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Commencement 2013

Monday, May 20
Pertinent information for A&S undergraduates and families.
Graduation Information

Donald Brown Award

Rayana Grace '13, a sociology major with a minor in African and African Disaspora Studies, is this year's recipient of the Dr. Donald Brown Award.

Seniors to Remember: Pat Mullane

Pat majored in economics. This fall he will play professional hockey for the Chicago Blackhawks American Hockey League affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs.

Seniors to Remember: Rui Soares

Rui majored in psychology, pre-med. After graduation he has a two-year commitment to Teach for America, followed by medical school.

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Seniors to Remember: Lisa Piccirillo

Lisa majored in mathematics and will pursue a doctorate in pure mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. She plans on a career as a research professor.

Seniors to Remember- Taylour Kumpf

Taylour majored in English and minored in Environmental Studies. She plans to pursue a publishing career in New York City.

Research Highlight

Tricia Burdo

$1.9M NIH grant

Biology Associate Research Professor Tricia Burdo has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of the body’s immune response in a debilitating form of nerve damage suffered by people living with HIV. BC News Release | PhysOrg | News Medical

Kenneth Williams

$2.7M NIH grant

Biology Professor Ken Williams has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million NIH grant to probe potential drug therapies that would limit the role of immunological cells connected to several debilitating illnesses that strike people living with HIV. BC News Release | PhysOrg