The RISE Program released our first RISE newsletter on Wednesday, February 24th, and it has been a big hit! The Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program at Spelman College is pleased to share our first issue of the RISE Newsletter. Huge thanks to our RISE scholars, alumnae, instructors, and mentors who make this one of […]
RISE Scholar Wins ABRCMS Award
RISE scholar and Spelman junior biology major, Grace Olofintuyi, won an oral presentation award in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology division. Grace’s research with Dr. Mark Maloney was presented at this year’s virtual ABRCMS conference as an oral presentation. RISE Scholars had the opportunity to attend the Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 2020 […]
RISE Alumna and Human Geneticist Janina Jeff Receives ASHG’s 2020 Advocacy Award
Spelman alumna Jeff, Ph.D., MSC, C’2007, was recently awarded the 2020 Advocacy Award by the American Society of Human Genetics, the largest professional organization for specialists in human genetics. Jeff, a senior bioinformatics scientist at Illumina, a company at the intersection of biology and technology, is the first African American and youngest recipient to receive the […]