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Jeremy M. Berg Named NIGMS Director New Science Education Booklet Available NIGMS Minority Program Participant Becomes University President NIH Participates in Hispanic/Latino Community Consultation Meeting NIH Resources for Grant Applicants Profile: Dr. Roberto Fontera-Suau Research Highlight: Not Just for Gilling: Mesquite May Help Clean the Environment From the MORE Director: The Value of Questions News and Notes Recent Awards and Fellowships Student Presentations Recent Graduates Summer Research Student Awards Selected Publications Upcoming Meetings Acronyms Used in this Issue

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Student Awards

Several MBRS program participants at CSUDH have received awards recently from the university: Aria Miller received the CSUDH Outstanding Thesis Award, Teresa Ramirez received the Dr. Lois W. CHI-Emeritus Faculty Association Scholarship, and Victor Rico and Freddi Zuniga received CSUDH Chapter Sigma Xi Outstanding Student Research Awards.

Two MORE program participants at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS, received scholarships through the Coca-Cola Native American Scholarship Program. Brian Yazzie and Christopher Drymon will receive financial assistance from the Coca-Cola Foundation to pursue undergraduate degrees at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.