Peter Jordan (right), winner of the Howard Hughes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.
Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences held its Convocation ceremonies on May 28 in Weill Auditorium, preceding Commencement. Dean David Hajjar presented the following awards for special achievement.
Distinguished Student Commencement Speaker Award
Andrea Basso
Graduate School Service Award of Excellence
Ramee Lee
From left: Francoise Freyre, assistant dean of the Graduate School; Dr. David Hajjar, dean of the Graduate School; and Ramee Lee, winner of the Graduate School Service Award of Excellence.
Julian R. Rachele Prize
Named for a former dean of the Graduate School, the Rachele Prize is the highest student award presented by the school. It is awarded to students who have published significant research in a scientific journal. This year, three students received the Rachele Prize.
Abner Louissant for "Coordinated Interaction of Neurogenesis and Angiogenesis in the Adult Songbird Brain" (Professor Steven Goldman)
Eduardo Torres for "Contingent Phosphorylation/Dephosphorylation Provides a Mechanism of Molecular Memory in WASP" (Professor Michael Rosen)
Tom Kash for "Coupling of Agonist Binding to Channel Gating in the GABA-A Receptor" (Professor Neil Harrison)
Howard Hughes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Peter Jordan for "An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Transmural Dynamics and Wave Alternans in the Heart" (Professor David Christini)
Dr. Abel Robertson, Jr., winner of the Graduate School's Alumni Award of Distinction, with Dean Hajjar.
2003 Alumni Award of Distinction
Dr. Abel Robertson Jr., who received his Ph.D. in 1959.
(For information on the prizes awarded for presentations at the Graduate School's Vincent du Vigneaud Memorial Research Symposium held on May 7, visit the June 9 Dean's Bulletin archives.)
Photos by Amelia Panico.