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Source: UF College of Medicine

The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) announced on May 28, 2020 that Raymond Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute, was named a recipient of ASCO’s prestigious Conquer Cancer Global Oncology Foundation Young Investigator Award.

The award, a one-year grant of $50,000 given annally to promising investigators, encourages and promotes quality research in clinical oncology. Dr....

International Trivia was organized by Graduate Student Organization (GSO) of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department (ABE), as part of their mentoring program. ABE has a mentoring program to ensure a smooth transition of all newly admitted graduate students every year. As part of the online weekly graduate meetings, a fun international trivia was organized by Graduate Student Organization on Zoom, with all graduate mentors and mentees, using Kahoot, a game-based online learning platform. Trivia theme was based on world cultures, foods, languages and other topics.

Congratulations to the recipients!

Any undergraduate or graduate students interested in Boren Awards or other prestigious fellowships in the future should contact UF’s External Scholarship & Fellowship Coordinator, Kelly J. Medley, at kmedley@honors.ufl.edu for more information. For the upcoming application cycle, our campus deadline is Friday, January 8, 2021 at 5pmEST.

Faculty interested in serving on our campus application review committee can also reach out to Kelly at kmedley@honors.ufl.edu.

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