The Department’s annual Graduate Research Symposium, also known as The ESPM GradFest Symposium, celebrates and showcases graduate student research. This year’s day-long GradFest took place on Friday May 2, at the David Brower Center and included finishing talks from graduating PhD students, a guest lecture by Jessica Weir (University of Western Sydney), a keynote lecture by poet Robert Hass, and remarks from the Graduate Diversity Council. With finishing talks on a range of topics—from Singapore’s tropical rainforests to California’s grassland spiders, from atmospheric aerosols to health equity data—Gradfest truly represented the breadth of ESPM’s collective research.
Special awards were presented to the following ESPM members:
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Carolyn Finney: 2014 Graduate Student Association Faculty Mentor Award
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Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes: 2014 ESPM Distinguished Service Award
Fellowships and awards were also presented to ESPM members, including:
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Chancellor’s Fellowship: Juliet Lu, Sarah MacLean, Frances Roberts-Gregory, Rakim Turnipseed
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Berkeley Fellowship: Kaitlyn Gaynor, Adrian Lu, Cecilia Prator
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Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors: Cheryl Hojnowski, Manisha Anantharaman, Jason Hwan, Sam Houston Wilson, Yanlei Chen, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Sarah MacLean, Cecilia Prator, Sarick Matzen, Emily Kearney, Kelly Iknayan, Julie Pyatt, Frances Roberts-Gregory
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Ford Fellowship: Frances Roberts-Gregory
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NSF Honorable Mention: Suzanne Kelson, Adrian Lu, Joan Dudney
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NSF Science and Techology Studies: Nicholas Sakellariou
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Johannes Joos Memorial Award: Jeremy Andersen
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James P. Bennett Agricultural Fellowship: Karen Andrade
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Baker-Bidwell Research Fellowship: Robin Bellows
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Hannah M. and Frank Schwabacher: Sasha Berleman
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Frank Myers Forestry Scholarship: Stella Cousins
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Edward A. Colman Watershed: Esther Kim
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Souja Graduate Prize: Madeline Girard
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Hannah M. and Frank Schwabacher: Margot Higgins
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Lewis & Ann Resh Endow - Freshwater Ecology and Entomology: Lisa Hunt
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James P. Bennett Agricultural Fellowship: Sara Knox
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Bob Lane Endowed Graduate Student Support Fund: Athena Lam and Maria Tonione
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Baker-Bidwell Research Fellowship: Rachel Lem
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Edna & Yoshinori “Joe” Tanada Endowed Fellowship in Entomology: Kevi Mace-Hill and Anne Murray
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Harvey I. Magy Memorial Scholarship: Kaitlyn Mathis
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Carolyn Meek Memorial Scholarship: Gavin McNicol
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Professor Earl Storie Memorial Scholarship: Erik Oerter
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Robert L. Usinger Memorial Award: Michael Peterson
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Souja Graduate Prize: Lauren Ponisio
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Robert L. Usinger Memorial Award: Andrew Rominger
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Johannes Joos Memorial Award: Hilary Sardinas
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W.S. Rosencrans Fellowship: Daniel Sarna-Wojcicki
Photos above by Kevi Mace, Frances Roberts-Gregory, and Esther Kim