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Jennifer Pontius, Rubenstein)
• Jordan Humble, senior, Biology (Mentor: Mary Tierney, Plant Biology)
• Taylor Kravits, junior, Environmental Science (Mentor: Aleksandra Drizo, Plant & Soil Science)
• Joseph Labrum, junior, Biology (Mentor: Yolanda Chen, Plant & Soil Science)
• Kristen Leclerc, junior, Exercise Movement Science (Mentor: Susan Kasser, Rehab & Movement Science)
• Meagan Quinlan, junior, Biochemistry (Mentor: Wolfgang Dostmann, Pharmacology)
• Cameron Stern, freshman, Molecular Genetics (Mentor: Mark Starrett, Plant & Soil Science)
• Christopher Tardie, junior, Electrical Engineering (Mentor: Jeff Frolik, Engineering)
• Loren Teetelli, junior, Anthropology (Mentor: Deborah Blom, Anthropology)
• Meghan Thompson, junior, Civil Engineering (Mentor: Maeve McBride, Engineering)
• Gianna Vannelli, junior, Animal Science (Mentor: Andre-Denis Wright, ASCI)
• Dylan White, junior, Microbiology/Molecular Genetics (Mentor: Douglas Johnson, MMG)
• Melissa Woopert, sophomore, Animal Science (Mentor: John Barlow, ASCI)

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

Summer 2010

• Stephanie McDonough, senior, Psychology (Mentor: Lynne Bond, Psychology)
• Rachel Schneider, junior, Social Work (Mentor: Julie Richards, Social Work)
• Julie Seger, senior, Political Science (Mentor: Anthony Gierzynski, Political Science)

Fall 2010

• Chelsea Biegler, senior, Sociology (Mentor: Robbie Kahn, Sociology)
• Joanna Cowen, junior, Social Work (Mentor: Holly-Lynn Busier and Sean Hurley, Social Work)
• Charles Hackett, senior, Biology (Mentor: Yang Mao-Draayer, Neurology)
• Darlene Peterson, senior, Biology (Mentor: Eugene Delay, Biology)
• Hannah Reithinger, senior, Biology (Mentor: Ellen Marsden, RSENR)
• Meredith Sooy, senior, Psychology (Mentor: William Falls, Psychology)
• Nicole Tucker, senior, Communication Sciences (Mentor: Barry Guitar, Communication Sciences)

Spring 2011

• Colin Arisman, junior, Natural Resources (Mentor: Josh Farley, RSENR)
• Caitlin Loretan, senior, Animal Science (Mentor: Josie Davis, ASCI)
• Kaitlin Lucas, senior, Natural Resources (Mentor: John Todd, RSENR)

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