{"73713":{"#nid":"73713","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Student Awarded Goldwater Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAndrea Barrett was awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is a premier undergraduate award in the fields of math, science and engineering and the scholarship is given to students who plan on pursuing graduate school.  Winners are selected  on the basis of their academic merit, research experience and faculty recommendations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBarrett received a two-year scholarship that will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The recognition for outstanding academic merit and other accomplishments makes the hard work that I have put in at Georgia Tech worth it,\u0022 said Barrett.  \u0022This award will continue to be rewarding as I apply to graduate school and other prestigious scholarships, since the Goldwater Scholarship has gained the attention of prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs and graduate school admissions.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBarrett is a sophomore, Biomedical Engineering major.  She spent last summer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology doing research and she will head to Japan for a research internship this summer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBarrett\u0027s career goals include pursuing a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics and conducting research in biomedical engineering and bioinformatics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Andrea Barrett wins national scholarship"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Andrea Barrett was awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship awarded to Tech student"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-05-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:33","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73714":{"id":"73714","type":"image","title":"Andrea Barrett","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73714"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.act.org\/goldwater\/yyschrel.html","title":"Goldwater Scholarship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}