In The Spotlight: Class of 2007 Honors
Honors Degree with Distinction
To earn the Honors Degree with Distinction, a student must have accumulated a grade-point index of at least 3.400 at the time of graduation and have earned 30 credits in Honors courses. In addition he or she must have successfully defended a senior thesis to a committee of faculty approved by Biological Sciences and the University Honors Program. The senior thesis is based on research projects that students carry out for a year or more in a faculty laboratory. This represents a tremendous effort and these students are functioning as graduate students at their time of graduation.
The following students were recipients of the Honors Degree with Distinction:
| Picture | Name | Thesis | Advisor |
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Ashley Anttila | Functional Expression of a CFTR Channel in Vertebrate Proximal Tubule Cells | Gary Laverty, Biological Sciences |
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Karla Boyd | Akt and RhoCGTPase Interaction in Prostate Cancer Adhesion to Bone | Carlton Cooper, Biological Sciences |
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Abigail Bradley | Colonization of Intertidal Habitats by Invasive Species: Effects of Riprap Emplacement | Douglas Miller, Marine and Earth Studies |
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Laura Shankman | Effect of Junctional Adhesion Molecule A on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Ulhas Naik, Biological Sciences |
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Wen Allen Tseng | The Role of JAM-A Homodimerization in Angiogenesis | Ulhas Naik, Biological Sciences |
Degree with Distinction
At the time of graduation, students earning a Degree with Distinction must have a cumulative grade-point index of at least 3.00, an index in their major of at least 3.50, and successfully defended a senior thesis.
The following students were recipients of the Degree with Distinction:
| Picture | Name | Thesis | Advisor |
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Thomas Bentley | The Effect of Transgenic Bt Corn on the Male Mating Fitness of the Western Corn Rootworm | Douglas Tallamy, Entomology and Applied Ecology |
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Lindsay Higdon | The Effect of Bcl-2 on Apoptosis in the Developing Chick Embryo Brain | Deni Galileo, Biological Sciences |
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Evan Lebois | A Role for N-Glycosylation in Differential Growth Control and Drosophila Development: Phenotypic Analysis of alg10 | Erica Selva, Biological Sciences |
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Sara Sterling | Cholesterol Homeostasis in Human Adipocyte Cells | David Usher, Biological Sciences |
