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The 2006-2007 Annual Report

Student Honors

Robert Penna '07 and doctoral students Brooke Chuzles and Ryan Cowley were all awarded graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. The fellowship is a national award given to outstanding students in natural sciences, selected social sciences, mathematics, and engineering that provides support for three years of research-based graduate study.

Kristin Beck '09, Kathryn Knowles '08, and Andrew Niles '08 were named Goldwater Scholars, a national award given to outstanding undergraduate students planning to pursue careers in mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering. Beck is working toward a bachelor of science degree in physics and a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics. Knowles is pursuing a bachelor of science in chemistry and a bachelor of arts with honors in mathematics. Niles is working toward a bachelor of arts with honors in mathematics.

Three students, Anat Kardontchik '07 and graduate students Doug O'Connor and Alexander Timofeev, placed in the Music Teachers National Association 2007 National Competition. Violinist Kardontchik took first prize in the string division; O'Connor also took first in the woodwind division for a saxophone performance, and Timofeev placed third in the piano division.

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded two fellowships to University of Rochester students in the plasma physics and fusion energy sciences program. Samuel Harrold '09, a Tallahassee, Fla., native who majors in physics, astronomy, and applied mathematics, received a fellowship along with physics, mathematics, and music major Daniel Richman '08 from Wyckoff, N.J.


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