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Multiple Nobel laureates and National Academy members will be featured in a July 27-August 7 virtual summer school quantum science showcase on COVID-19 co-sponsored by Texas A&M University, Princeton University and Baylor University in partnership with the Texas A&M Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering.

Congratulations to Caltech chemist, 2000 Texas A&M chemistry graduate and College Station native Dr. Thomas F. Miller III, who has been selected by the Texas A&M College of Science for its highest alumni honor — induction into the college's Academy of Distinguished Former Students.

Senior biology and statistics double major Johnathan Lo '21 is one of two students selected as Texas A&M's latest recipients of $10,000 scholarships from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which seeks to strengthen U.S. leadership in science and technology by supporting the nation's best undergraduate students pursuing STEM majors.

Texas A&M seniors Mary-Catherine Clark '20 and Oscar Gonzalez '20 have been selected as 2020 recipients of the John B. Beckham Award in Science, the College of Science's highest mark of distinction recognizing students who best exemplify characteristics of academic achievement, character, leadership and extracurricular activities.

Congratulations to Texas A&M mathematician and lead undergraduate advisor Heather Ramsey '02, one of two 2020 recipients of the John J. Koldus III Faculty and Staff Achievement Award presented annually by the Texas A&M Division of Student Affairs to honor deserving individuals for their strong interest in overall student development and success.

Sophomore biology students Allison Baker '23 and Emily Chapa '23 have been selected as 2020-21 Texas A&M Beckman Scholars, a prestigious national award intended to recognize and support outstanding undergraduate researchers in chemistry and the biological sciences.

Texas A&M students interested in learning more about the fundamental science behind COVID-19 and other trending topics while satisfying a CORE science requirement will have a unique opportunity to explore such issues in real time this fall, courtesy of a new interdisciplinary course team-taught by instructors from the College of Science and College of Liberal Arts.

Congratulations to Texas A&M physicist and Cyclotron Institute member Ralf Rapp, one of four faculty named to Texas A&M's 2020 class of University Professorship holders, a distinction established in 2019 to recognize, elevate and amplify faculty achievement and impact.

Congratulations to Texas A&M Statistics' Alyssa Brigham, one of five campus-wide recipients of the 2020 President's Award for Academic Advising and the seventh such honoree from Texas A&M Science since 2005.

A Texas A&M-sized thanks and gig 'em to Texas A&M chemist Ganesa Gopalakrishnan, the organic chemistry artist affectionately known as "G.G.," who is retiring May 31 after four decades of educating, encouraging and inspiring an estimated 25,000 Texas A&M students.

Texas A&M Science remembers Clint Crampton '99, an academic advisor within the Texas A&M Biology Undergraduate Program since 2004 who was revered for his humor, warmth and generosity, as well as his empathy for and understanding of Texas A&M students and their families.

Congratulations to 1986 Texas A&M statistics graduate Dr. Katherine "Kathy" Ensor, Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University, who has been elected as the 117th president of the American Statistical Association.