{"617715":{"#nid":"617715","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Selected for 2019 Beckman Scholars Program ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been selected to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/beckman_foundation_announces_2019_beckman_scholars_program_awardees\/prweb16067722.htm\u0022\u003Ethe 2019 class of Beckman Scholars Program Awardees\u003C\/a\u003E. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.beckman-foundation.org\/\u0022\u003EArnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E gives these awards annually to colleges and universities that support basic research in chemistry and life sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is one of only 13 institutions in the U.S. to be named to the 2019 class. The Institute last participated in the program \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.beckman-foundation.org\/programs\/beckman-scholars-award-recipients\u0022\u003Ein 2008\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award enables Tech to offer through 2021 six undergraduate scholarships \u0026ndash; each worth about $20,000. Scholars must commit to working in chemistry or life science research continuously for 15 months with any of the following College of Sciences faculty:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry: M.G. Finn, Stefan France, Nicholas Hud, Raquel Lieberman, Adegboyega Oyelere, Angus Wilkinson, and Ronghu Wu\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences: Gregory Gibson, Michael Goodisman, Lin Jiang, Julia Kubanek, Frank Stewart, and Todd Streelman\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESchool of Physics: Daniel Goldman and Simon Sponberg\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The Beckman Scholars Program provides support for our most talented undergraduates to participate in immersive and extended research experiences,\u0026quot; says David Collard, interim dean of the College of Sciences, who serves as director of the program at Georgia Tech. \u0026quot;The participating faculty are among the most accomplished mentors of undergraduate researchers in the College of Sciences\u0026quot;.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrevious Georgia Tech Beckman Scholars have published their undergraduate research in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and presented it at national conferences. They have gone to top graduate programs and medical schools and entered into rewarding careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong them is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ohsu.edu\/xd\/education\/schools\/school-of-medicine\/departments\/basic-science-departments\/behn\/people\/hood.cfm\u0022\u003ERebecca Hood\u003C\/a\u003E, a former biochemistry major who graduated in 2010. Georgia Tech selected her to receive a Beckman scholarship because of her commitment to research. She was first introduced to undergraduate research as part of a course with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hud\/\u0022\u003ENicholas Hud\u003C\/a\u003E when she was a first-year student, and\u0026nbsp;then she worked with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/oyelere\/\u0022\u003EAdegboyega \u0026ldquo;Yomi\u0026rdquo; Oyelere\u003C\/a\u003E for three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Oyelere\u0026rsquo;s lab, Hood tested the efficacy of anticancer drugs developed and synthesized by Oyelere\u0026rsquo;s group. That undergraduate research experience yielded two publications, one in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23622981\u0022\u003EBioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters\u003C\/a\u003E and another in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19093884\u0022\u003Ethe Journal of Medicinal Chemistry\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The scholarship allowed me to really focus on my undergraduate research,\u0026rdquo; Hood says. \u0026ldquo;Before I got the scholarship, I considering stopping my research to get a job to pay for living expenses. The scholarship meant I could continue my research and get paid.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHood is a Ph.D. student at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). She believes the undergraduate research made possible by her Beckman scholarship helped her find employment immediately after receiving her B.S. degree. After working in a research lab at Emory University, she moved to OHSU. She hopes to complete her Ph.D. degree in 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am positive that I would not be in my current graduate program without having gotten a strong foundation in research during my time as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech. That was made possible by the scholarship and Dr. Oyelere\u0026rsquo;s mentorship.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Award will support prestigious undergraduate scholarships over the next three years"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been selected to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/beckman_foundation_announces_2019_beckman_scholars_program_awardees\/prweb16067722.htm\u0022\u003Ethe 2019 class of Beckman Scholars Program Awardees\u003C\/a\u003E. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.beckman-foundation.org\/\u0022\u003EArnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E gives these awards annually to colleges and universities that support basic research in chemistry and life sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Award will support prestigious undergraduate scholarships over the next three years."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-02-12 20:04:35","changed_gmt":"2019-02-14 14:42:45","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617714":{"id":"617714","type":"image","title":"Former Beckman scholar Rebecca Hood","body":null,"created":"1550000725","gmt_created":"2019-02-12 19:45:25","changed":"1550000725","gmt_changed":"2019-02-12 19:45:25","alt":"Former Beckman scholar Rebecca hood, who was a biochemistry major","file":{"fid":"235126","name":"2019 Rebecca Hood.photo_.3x2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Rebecca%20Hood.photo_.3x2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Rebecca%20Hood.photo_.3x2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":529544,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2019%20Rebecca%20Hood.photo_.3x2.jpg?itok=00QGfZn4"}}},"media_ids":["617714"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180490","name":"Beckman scholars program"},{"id":"180491","name":"Rebecca Hood"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}