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Biology awards

Undergraduate Symposium Prize winners
- Heidi Holley 2007
- Elizabeth Gillenwater 2007, Towson, MD
- Ryan Pester 2007, Anaheim, CA

Whitehead Prize--for outstanding promise for a career in biological research through academic scholarship as well as contributions to research and the MIT community
- Annie Vo 2007, Prosser, WA

Merck Prize--for outstanding research and academic performance in biophysical or bioinformatics sciences
- Nicole De Nisco 2007, Covina, CA

Gene Brown Prize--for outstanding academic scholarship and demonstrated excellence as a teaching assistant
- Rishi Puram 2008, Boston, MA

Susan Hockfield Prize in Life Sciences--for a third-year MIT undergraduate student in any area of the life sciences who has demonstrated both exceptional performance and promise for graduate study and research
- Kathy Xie 2008, Belmont, MA

Ned Holt Prize--for demonstrated excellence in scholarship as well as service to the biology department and the MIT community
- Danielle Pigneri 2007, Louisville, KY

Salvador E. Luria Prize--for outstanding scholarship and research of publication quality.
- Max Juchheim 2007, Grenada, MS

John L. Asinari Award--for outstanding research in the field of life sciences
- Anupama Bhimavarapu 2007, Sharon, MA
- Cindy Chen 2008, Elkridge, MD
- Katie Chong 2008, Boston, MA
- Amber Durrell 2008, Auburn, CA
- Robert Lindsay 2008, Great Falls, VA
- Bin Ni 2008, Hilliard, OH
- Zachary Smith 2008, Brewster, MA
- Eunmee Yang 2007, Falls Church, VA
- Sylvia Yang 2007, Catasauqua, PA
- Alicia Zha 2007, Nashville, TN
- Sharon Zhang 2008, Boca Raton, FL

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 6, 2007 (download PDF).

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