Graduation Ceremony Howard University
04.29.2024
Class Of 2024
| Ernest Just Hall
PROGRAM
DR. COURTNEY J. ROBINSON, INTERIM CHAIR OF BIOLOGY
THE OCCASSION WELCOME
DR. IESHA FIELDS
SENIOR AWARDS
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH PROJECT
BEST LAB CITIZEN
MOST LIKELY TO HELP A COLLEAGUE
MOST INTERDISCIPLINARY THINKER
MIKHYAH AUSTIN
JERNE BEAMON
RAHEEM DAUNOY
MCKENZIE MITCHER
MOST INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN GEORGINA HALM
OUTSTANDING NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
BEST IN POPULATION GENETICS
MOST IMPROVED
MOST DEDICATED LAB MEMBER
JESSICA OKOLO
ELIZABETH WARD
BRIANNA YOUNG
ZAINAB YOUSSRI
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH IN ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY
CHASE BROWN * JOSHUA CARTER * TAUJAY DAVIS
NSIKAKABASI EKONG * ERICA GORDON * NIKOLINA HANNIFORD
MATTHEW MANNING * KIMORA OLIVER * GABRIELLE SMITH
NAOMI SPANN
PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
OLIVIA SCONIERS * ANANYA HOTA * JEFFERY MOBLEY * JASMINE WARREN
PRESENTATION OF THE BIOLOGY CORDS
FRESHMAN CLASS OF 2027
SALUTE TO THE GRADUATE STUDENTS
GRADUATE ADVISORS
FACULTY RECOGNITION
DR. COURTNEY J ROBINSON
REMARKS
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
GHADEER ABDULLAH
DISSERTATION TITLE
Auranofin Inhibits Ebola Virus Replication by Targeting NP-NP and NP-VP35 Interactions
SHARLEINE COTIN
DISSERTATION TITLE
Pathology of Type-2 Diabetes of African Americans in Washington, DC: An Epidemiological and Transcriptional Approach
OUMSALAMA ELHELU DISSERTATION TITLE
GRETCHEN JOHNSON
Studies on the involvement of stress in Schistosoma masoni and Biophalaria glabrata and the effect of stress-inhibitor drugs on the host-pathogen interaction
DISSERTATION TITLE
Levels and Patterns of Genomic and Phenotypic Diversity of Mid-19th Century Liberated Africans from St Helena Island in the South Atlantic
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
DR. COURTNEY J ROBINSON, INTERIM CHAIR OF BIOLOGY
DR. DOMINIQUE PRITCHETT, DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
DR. IESHA FIELDS, PROGRAM COORDINATOR
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2024 FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2024 FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
ALMA MATER
REARED AGAINST THE EASTERN SKY PROUDLY THERE ON HILLTOP HIGH, FAR ABOVE THE LAKE SO BLUE STANDS OLD HOWARD, FIRM AND TRUE. THERE SHE STANDS FOR TRUTH AND RIGHT, SENDING FORTH HER RAYS OF LIGHT, CLAD IN ROBES OF MAJESTY O HOWARD, WE SING OF THEE!
BE THOU STILL OUR GUIDE AND STAY, LEADING US FROM DAY TO DAY; MAKE US TRUE AND LEAL AND STRONG, EVER BOLD TO BATTLE WRONG. WHEN FROM THEE WE’VE GONE AWAY, MAY WE STRIVE FOR THEE EACH DAY. AS WE SAIL LIFE’S RUGGED SEA, O HOWARD, WE SING OF THEE!
-WORDS, J.H. BROOKS, ‘16
-MUSIC, F.D. MALONE ‘16