Lion's Share of Awards Goes to McMicken Grad Students

Nearly 180 applications were submitted for the University Research Council’s Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowship program. Sixty-five students from 10 UC colleges will receive stipends to support their continued work throughout the 2008 summer months. All recipients are listed in the full story on UC's Web site.

 

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