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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Recruiting and Outreach Committee wishes to congratulate the High School student researchers in Dr. Betsy Arnold’s lab !<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>These students, mentored by Dr. Arnold and members of the Arnold lab (Jakob riddle, Chan Jung, Frankie Orozoco and Nick Massimo: <a href="http://arnoldlab.net">http://arnoldlab.net</a>), have been recognized for excellence at recent science fairs and symposia and have been selected to participate in national and international competitions. All of these students are interested in majoring in Plant Sciences or Microbiology upon enrolling next year at the UA! Congratulations to these students for their achievements and to the Arnold lab for their energy and commitment to helping these young researchers realize their goals. These students will be a great asset to the Plant Sciences undergraduate program in future years. <br><b><br><i>Ochana Otto, Senior, Tucson High • A Newly Discovered Microbial Symbiosis Protects Important Crop Plants Against Severe Drought</i></b><br>Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair Awards: 1st Place, with cash/scholarship awards from the Catalina Rotary Club and Phi Beta Association.<br>Arizona Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Awards: $1500 scholarship; all-expenses paid trip to the national Junior Science and Humanities Symposia in Bethesda, MD (<b><a href="http://www.jshs.org/">http://www.jshs.org/</a></b>).<br>For more information about Ochana: <a href="http://www.endobiodiversity.org/congratulations-ochana-otto-dimensions-biodiversity-high-school-fellow">http://www.endobiodiversity.org/congratulations-ochana-otto-dimensions-biodiversity-high-school-fellow</a><br clear=all><b><br>Amber Ross<i>, Senior, Tucson High • Biofuel Production: Degree of Cellulase Activity in Endolichenic and Endophytic Fungi</i></b><br>Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair Awards: 2nd Place, cash award from BioFuels Research, U of A School of Plant Sciences Certificate, United States Navy Certificate, all-expenses paid trip to International Sustainable World Project Olympiad, an international competition in Houston, TX (<b><a href="http://www.isweeep.org/">http://www.isweeep.org/</a></b>). For more information about Amber: <a href="http://www.endobiodiversity.org/people/amber-ross">http://www.endobiodiversity.org/people/amber-ross</a><br><i><br><b>Wes MacDonald, Alexia Avey • MacDonald Home School • Prickly Pathogens: A study of human-pathogenic microbes on cactus spines.</b></i><br>Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair Awards: 1st Place, Tucson Cactus & Succulent Society Certificate and cash award; all-expenses paid trip to Genius Olympiad Trophy Competition -- an international science competition held in New York in summer 2012 (<b><a href="http://www.geniusolympiad.org/">http://www.geniusolympiad.org/</a></b>).<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Tanya M. Quist</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Assistant Professor & Academic Advisor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>317 Forbes Bldg. School of Plant Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Plant Sciences Office: (520) 621-1582<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Website: <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/spls/undergraduate"><span style='color:blue'>http://cals.arizona.edu/spls/undergraduate</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Webdings;color:#76923C'>P</span></b><b><span style='color:#76923C'> Please consider the environment before printing this email</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>