2009 Fall Graduate Student News

Tamara J. Goldin, Ph.D. graduate of the Department of Geosciences, was the recipient of the 2009 Kuiper Memorial Award. The award is presented 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 of Gerard

Eve Berger, renewed

David Choi, renewed

Kat Gardner-Vandy, new

Sarah Horst, new

Nikole Lewis, renewed

David Minton, renewed

Lissa Ong, new

John Weirich, renewed

The following PTYS/LPL graduate students were recipients of 2009 College of Science Galileo Circle Scholarships. Students are nominated by faculty and selected by a departmental award committee. These awards are given for outstanding scholarship. Congratulations and kudos to each of the recipients!

David Choi Colin Dundas Eric Greenfield (Physics)

Current graduate student and HiRISE team member Ingrid Daubar-Spitale was awarded a College of Science Staff Advisory Committee Professional Development grant. The grant helped fund her travel to this year's DPS in Puerto Rico, where she presented her work on the morphology of new impact craters and crater clusters on

Congratulations to Christa Van Laerhoven, whose NSERC award (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship) was renewed for 2009/2010.

Sarah Hörst is the recipient of the 2009 Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences (DRI, the Desert Research Institute). 

Sarah's paper, titled Origin of Oxygen Species in Titan's Atmosphere, was recognized for its quality of research, writing, results, and organization. She was invited to present a

Bratfest is still going strong and the party has gone national (even international!). No matter where you are in the world, you can consult Bratfest.net for all things Fest.

Bratfest XXXI, "Griller," was held in Tucson on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Joe Gotobed graciously hosted the festivities, and Tom Schad

We extend a big, warm welcome to the newest member of the LPL family: Jace Michael Vandy was born on October 2, 2009, at 10:48 a.m.

Vitals: 8lb, 10oz, 20.5". Current PTYS/LPL graduate student Kat Gardner-Vandy and her husband Justin are the proud parents. Congratulations!