UB Biological Science Students Win Awards

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Students in the UB Department of Biological Sciences received awards at the department's graduation convocation ceremony held earlier this month.

Amy Marie Piwowar of Buffalo received the Christopher White Memorial Award, which is presented to an outstanding senior who will attend graduate school. The award is given in honor of White, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in biological sciences from UB. White was killed in an automobile accident in 1998.

Piwowar also was inducted into the Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Pasquale Evangelista of Grand Island received the Irving R. Knoblock Endowment Scholarship Award, which provides financial assistance to a select number of outstanding students in the biological sciences. The scholarship was endowed by Knobloch, professor emeritus at Michigan State University who received bachelor's and master's degrees from UB.

Mark Robida of Grand Island was named Outstanding Senior in the Department of Biological Sciences. Robida also was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Others inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, as well as those listed in "Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges" are:

AMHERST: Nancy Urban, Phi Beta Kappa

APALACHIN: Marcie Struck, Phi Beta Kappa

ASTORIA: Thomas Hahambis, Phi Beta Kappa

BROOKLYN: Latanya Austin, "Who's Who"

BUFFALO: Regina Campbell-Malone, "Who's Who" and Phi Beta Kappa

EAST AMHERST: Neal Luther, Phi Beta Kappa, and Melissa Wolf, Phi Beta Kappa

LANCASTER: Antoinette Valenti, Phi Beta Kappa

LIVERPOOL: Selina Martin, Phi Beta Kappa

LOCKPORT: Amy E. Leach, Phi Beta Kappa; Michelle Savigny, "Who's Who" and Phi Beta Kappa, and Amie Tucker, Phi Beta Kappa

MACEDON: Timothy P. Dennie, Phi Beta Kappa

MEMPHIS: Matthew Mullin, "Who's Who" and Phi Beta Kappa

MT. SINAI: Jennifer Romer, Phi Beta Kappa

NISKAYUNA: Alexander Stessin, Phi Beta Kappa

NORTH BELLMORE: Christopher Mannino, "Who's Who and Phi Beta Kappa

SOUND BEACH: Steven Roach, "Who's Who" and Phi Beta Kappa

SNYDER: Christopher Boles, "Who's Who"

STATEN ISLAND: Jocelyn Lieb, Phi Beta Kappa

WILLIAMSVILLE: David Cipolla, Phi Beta Kappa; Veronica Eisen, Phi Beta Kappa; Michael S. Gough, Phi Beta Kappa, and Michael Rivero, Phi Beta Kappa.