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Donna Viola is the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Fall 2015. She worked with Dr. Joe Spitale in the PTYS/ASTR/GEOS 214 course on Astrobiology, which is a General Education Natural Sciences Tier II course. Donna gave two lectures during the semester and was cited for her time and effort in communicating course content.

Recipients of the Outstanding GTA Award receive funds of up to $1,000 to support travel to a professional meeting of their choice. Donna is a fifth-year graduate student advised by Professor Alfred McEwen.

Congratulations to LPL's 2016 Galileo Circle Scholarship recipients: Hamish Hay, James Keane, Tad Komacek, Joshua Lothringer, Sarah Peacock, Xianyu Tan, and Donna Viola. Galileo Circle Scholarships are awarded to the University of Arizona's finest science students and represent the tremendous breadth of research interests in the College of Science.

Galileo Circle Scholars receive $1,000 each; these awards are supported through the generous donations of Galileo Circle members. The Galileo Scholars were honored at an early evening reception held on April 20, 2016.

Congratulations to all our 2016 Galileo Scholars!