Dr. Karin Pfennig wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

Dr. Christina Burch is a 2008 recipient of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring.

Dr. Jeff Sekelsky wins Glen Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging.

Dr. Steve Rogers has received a prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award.

Lisa Bond, a Biology major conducting research in the laboratory of Dr. Kerry Bloom and Dr. Elaine Yeh, awarded a Churchill Scholarship.

Dr. Darrel Stafford receives the North Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian honor.

Dr. Pat Pukkila is the 2007 recipient of the ASCB Alberts Award.

Dr. Jeff Dangl has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Pat Gensel was recognized for outstanding contributions to botany with the Botanical Society of America Centennial Award.

Dr. Al Baldwin was named a Kenan Distinguished Professor.

Dr. David Pfennig was awarded a Zachary Taylor Smith Term Professorship for excellence in undergraduate education.

Dr. Bob Goldstein won a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Jessica Polka, a senior Biology major conducting research in the laboratory of Ted Salmon, won a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.

Lena Hyatt, a junior majoring in Biology and Chemistry and conducting research in the laboratory of Jeff Sekelsky, won a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

Dr. Ted Salmon was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Patricia Pukkila was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Bob Goldstein was awarded the 2005 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievements by Young Faculty.

Dr. Jeff Dangl was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Bob Duronio was awarded the 2003 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievements by Young Faculty.

Dr. Shawn Ahmed was chosen for a New Scholar Award by the Ellison Medical Foundation.