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Join us in congratulating Ed Munro and Mike Rust on their promotion to Full Professor!

David Kovar PhD, Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, has been awarded the prestigious Quantrell Teaching Award, and well-deserved it is! Annually, the University recognizes faculty for their commitment and outstanding teaching and mentoring  undergraduate students. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/university-announces-2022-winners-quantrell-and-graduate-teaching-awards

Sampriti Mukherjee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, has been awarded the Searle Scholar for 2022. Please congratulate Sampriti on winning the Searle Scholar award. Click here https://www.searlescholars.net/searle-scholars-program-names-15-scientists-as-searle-scholars-for-2022 to visit the Searle Scholars website.

Join us in congratulating Matthew McDonough and Fernando Valbuena, the 2021-22 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship Award recipients. Visit here for more information on this program.

2021-22 William Rainey Harper Fellowship Award Recipient - Juila Meng. This award is one of the University's highest honors and was given in recognition of Julia's record of achievement and professional promise. Congratulations Julia! 

Sally Horne-Badovinac, PhD, has been awarded the prestigious Quantrell Teaching Award. Click here for more information.

Congratulations to biophysics student, Jessy Morgan, of the Greenberg Lab. Jessy was recommended for a 3-yr predoctoral USDA-NIFA fellowship totaling $180,000! 

Lucia Rothman-Denes, PhDhas been named the Haig P. Papazian Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology and the College. Click here for more information.