TGS Announces Presidential Fellowship Awardees 2010-2012
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the following recipients of the Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious fellowship awarded by Northwestern University. Recipients of the Presidential Fellowship become part of Northwestern University's Society of Fellows, which enables stellar students from across the University to have interdisciplinary interactions with peers from a range of fields. This year's recipients are: Darja Bamming (Biological Sciences), Tiffany Davis (Mechanical Engineering), Glenn Ford (Mathematics), Meghan Roberts (History), Jennifer Rosen (Sociology), Michael Slater (English), and Alexander Spokoyny (Chemistry). Please see the Presidential Fellows Web site for additional information about this unique opportunity.

Patrick Ryan Wins Graduate Student Award for 60th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is pleased to announce that Patrick Ryan, a fourth year PhD student, has been selected to attend the 60th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. This event is an interdisciplinary meeting dedicated to the Laureates in chemistry, physics, medicine/physiology and will give Patrick the opportunity to network with some of the greatest minds in science.

H1N1 Vaccine Available to Northwestern Graduate Students
The University Health Service will be offering H1N1 vaccinations to Northwestern students with valid WildCARDS. It is no longer necessary for students to meet CDC priority criteria in order to obtain vaccination. The availability of the vaccine is limited; graduate students wishing to receive the H1N1 vaccine must schedule an appointment. For more information about the H1N1 vaccine, please visit the University Health Service Web site.

TGS Announces New Dependent Care Grant
The Graduate School is establishing a new Dependent Care Grant in order to assist PhD and MFA student caregivers in participating as fully as possible in the wealth of professional development opportunities available to them in their time at Northwestern. The Grant provides funds to graduate students to offset the financial burdens of dependent care that arise because of a student’s participation in learned society meetings, academic conferences, workshops or other events on Northwestern’s campus or beyond, that extend beyond the normal academic responsibilities of the student’s home department or of The Graduate School. Graduate students interested in learning more about - and applying for - the Dependent Care Grant can access the application guidelines and form online.

Plant Biology and Conservation
Rebecca Tonietto

Rebecca Tonietto is in the graduate program for Plant Biology and Conservation, a joint venture with The Chicago Botanic Garden. Her work is a study of native bees in urban green space, conducted in and around Chicago with Dr. Jeremie Fant and Dr. Dan Larkin. In light of the recent, well publicized pollinator decline, it is important to survey the current status of native bees in the Chicago region. Her survey sites include green roofs, city parks, and restored prairies in the greater Chicago area. She found native and adventive bees are present on green

roofs in Chicago, ranging from 2^nd to 15^th floor rooftops, as well as within city parks. She found some urban sites have levels of bee biodiversity and abundance greater than restored prairies in the area. Over 68 bee species were recorded in the first field season, six of which are new records for the state of Illinois, and one is a new bee species to the Midwestern United States. Survey results will be compared to historic data for the region, and presented in the context of urban habitat conservation. For more information, please visit Plant Biology and Conservation.