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Announcement of the 2011-2012 Undergraduate Student Research Grant Awards:

To: Janelle Davidson at Keuka College for Does a variation and longevity exist between different strains of Caenorhabditis elegans when cultured under stressful environments or with blueberry additives? Sponsor: Dr. Joan Magnusen, Biology Department. Amount: $187.58

To: Augusta Williams at Hobart & William Smith Colleges for Climatic influences on the interannual variability of winter bird migration near the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Sponsor: Dr. Neil Laird, Department of Geo sciences. Amount: $500 plus $50 to the student for a superior proposal.

To: Austin Olek, Matthew Morasco, Casey Donovan and Andrew Goodspeed at The College at Brockport for CHO-K1 Cell exposure to 'environmentally safe' simple green and 2-butoxyethanol has an alarming effect on cell viability. Sponsor: Dr. Laurie Cook, Department of Biology. Amount: $250.00.

To: Elyssa Tennant at Hartwick College for Analysis of the seasonal eutrophication of Black Lake, NY. Sponsor: Dr. Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad, Department of Chemistry. Amount: $450.00.

To: Stephen Mele at St. John Fisher College for The isolation and identification of a causative agent to feather disease found in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus). Sponsor: Gregory Cunningham and Kristin Picardo, Department of Biology. Amount: $300.

To: Jessica Saville at Nazareth College for Soil type as a factor in the success of phosphorous uptake by plants.. Sponsor: Dr. William Hallahan, Department of Biology. Amount: $275.00.

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Six proposals were received. The committee agreed that most of the proposals were very good and all were worthy of support.  But with limited funds, we could only give full awards to two proposals.