ARVO
2007 was held again in lovely Ft. Lauderdale and many of us
attended. Dr. Wildsoet, Dr. Zhang , Dr. Tian and Dr. Tarrant all
gave paper talks at ARVO this year. In addation Aaron Sullivan,
James Su, Kandy Guan and Maria Liu all presented posters.
As
they Say "But That's not All" We had a number of additional
awards recieved by members of the lab as well this month.
Stephanie
was awarded the Melis Medal for Best Power Point Presentation Award.
James
Su was awarded the University Teaching Award for his work as a Graduate
Student Instructor this year.
Lastly
but certainly not least Gloria Chiu was the recipient of
the Michael Harris Award.
Also
we would like to congratsulate Dr. Yibin Tian for competing his
dissertation. Great job there Dr. Tian, We'll miss you here.
April
2007
Congratulations are to Dr. Chris for winning the Distinguished
Faculty Mentor Award for her "outstanding commitment to
developing and supporting graduate student researchers". This
award was given to her due to the testimonials of her past and current
graduates students who banded together to get her nominated. The
committee was as impressed with her commitment as we were proud
of her and awarded her, along with two other equally distinguished
faculty, the award.
January
2007
Congratulations
to Yibin Tian on the birth of his baby
girl. English name: Miranda Shi Tian
Chinese name: Miran Tian
Time of birth: 04:26am, 01/08/2007
Place of birth: Kaiser Permenente San Francisco
Weight: 7.5 pounds
Height: 21 inches
July
2006
More
Congratulations are in order this month. First off we all wish to
congratulate Dr. Wildsoet on being promoted to Full Professor. This
MIlestone achievement is indead well deserved by Dr. Wildsoet and
well celebratedby us.
Next
we would also like to congratulate Gloria Chiu for being awarded
the Optometry Leadership Grant. In addition to congratulating Gloria
we we can add the Neumueller Award to Nina Tran and Sara Chiu for
their OD thesis research. This award is offered by the American
Academy of Optometry and is a US-wide competition.
May
2006
Congratulations
graduates. Especially Nina, Sarah and Annie who all were awarded
the Deans award this year. Their Undergraduate Thesis Abstracts
are viewable here.
