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Summer 2023 PURA Recipients

Summer 2023 PURA Recipients

The Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research (HOUR) recently announced the recipients of the President Undergraduate Research Award (PURA). We are proud to share the extraordinary undergraduate students majoring in Neuroscience […]

David S. Olton Research Award Recipient for 2022-2023

We are please to announce that Priyal Patel has been chosen as the Olton Award Recipient for 2022-2023. Priyal is currently a Neuroscience and Public Health sophomore and does her […]

Neuroscience Alumna, Maya Foster, among six from Johns Hopkins named Quad Fellows

The fellowship, sponsored by the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, supports interdisciplinary scientific and technological innovations. Supported by philanthropy venture Schmidt Futures, the Quad Fellowship is […]

Neuroscience students win Goldwater Scholarships

Senior Sarah Syed and neuroscience junior Sai Chandan have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, which recognize students for their research and achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. […]

Congrats to Sophomore Neuroscience major, Nandita Balaji for winning the $100,000 grand prize at Pitch Competition!

Nandita is the founder of InfernoGuard, an early wildfire detection and warning system. She took one of two grand prizes in the 2022 Arizona State University Innovation Open, a business pitch competition […]

Neuroscience students receive David S. Olton Research Award and the Behavioral Biology Research Grant!

Emmanuel Osikpa, a senior Behavioral Biology major, won the David S. Olton Research Award for his project in the Nielsen lab “Biological Motion Perception as a Probe for Motion Integration: […]

Congratulations to the latest Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award cohort

Shirley Marino Lee Adam Luo Yungcong Toby Mao Samuel Martin Amy Mistri Megan Pedicini Shubha Verma Narayani Wagle These and other students can be found on the HOUR website with […]

First-year student wins scholarship for students with cochlear implants

First-year student wins scholarship for students with cochlear implants

First-year student Zandy Wong researches hearing loss in mice as a member of the neuroscience scholars program. Wong works to uncover the mechanics of hearing loss, and better understand her own.

David S. Olton Research Award Recipient for 2020-2021

We are pleased to announce that Yoko Yamashita has been chosen as the Olton Award Recipient for 2020-2021. Yoko, a junior Neuroscience major, works in the lab of Dr. Kirsten […]

PURA Award Winners 2020-2021

The Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research (HOUR) recently announced the winners of the President Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) for the 2020-2021 academic year. We are proud to share the extraordinary […]