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During the week of November 14-17, 2022, doctoral students from the Department of Microbiology provided microbiology demonstrations in Kim Whitehead’s fifth grade STEM enrichment class.

Silke Andresen awarded the 2022 "William Jackson and Jane Marshall Payne Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology" during our annual Jack Payne Alumni Seminar by alumna Dr. Chelsey VanDrisse on November 3, 2022. 

Ronnie Fulton of the Downs Lab is the recipient of the 2022 Dr. Juergen Wiegel Award.  The award was announced on October 13, 2022 at the Dr. Juergen Wiegel seminar given by Dr. Bradley Tolar. The Dr. Juergen Wiegel Graduate Award in Microbiology was established by Dr.