Biology & Society Students Won Big in Spring 2015

Biology and Society students won big awards this semester, from places like the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the National Science Foundation,  ASU's School of Life Sciences and more.

Alexis Abboud

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society)
Award: School of life Sciences Fall 2014 True Grit Award

Kenneth Aiello

Degree: MS Biology (Biology and Society)
Award: Graduate Education Reach for the Stars

Marci Baranski

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society), Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of the Environment
Award: (PMF) Presidential Management Fellowship Finalist

Liz Barnes

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society)
Award: National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Awardee

Rachel Gur-Arie

Degree: Biological Sciences (Biology and Society)
Award: Fulbright Fellowship (Israel)
Award: Student of the Year Award in Biological Sciences - Biology and Society
Award: Biology and Society Unusual Student Project Grant 

Ashleigh Gonzales

Degree: MS Biology (Biology and Society)
Award: (ASU) Faculty Women’s Association Outstanding Graduate Student Award & Ed Pastor Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Anika Larsen

Degree: BS Biological Sciences (Biology and Society)
Award: College of Letters and Science (CLAS) Dean’s Medal for the School of Life Science
Award: Biology and Society Unusual Student Project Grant

Ernest Nkansah-Dwamena

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society), Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of the Environment
Awards: (School of Life Sciences) Research and Training Initiative Office (RTI) Graduate Training Award; (ASU) Graduate and Professional Student Association Individual Travel Award

Erica O’Neil

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society)
Awards: Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) Teaching Excellence Award; School of Life Sciences Innovative Teaching Associate of the Year 2014-2015

Aierona Raschke

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society), Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of the Environment
Awards: (ASU) Graduate and Professional Student Association Graduate Research Support Program; (School of Life Sciences) Research and Training Initiative Office (RTI) Graduate Training Award

Michelle Sullivan

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society), Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of the Environment
Award: National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Award to Royal Society’s Theo Murphy Meeting in London

Federica Turriziani Colonna

Degree: History and Philosophy of Science
Awards: (School of Life Sciences) Research and Training Initiative Office (RTI) Graduate Training Award; Istituto di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimental (Institute for Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics) Visiting Fellowship

Tong Wu

Degree: PhD Biology (Biology and Society), Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of the Environment
Award: (School of Life Sciences) Research and Training Initiative Office (RTI) Fieldwork Assistance Award

Bianca Zietal

Degree: BS Biological Sciences (Biology and Society)
Award: Biology and Society Unusual Student Project Grant