Professor Arnold Gerall earned his Ph.D. in 1951 from Iowa State University, and joined the faculty of Tulane University in 1961. His primary research focus in physiological psychology spans over half a century and has been seminal particularly in the areas of sexual differentiation and reproduction.
Concurrent with a Festschrift in 1991 to celebrate his contributions to the field of physiological psychology, Professor Gerall's friends, colleagues, and former students established a research prize in his name. The Arnold Gerall Prize in Neuroscience annually recognizes a Tulane College or Newcomb College senior for excellence in psychology and neuroscience. Recent recipients were Kate Frankola and Jeni O'Malley (2008), Steven Bright (2007), Vishnu Cuddapah and Carolyn Pauker (2006), Ellen Hosemann (2005), Clayton Smith (2004), Lacey Sahuque (2003), Christopher May (2002), Elizabeth Rarick (2001), and Jessica Wiegand (2000), . The honor's theses that each of these students completed carried on the strong tradition of neuroscience research that Professor Gerall fostered at Tulane.
The Senior Scholar Award is awarded annually to the outstanding graduating Neuroscience major in the Honors Program. Congratulations to Cassandra Kovach and Christina Thomas, the 2008 Senior Scholars in Neuroscience.
Previous winners:
Spring 2000: Jessica Wiegand
December 2002: Abigail Hoffmann
Spring 2003: Mollie Teng
Spring 2004: Clayton Smith
Spring 2005: Amy Clark & Robert Eil
Spring 2006 : Sanmati Rao
Spring 2007 : Amelia Decker and Sarah Atkinson
Congratulations to the 2008 Newcomb Scholars : Heather Klaven, Jennifer O'Keefe, Cassandra Kovach and Christina Thomas
Tulane 34 recognizes outstanding Tulane undergraduates and graduate/professional school students for their community service, student leadership and academic achievement. It’s an opportunity both to recognize outstanding student accomplishment and to underscore the significance and breadth of citizenship and public service activities woven into academic life at Tulane. The award recognizes a broad range of citizenship and public service activities in which our students excel. These include volunteer service in established programs, informal forms of service, new student initiatives, and participation in the Tulane student organization activities and student governance.
Congratulations to the 2008 Tulane 34 Award Winner: Ahmed Salahudeen.
The recipient of this prestigious award in 2007 was Amelia Decker.
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