CONWAY, Ark. (November 6, 2013) – Two Hendrix students were
awarded research grants from the Beta Beta Beta biology honor society.
Adam Bigott, a senior from Naperville, Ill., and Austin
Wofford, a junior from Alma, Ark., were each awarded $525 to purchase
laboratory supplies.
Bigott’s project is titled “Searching for Cryptic Species: Development and Application of PCR
Primers for Nuclear Simple Sequence Repeats in Pinus ponderosa.”
Wofford’s proposal was “Investigating
intra- and inter-specific relationships of ponderosa pine using mitochondrial
DNA markers.”
“Both students have presented previous results at national
conferences,” said Hendrix biology professor Dr. Ann Willyard. “This
recognition and funding from the Beta Beta Beta honor society will allow each
student to finish a project that will be ready for publication – an exciting
accomplishment that will be very helpful as they search for graduate schools.”
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the sixth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges,
as well as the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of America's Top Colleges, and
the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United
Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.