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BLAKE CUE BROWN
Junior, Biological Sciences, UC Irvine; Graduate of Diamond Bar High School, 2004
Research Experience:
- Stanford Summer Research Program (Palo Alto, CA), Dr. Martha S. Cyert, mentor, researching proteins in molecular lab; UC Irvine, Dr. Anthony James, mentor, researching epidemiology in biochemistry lab
Activities & Awards:
- MAPS Past President: President of the University of California, Irvine chapter of the Minority Association of Pre-health Students, 2005-06
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. : Polemarch ( President) of the Lambda Beta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Golden Key International Honour Society: Honored for academic excellence by the Golden Key International Honour Society at the Sophomore Recognition Ceremony at UC Irvine
- Featured in Orange County Register: Featured on the font page of Orange County's most widely distributed newspaper for contributions made to the minority population at UC Irvine
- Presented Research to CAMP Statewide Directors: Chosen as one of two presenters to speak with the CAMP directors from eight UCs about my accomplishments in the research field.
CAMP Statewide Co-P.I. Alexopoulos Honored
Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos, dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine and Co-P.I. for California LSAMP, received an honorary degree from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, the first distinction of its kind given in twenty years. Alexopoulos was recently re-appointed dean of the Samueli School of Engineering.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
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UC Davis CAMP-er Enters
Graduate Program at MIT
As an undergraduate, Edgar Sanchez, center, distinguished himself by conducting challenging research on brain cancer treatment. Among other awards, he won a Special Merit in Research at the CAMP Statewide Symposium. At the June 2007 Commencement Ceremony, Edgar received the first annual Ronald and Lydia Baskin Undergraduate Research Award. Edgar completed a B.S. degree in biomedical engineering with a 3.915 grade point average. He completed research projects at both UC Davis and UC Irvine, and his efforts will contribute to the development and understanding of optical methods to diagnose and treat brain cancers known as gilomas. Sanchez has entered the Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Erlinda Ulloa Receives U.S. Student Fulbright Award
UC San Diego's Erlinda Ulloa has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student scholarship to Argentina in Medicine. The award was announced in August 2006 by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Erlinda is one of more than 1,200 U.S. citizens who are traveling abroad this academic year through the Fulbright Program. Erlinda graduated Magna Cum Laude with double degrees in animal physiology & neuroscience and psychology, with an emphasis in clinical psychology. She was a McNair Scholar, a UC LEADS Scholar, and a Chancellor's Research Scholar, among other honors.
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UC Davis Bridge to the Doctorate Fellows Win Top Awards
Raquel Orozco, top, and Cecilia Osorio have brought home the gold! Racquel, second year BD graduate student in chemical engineering, is the HENNAC/ Duke Energy Foundation Scholarship & Top Graduate Recipient. Cecilia, second year BD graduate student in plant biology, has been awarded a SACNAS Genome Scholars Fellowship, with $25,000 funding for graduate research. Read more about these two winners.
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YAZMIN CAZARES
Sophomore, Chemistry; Graduate of Mar Vista High School, Imperial Beach, CA 2005
Research Experience:
- CAMP Summer Scholars Program; currently conducting research on hydrate clathrates, Melissa Prado, UCI Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow, mentor
Activities & Awards:
- Calculus Tutor, tutoring CAMP students in Calculus 2A
- CAMP Summer Scholars Symposium Presenter
- American Chemical Society Scholarship
- JD Bud and Vonda Webb Foundation Scholarship
- Women's Club of Imperial Beach
- California Scholarship Federation Scholarship
Presented Research to CAMP Statewide Directors:
- Chosen as one of two presenters to speak with the CAMP directors from eight UCs about my accomplishments in the research field.
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Success Attributed to Substantial California LSAMP Representation at SACNAS 2007
Read about the UC/CAMP student groups that attended this major national conference--who presented and took home accolades for outstanding research.
UC Irvine's Martha Mecartney is Professor of the Year
Martha Mecartney, professor of chemical engineering and materials science, was honored as Professor of the Year at UC Irvine's 13th annual Celebration of Teaching event. Professor Mecartney is a long-time CAMP mentor and helped to create AGEP at UC Irvine. Her support of undergraduate research is legendary, and she has regularly served as a judge at the CAMP Statewide Undergraduate Research Symposium. Mecartney was previously recognized by the National Science Foundation's Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Mentoring (2003). She was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research grant of $400k for her research, "The Role of Crystallographic Defects in Ceramic Superplasticity."
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