Catherine Rushworth (Mitchell-Olds Lab) has been awarded the J. S. Karling Graduate Research Fellowship for her proposal, "Insights into the Origin and Persistence of Apomixis in the Boechera Holboellii Species Complex."

The Edgar T. Wherry Award for the best paper contributed to the Pteridological (Fern) Section went to Fay-Wei-Li (Pryer Lab), for "Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer of a Chimeric Photoreceptor within Ferns."

The Rausher Lab takes pride in their former postdoc, Stacey Smith, who won the first Emerging Leader Award from the Botanical Society of America. According to the BSA website, "Dr. Smith is an accomplished researcher with a true commitment to education and outreach and a willingness to step into leadership roles. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder."

Hurrah!