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Faculty and student honors

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

IU Biology faculty members honored with IU Bicentennial Medal

To date, eleven faculty members from the IU Biology have been presented with the IU Bicentennial Medal in recognition of distinguished service to Indiana University.

According to the University Honors and Awards website:

The Bicentennial Medal is awarded to organizations and individuals who—through their personal, professional, artistic, or philanthropic efforts—have broadened the reach of Indiana University around the state, nation, and world. The medals themselves are unique, made from materials salvaged from the old bells which hung in the Student Building on the IU Bloomington campus, giving recipients a lasting piece of IU history. The Bicentennial Medal honors distinguished and distinctive service, broadly defined, in support of Indiana University's mission as a public university, individuals who have enlarged the footprint of IU, or have helped to put IU on the map in unique ways. Those receiving the Bicentennial Medal should be seen as models for future students, faculty, alumni, and organizations to emulate as IU enters its third century.

Recipients

Biology faculty members who received the medal are:

**Keith Clay**, Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Image by Terri Greene

**Lynda Delph**, Distinguished Professor. Courtesy photo

**Roger Hangarter**, Distinguished Professor. Photo by Heather Reynolds

Roger Innes. — **Roger Innes**, Distinguished Professor. Photo by Venus Leah Photography

**Thom Kaufman**, Distinguished Professor. Courtesy photo

Ellen Ketterson. — **Ellen Ketterson**; Distinguished Professor; Science Advisor and Founding Director, Environmental Resilience Institute. Photo by Sandee Milhouse

**Curt Lively**, Distinguished Professor. Photo by Sandee Milhouse

**Jeff Palmer**, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Class of 1955 Professor. Photo by Indiana University

**Craig Pikaard**, Distinguished Professor, Carlos O. Miller Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Photo by Sandee Milhouse

**E. William "Bill" Ruf**, Senior Lecturer. Courtesy photo

**Mike Wade**, Distinguished Professor. Photo by Sandee Milhouse

Editor’s note (Jan. 6, 2021): Professor Matthew Hahn was awarded the IU Bicentennial Medal in December 2020 after this newsletter had been published.

Undergraduate receives prestigious award

Undergraduate Andrew Quest, who completed his junior year this spring, has been selected to receive the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, which will provide $7,500 in support during his senior year. He was chosen from a pool of some 1,300 candidates nominated by 461 colleges and universities. Goldwater Scholarships are granted to exceptionally promising students in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics.

Quest has a dual major in microbiology and chemistry. He has been experimenting with palladium catalysis in the lab of IU Professor of Chemistry Silas Cook. After graduation, Quest’s next step will be to earn a doctorate in chemistry, leading toward his ultimate goal of teaching and running a research lab at a university.

Quest is the 15th departmental major to receive the award.

Department of Biology