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Olivia Wins Stalker Award!
The Harrison D. Stalker Award is given annually to a graduating biology major whose undergraduate career combines outstanding scientific scholarship with significant contributions in the arts and humanities. The award honors the late Harrison D. Stalker, a renowned evolutionary biologist and world-class photographer.
Kowalczyk completed research in the Weber Lab investigating potential druggable targets for refractory triple-negative breast cancer resulting in her thesis Comparing DHX9i and PARP1i’s Effects on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.
Angelina Wins Spector Prize!
Each year, the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis awards a prize to a graduating senior in memory of Marion Smith Spector, a 1938 graduate who studied zoology under the late Viktor Hamburger. The Spector Prize, first awarded in 1974, recognizes academic excellence and outstanding undergraduate achievement in research. Students are nominated by their research mentors for outstanding research that has made substantial contributions to a field.
This year’s winner, Angelina O’Brien, is a Biology major with specialization in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and a minor in Computer Science.