2016 – 2017 CNAS Scholarship Recipients Announced

The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Executive Committee announced the recipients of the 2016 – 2017 CNAS scholarships. Among the recipients were two CNAS Science Ambassadors, Amanda Tedesco and Abigail Burr (pictured here) and UCR's recent Goldwater Scholar, Shannon Sweitzer.

 A full list of recipients is listed below. Congratulations to all or our talented and amazing undergraduate and graduate students!

• Bernarr J. Hall Agricultural Scholarship
  Alexandra Vanecek, Senior, Entomology
• Dana King Scholarship
  Rebecca Dumanski, Junior, Plant Biology
• Hasegawa Memorial Fund
  Joshua Dansie, Senior, Plant Biology
  Natalie Fischer, Senior, Biology
• Mark and Eve Schroeder Endowed Student Award
  Rayanatou Keita, Junior, Mathematics
• Nathaniel T. Coleman Endowed Scholarship Fund
  Christ Ordookhanian, Senior, Biochemistry
  Shannon Sweitzer, Junior, Mathematics
  Amanda Tedesco, Junior, Neuroscience
• Dr. Janet M. Boyce Memorial Endowed Fund for Women Majoring in the Sciences
  Fatemeh Barati, Graduate Student, Physics
• Dr. Mir S. Mulla & Leila Mulla Endowed Scholarship Fund
  Aleksandr Knyshov, Graduate Student, Entomology
  Xueqing Lu, Graduate Student, Genomics, Genetics, Bioinformatics
• Herbert Kraft Scholarship
  Paul Masonick, Graduate Student, Entomology
• James and Margaret Lesley Annual Prize
  Abigail Burr, Senior, Microbiology
• James Merrill and Adeline Wallace Annual Prize
  Yichong Fan, Graduate Student, Environmental Toxicology
• Charles W. Coggins, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund
  Beth Peacock, Graduate Student, Plant Pathology
  Kelsey Shall, Graduate Student. Entomology
• Tejal Reddy Endowed Graduate Award Fund
  Samuel Hinman, Graduate Student, Environmental Toxicology