...faculty sponsor, Dr. Mary Alt, Assistant Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Dr. Alt's area of research is pediatric receptive language, with a focus on the semantic skills of children with specific language impairment. She is co-director of the L4: Language, Learning, Literacy, Lexicon Lab.

Email: malt@email.arizona.edu
URL: http://slhs.arizona.edu/faculty/Alt_Mary.htm

If any UBRPer would like to host a Lunch on Us! for a faculty sponsor, contact the UBRP Office.

2008 David Bruce Finalist: Sarah Nelson has been selected as a finalist for the American Physiological Society's 2008 David S. Bruce Undergraduate Research Awards, she will now have to present her poster twice at EB, once in the special undergraduate poster session. Sarah works in Dr. Heddwen Brooks' lab, Physiology.

Ahmed Badran, the undergraduate recipient of the Bio5 Innovator Award at the Fall 2007 Student Showcase, was recognized for his work entitled DNA SEER: A Sensitive Approach for the Direct Detection of DNA. Ahmed's research has implications in early cancer detection by targeting methylated DNA sites. Now a sophomore at the UA, he has worked in the lab of BIO5 member Dr. Indraneel Ghosh, Chemistry since his senior year at Tucson High School.

The following UBRPers have been nominated from their departments for the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award. These students represent the brightest in the College of Science undergraduate programs. Their names will now be submitted to the College of Science for consideration in the college-wide awards.

Molecular & Cellular Biology: Kelli Davies - Dr. Frans Tax's laboratory, Molecular & Cellular Biology

Speech, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Psychology: Megan Kittleson - Dr. Elena Plante's laboratory, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Computer Sciences: Max Shokhirev - Dr. F. Anne Walker's laboratory, Chemistry

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Nicole Ferguson - Dr. Nancy Moran's laboratory, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology's Outstanding Senior: Christopher Schvarcz - Dr. John Koprowski's laboratory, Wildlife Conservation & Management

Galileo Circle Scholars: Christopher Schvarcz and Nicole Ferguson. Galileo Circle Scholars are supported by the generosity of the College of Science Galileo Circle members. We are grateful to the following Galileo Circle members who selected EEB as their program of choice: Charles and Elena d'Autremont, C.M. McDonough, Jeanene Smith, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Because of their gracious donation, each scholar will receive $1000.