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Graduate Student Awards Symposium - October 21, 2010

The annual School of Pharmacy Graduate Student Awards Symposium took place at 3:30 PM in the Lawson Building. A large number of faculty and graduate students attended. The ceremony began with the awarding of the Kienly Awards for outstanding graduate student teaching, which were followed by the Jenkins/Knevel Awards for excellence in research.

The Albert and Anna Kienly Awards for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student

The Kienly Awards have been endowed since 1976 by gifts from Dr. Albert V. Kienly, Jr. of the Class of 1940, as well as by an anonymous faculty gift in memory of Dr. Kienly's father and mother. Dr. Kienly's father graduated from the Purdue University School of Pharmacy in 1901.
 
  
Dr. Robert Geahlen, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, opened the symposium with the history of the awards.   Kienly Award winner Lori B. Karpes, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy
 
  
Kienly Award winner Jaimeen D. Majmudar, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology   Kienly Award winner John D. McCorvy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
 
  
Kienly Award winner Brittany L. Melton, Department of Pharmacy Practice   The Kienly Award winners with Dr. Geahlen.
 

The Jenkins-Knevel Awards for Excellence in Research

The Jenkins-Knevel Awards for Excellence in Research are supported by Dr. Serena Ford, daughter of Dr. Glenn L. Jenkins, Dean of the School of Pharmacy from 1941 to 1966, and other donors. They are given in honor of Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Adelbert M. Knevel (PhD '57), professor emeritus, School of Pharmacy. Each winner presented a brief talk about their award-winning research.
 
  
Jared A. Baird, Jenkins-Knevel award winner for Industrial and Physical Pharmacy   Jared spoke on "Understanding Crystalization Tendency of Organic Molecules from the Undercooled Melt and Glassy State.".
 
  
Jared and Dr. Geahlen   Maris A. Cinelli, Jenkins-Knevel award winner for Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
 
  
Maris's topic was "From Solvent Smells to Gels and Cells: Development of 14-Substituted Aromathecins as Topoisomerase I Inhibitors"   Maris and Dr. Geahlen
 
  
Nicholas E. Hagemeier, Jenkins-Knevel award winner from Pharmacy Practice.   Nick talked about "Is Graduate School a Rational Investment? An Economic Analysis of Pursuing a Ph.D. Degree after Completion of a Pharm.D. Degree".
 
  
Nick and Dr. Geahlen   Jiao Song, Jenkins-Knevel award winner for Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
 
  
Jiao discussed "Development of mass spectrometric tools for the cellular characterization of protein prenylation".   Jiao and Dr. Geahlen
 
  
The other award and fellowship winners were also recognized.   The Jenkins-Knevel award winners with Dr. Geahlen
 

Photos from the reception

  
 
  
 
  
 
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