UAA Anthropology major, Kari Hanson, was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund her travel to the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Conference in Columbus, Ohio.  She presented her research Juvenile-directed aggressive and agonistic interactions in Alouatta paliatta, mantled howler monkeys.  Her faculty mentor is Gwen Lupfer-Johnson, Psychology. 

UAA Chemistry major, Mindy Graham, was awarded a Discovery Grant to help fund her travel to the American Society for Microbiology-Alaska Branch Conference in Fairbanks, Alaska.  She presented her research Panton-Valentine leukocidin expression in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from rural Alaska.  Her faculty mentors are John Kennish, Chemistry and Karen Rudolph, with the Center for Disease Control.   

UAA Psychology major, Michelle Scott-Weber, was awarded a Discovery Grant to fund her travel to the Association of Behavior Analysis International Convention in Chicago, Illinois.  She presented her research Within-Session Changes in Responding of Dwarf Hamsters (Phodopus campbelli).  Her faculty mentors are Gwen Lupfer-Johnson, Psychology and Eric Murphy, Psychology. 

Read about previous years' winners in the 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 and 2003-04 Archive pages.