2011 Spring Graduate Student News

Sarah M. Hörst, doctoral student in the Department of Planetary Sciences, is the recipient of the 2011 Kuiper Memorial Award. The award is presented annually to University of Arizona students in the field of planetary sciences who have excelled in academic work and research. The award is presented in memory

Melissa Dykhuis, first-year graduate student, has been awarded a NSF Graduate Research Program Fellowship. Melissa's research interests are in solar system dynamics and origins---but she adds that this is "to put it most concisely....I'm interested in lots of stuff!" The proposed fellowship project was titled "Investigating Asteroid-Meteorite Connections: A Spectroscopic

Five PTYS/LPL graduate students were recipients of a Galileo Circle Scholarship. This is one of the most prestigious awards bestowed on students in the College of Science. The awards are made possible by the generous donations of members of the Galileo circle, a society of individuals who support excellence in

Kudos to Ingrid Daubar-Spitale (Service), Juan Lora (Teaching), and Tom Schad (Scholarship) for receipt of the 2011 College of Science Graduate Student Awards.

Ingrid, Juan, and Tom were awarded for their accomplishments in the following areas:

Service (Ingrid Daubar-Spitale): attention to broader impacts and involvement in activities outside of academic

Congratulations to Meg Blome, recipient of the PTYS/LPL Fall 2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award. Meg is a doctoral student in the Department of Geosciences. She was nominated for this award for her work as a GTA in Steven Kortenkamp's PTYS 206 course. As recipient of the GTA Excellence Award

PTYS graduate student Lissa Ong married Galen Holt at a ceremony at Tucson's Tanque Verde Guest Ranch on March 19, 2011. All our best wishes to Lissa and Galen!