Yukiko was awarded a Faculty Recognition Award from the Rackham School of Graduate Studies for her substantive contributions to the university through achievements in scholarly research or creative endeavors; excellence as a teacher, adviser and mentor; and distinguished participation in service activities of the university.

Ryan (Giger lab) has won the 2016 Sarah Winans Newman Graduate Student Teaching Award!

Danielle (Wellik lab) is a winner of a 2015 Endowment for Basic Sciences Edge (Endowment for Development of Graduate Education) Award and the the 2016 Bradley M. Patten Award for Excellence in Graduate Research!

Michael (Weisman lab) successfully defended his thesis "The dynamic regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate and its upstream lipid kinase Fab1/PIKfyve” on Sep. 22, 2016.