AWARDS
Jack Carson won the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
Hank Laxton won the Walter S. Flory Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology.
Hope Nitsche won the Carolina Biological Supply Company Award for Undergraduate Research.
Hope received Honors in Biology working in the lab of Professor Erik Johnson. The title of her honors thesis is “Activation of 17D1-Expressing Neurons in the Drosophila Antenna in Response to Odorant Exposure.” Hope is pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience between the University of Bonn in Germany and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.” – Dr. Erik Johnson, Chair of Biology
Dr. Sarah Nichols (’25) received the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Biology Graduate Student.
Isaac Sowah Badu (’25) received the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Biology Graduate Student.
Kevin Coffey received the Outstanding Biology Graduate Teaching Award.
NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS – HONORABLE MENTIONS
Anamike Bose (’22)
Olivia Faris (’24)
The National Science Foundation [NSF] Graduate Research Fellowship Program [GRFP] purpose is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers.
Read more about the Student Honors and Announcements in the Dean’s Office Digest:
Honors & Awards 2025 Edition.