The CAN lab was out in force at the 2013 LUROP Research symposium. Callie Short gave a talk followed by Poster presentations by Ryan Brisson, Will Beishel, Laura Endris, Elise Gagnon, Matt Kmeiick, Nirav Patel, Izabelle Rymut, and Beccy Shukhman. The lab also celebrated with Matt Kmeicik as he received the 2013 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Paper Award at the LUROP award ceremony. Add Comment The day before the Sujack Award ceremony, Matt, Ryan, Krishna, Natalie and Beccy and I sat at a dark table in San Francisco illuminated by the bright smile of the Vietnamese woman cooking us lunch. A cockroach had been spotted but the food was savory and the coffee strong and sweet. Accomplishment was fresh as we celebrated new friends, future possibilities in graduate and medical school, and successful presentations at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting. Later in the day back at the Chinatown loft we were sharing, we met with a colleague from another university who was trying to find her career path. I reflected on my own improbable path: molecular biology; polymers and sculpture; a string of generous people willing to chance on a long shot; starting an education nonprofit; a post-doctoral fellowship at the last possible moment, followed by a tenure track job the year of the stock market crash; a bright young colleague willing to experiment with co-mentoring a research lab; and brilliant, motivated, students showing up on my door step. This was a winding path populated by so many blessings and occasionally by courage. I looked at our divining colleague and my students ready to jump towards exciting futures. Do what you love...the rest, will follow. I know why I am here. Thanks to the Sujack family, Anne Figert and the rest of the Sujack Awards committee, my supportive family, friends, mentors and colleagues. But most of all, thanks to my student collaborators in learning. Awards are great, but the true reward is being able to do what I love with all of you! Bob CANlabber Ryan Brisson will be inducted into the Maroon & Gold Society in recognition of his commitment to leadership, academic excellence, and service to others. Members represent a cross-section of undergraduate communities and leadership paths at the university.Maroon & Gold Society members exemplify holistic development – the fusion of the academic, personal, spiritual, and character dimensions of student development. Society members are living examples of an integrated Jesuit education for leadership. As such, these rising seniors will act as a liaison between the student body and the President of the University. Elise and Val in action! Congratulations to CANlabber Val Flores who received the Child and Family Fellowship to fund work on the development of analogical reasoning with fellow CANlabbers Dr. Morrison, Elise Gagnon, Sarah Zaza, and Riley Sticca. Dane's the scared one! Congratulations to CANlab graduate student Dane Wendell who received the prestigious Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowship for his work involving the neural correlates of political ideology. Way to go Dane! |