Prizes
Every year the Biological Sciences department awards prizes to outstanding students. The purpose of the prizes is to reward excellence and commitment as well as to underscore the wide variety of skills necessary for success in science. The descriptions of the prizes together with lists of recent recipients can be found below.
Lingos Prize in Life Sciences: Awarded to a student who has demonstrated both a marked aptitude for independent research and a depth of understanding in the life sciences.
Mary White Peterson Prize in Biological Sciences: For general excellence which shall include evidence of promise, of exceptional ability to do independent work rather than on the basis of an essay or final paper.
Lucy Branch Allen Prize: Established in 1934 by an anonymous friend, in memory of Lucy Branch Allen of the Class of 1897. The Biological Sciences Department awards this prize each year to an exceptional student of natural history.
Adelaide Niles Belyea Prize in Botany: This prize shall be awarded to an advanced undergraduate student who has exhibited general excellence in plant science.
Fiske Prize in Biology: Given in honor of Dr. Virginia Fiske who was a member of the biology department for many years. She was a pioneer in the field of pineal endocrine research and continued to work in the research lab for more than ten years after her retirement. She felt that this prize should recognize and encourage those outstanding students who have show a genuine interest in biology and who will be continuing their study of science or teaching in biology
Lingos Life Science | Mary White Peterson | The Lucy Branch Allen | Adelaide Niles Belyea Botany | Fiske
Ruth Wang'ondu 2007 Anne Madden 2006 Kathryn Swann 2005 Sogole Moin 2005 Andrea Hodgins-Davis 2004 Grace Y. Kim 2004 Katherine Shea 2003 Erin Savner 2003 Jennifer Mahoney 2002 Heather Keller 2002 Jeanne Hsu 2002 Stephanie Schur 2001 Jean J. Huang 2001 Leslie Bagay 2001 Erin Lund 2000
Yvonne Gruber 2007 Lydia Ho 2005 Katie Brinkley 2004 Yamini Ohol 2002 Laura Floerke-Nashner 2001 Laurie Burlingame 1999 Keren Witkin 1998 Alda Gonzaga 1996 Katherine Langworthy 1995 Heather Lynne Tavernier 1994 Pauline Pei-Ling Feng 1993 Julie Green 1992 Carmen Cinniger 1990
Emily Knurek 2007 Madeleine DeBlois 2004 Jennifer Redfearn 2003 Natasha Teutsch 2002 Allaire Diamond 2001 Jessica Griffiths 2000 Erica Wood 1999 Kristin Cmar 1998 Helen Eastwood 1998 Kyleigh Geissler 1997 Laura Finlay 1996 Pavla Zakova 1995
Adelaide Niles Belyea Botany Prize
Hilaire Leavitt 2006
Joy Delamide 2005 Dafna Abelson 2002 Jennifer Hanson 2001 Sonja Funaro 2000
Emily Jones 2007 Boryanana Mihalylova
Abby Baird2006 Courtney Boulton 2005 Jerri Chen 2005 Donna Deng 2005 Liz Storer 2004 Elizabeth Bartley 2003 Sarah Van Driesche 2003 Jennifer Dreiling 2002 Natalie Stein 2002 Kristin Hoffman 2002 Andra Dingman 2002 Hannah Galvin 2001 Shani Delaney 2001 Lisa McReynolds 2000 Noelle Paffett-Lugassy 2000 Myla Morales 2000 Johanne Auerbock 2000 Angelique Christman 2000