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Student Spotlight

Find Your Center: From Bench to Bill

When people think about science policy, they might picture a one-way relationship: scientists make discoveries, and policymakers decide how to use them. But according to Antonia Kowalewski, co-president of the Harvard Griffin GSAS Science Policy Group...
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Celebrating Our Students’ Awards and Achievements

Congratulations to all our students who have earned awards this year! Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance have truly paid off. We are proud of your achievements and inspired by your commitment to excellence.

2025-2026 KGCRF Career Catalyst Awardees
Antonia Kowalewski (BBS, Getz lab)
Amy Yu (BBS, Kanarek lab)

2026 Landry Cancer Biology Research Fellows
Shadwa Bayoumi (BBS, Stegmaier lab)
Lewis Hendrianto (BBS, Mancias lab)
Hanjun Lee (BBS, Elledge lab)
Caroline Pitton (BBS, Johnstone lab)
Honorary Fellow: Madelaine Theardy (BBS, Sankaran lab)

2026 KGCRF Professional Development Awardees 
KGCRF Rising Young Scientist Awards (up to G3s)
Shadwa Bayoumi (BBS, Stegmaier lab)
Caroline Pitton (BBS, Johnstone lab)

KGCRF Early Career Scientist Awards (G4s and up)
Margaret Dreishpoon (BBS, Toker lab)
Amy Yu (BBS, Kanarek lab)

Happy Birthday!

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Wishing you a year of exciting discoveries, productive experiments, and meaningful progress in your research and training. Your hard work and curiosity are vital to our scientific community. Enjoy your day, take pride in how far you’ve come, and we look forward to all you will accomplish in the year ahead.
 

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Day

Knowlton, Emily 

1

Shue, Larry 

3

Sadagopan, Ananthan 

4

Cheng, Jack 

5

Turner, Aasha 

5

Metali, Redi 

7

Navarro, Fran 

7

Temple, Emily R

10

Kattel, Prabhat 

15

Sheehan-Klenk, Julia 

15

Walsh, Michelle 

17

Weksler, Naama 

17

Arnold, Eboni Monae 

20

Hansen, Lisa 

20

Bambach, Nicholas 

22

Crosby, Caroline 

22

Song, Sally 

23

Xiao, Qian 

23

Huang, Edward 

25

Dreishpoon, Margaret 

27

Wolff, Alex 

27

Shi, Yingxiao  (TK)

28

Davis, Jillian 

29

Mantri, Shreya 

29

Van Dervort, Alana 

31

Community News & Highlights