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The University of Idaho College of Graduate Studies will host “Everything You Want to Know About Graduate School” Wednesday, Jan. 28, from 4-6 p.m. in the lobby of the University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene Center, 1000 W. Hubbard Avenue and in Horizon Room (Commons) on University of Idaho, Moscow campus from 5-6:30 p.m. The presenation will be repeated Jan. 29 in the Clearwater on University of Idaho, Moscow campus from 5-6:30 p.m. Refreshments provided.
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February 04, 2009
Graduate Studies Visits LCSC
Williams Conference Center, Clearwater Room, LCSC Sessions at both Noon and 3:00 PM
Everything You Wanted to Know about Graduate School
The June 2008 edition of Men's Journal magazine lists Moscow as one of the five "Best Places to Live: College Towns." Here's their reasoning: "An hour from Hells Canyon and five from the Bitterroot Mountains, University of Idaho students make sure their hip little city is the most agnostic outside Boise. A thriving food co-op drove out KFC, and BookPeople’s mustachioed owner, Bob Greene, will make sure you don’t leave without something to read. On Saturdays drag steelhead out of the Clearwater or fight rapids on the Snake."
In a reception in conjunction with the University Research Expo, Dean Margrit von Braun, Associate Dean Alton Cambell and Provost Doug Baker presented the following awards for outstanding achievement each carrying an impressive monetary award:
- Two students each received an Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award of $1,000.
- Ahmad Abu Abdo is a doctoral student in civil engineering. He teaches three lab sections a week in addition to assisting in homework and report grading. Colleagues said he “works tirelessly to help his students inside and outside the classroom.”
- Wendy Estes-Zumpf is completing her doctorate in fish and wildlife resources and studies pygmy rabbits. She carries a 4.0 grade point average. Estes-Zumpf has been a teaching assistant for the past three semesters in the university’s wildlife ecology lab. In addition to publishing her research, she has received numerous awards.
One student received an Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award of $1,000.
- Michael Falkowski is completing his doctorate this spring in forest resources. He has published six peer-reviewed journal articles, and he has several others in various stages of publication. “Few graduate students or even new assistant professors have attained this level of achievement this early in their career,” wrote Alistair Smith, assistant professor of forest measurements, in a letter of nomination for Falkowski. “Michael … is the model of what we hope our best graduate students will become.”
Two professors received the Donald Crawford Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award of $2,500.
- Ron Crawford, professor of microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry, joined the University of Idaho in 1987. He has served as a major professor for 11 master’s and 16 doctoral degree students. Colleagues praised Crawford for being an outstanding scientist with a national and international reputation, and for having a keen interest in the professional development of his students.
- Stephen Devadoss, professor of agricultural economics, has been with the University of Idaho for nearly 19 years. Colleagues praised him, citing his “reputation for excellence in research, having been published in numerous prestigious publications and having received research grants, [and that he] has attracted graduate students into a successful graduate program where he has instilled his high-caliber professionalism in each student with which he has tirelessly worked.”
Two students were awarded the Multicultural Fellowships of $28,326 each.
- Lubia Cajas Cano came to the University of Idaho as a Fulbright scholar in 2004 from Guatemala. She completed her master’s degree in environmental science two years later, maintaining a 4.0 grade point average, and immediately entered the doctoral program in the fish and wildlife department. Once she completes her doctorate, Cano will return to Guatemala as a professor at the University of San Carlos. Her research will help assess the total resource needs for aquaculture production including land, water, transportation, energy and food base infrastructure. The results will be shared with residents of Latin America and other developing countries.
- Tshering Sherpa is a doctoral student in neuroscience who has focused her research on the cellular and molecular correlates of retinal regeneration using the zebrafish model system. Born in Nepal, Sherpa and her family moved to Hailey, Idaho, so that the children could attend better schools. Her parents run a guide business with treks in Nepal, Tibet and Mongolia. Upon completion of her doctorate, she will be the first Sherpa to attain a doctoral degree in any discipline.
Three students were awarded the McNair Fellowship of $28,326 each.
- Frank Battick will begin his master’s studies in materials science and engineering this fall. He completed his McNair undergraduate research in physics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
- Conni Carson is a doctoral student in food science. She came to the University of Idaho as a first-generation college student in 2004. She earned her undergraduate degree in microbiology with a minor in food science. In addition to her academic work, she is raising three children, including a newborn.
- Rick Henderson is a doctoral student in chemistry who joined the U.S. Navy after earning a bachelor’s degree in business. He worked as a police officer in Lewiston before returning to graduate school. Faculty members have been impressed by Henderson, describing him as a “strong student and a natural leader.”
Six students were awarded Doctoral Scholarly and Creative Activity Fellowships, worth $25,000 each. Fellows must be full-time doctoral students engaged in full-time research during the period of the award. Recipients are expected to make continuing progress toward completion of their degrees and attend national and regional professional conferences to present research results. The fellowship includes a waiver of nonresident fees.
- A native of Germany, Niko Balkenhol is a doctoral student in fish and wildlife resources whose studies were initially funded through a Fulbright Fellowship. Faculty mentors praise his research as “cutting edge in a new interdisciplinary research area known as landscape genetics, which integrates theory and methods from population genetics, landscape ecology and spatial statistics to describe and explain the influences of landscape and environmental variables on genetic variation and structure.”
- Jennifer Jensen is a doctoral student in environmental science and will defend her dissertation in 2009. Her research analyzes carbon uptake by vegetation in complex terrain using remote sensing technology.
- Libbie Oram is a doctoral student in environmental science. Her research addresses selenium cycling to predict bioavailability and environmental impacts in contaminated environments.
- A native of southern Denmark, Michael Østergaard is a doctoral student in chemistry. His research focuses on the development of two types of novel fluorescent probes for detecting nucleic acids and their implementation on arrays for ultrasensitive detection of biological threat agents.
- Benjamin Oswald is a doctoral student in bioinformatics and computational biology. He already has authored, published and co-authored several papers in well regarded, peer-reviewed journals.
- Mary Oswald is in a biological sciences doctoral program. She uses zebra fish to help understand how animals adapt to captivity, and how these adaptations impact the conservation of captively reared endangered species. Oswald also co-founded and manages a grant program that funds scholarly and creative work for undergrad and grad students in all colleges across the University of Idaho campus.
The university also gave a $2,000 special appreciation award to Craig Watt, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association, to honor his “substantial contributions” to the association and to the Research Expo during 2007-08. Watt and the other recipients were honored at a reception at the university on Friday, April 25.
- Alumnus Jacob Leachman receives prestigious Western Association of Graduate Schools’ Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award for his University of Idaho thesis titled “Fundamental Equations of State for Parahydrogen, Normal Hydrogen and Orthohydrogen.” Read full story at Today.
- Student receives GRO fellowship grant for water and coffee research in Costa Rica
- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO NATURAL RESOURCES STUDENT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Michael Falkowski, a University of Idaho graduate student in the College of Natural Resources studying forest resource management, has been awarded the Colwell Memorial Fellowship by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Only one graduate student in the nation is selected to receive this award annually. The full story is available here: http://www.today.uidaho.edu/details.aspx?id=3788
- University of Idaho Grad Student Richard Hill: Modeling the Brain’s Processes for Insights Into a Cure, Role Modeling for a Success story at Today @ Idaho
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UI Recieves $10.1 Million NIH Grant To Continue Biomedical Research story
- UI is still one of the top national doctoral-granting universities in the country reports US News & World Report magazine. Check out the full story here.
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