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Kyndal Irwin, Ph.D. student

Kyndal Irwin was recently awarded a Sisterhood Scholar Award from P.E.O. for the 2026-27 academic year. The $25,000 scholarship will support her research on the environmental drivers of cognition and behavior in freshwater vertebrate species. Kyndal is a Ph.D. student in the lab of Dr. Caitlin Gabor. Congrats to Kyndal! (Posted 4-3-2026).

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Heshini (left) and Ikechukwu (right) with their awards.

Students win awards! Ikechukwu Opara (M.S.) and Heshini Weerakkody (Ph.D.) won 2nd and 3rd place for best oral presentation at the 87th American Society of Plant Biologists -Southern Section annual conference held on March 13 - 15 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Both students are in Dr. Nihal Dharmasiri's lab where they conduct research on the regulating role of auxin in plant biochemical pathways. Congratulations to Ikechukwu and Heshini. (Posted 3-26-2026)

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