Courtney Passow received an Alvin and RosaLee Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Fellowship in Molecular Biology from the K-State Graduate School. This award is intended to recognize exceptional achievement in scholastics and research. Recipients must show evidence of effective communication of research results through publications in leading journals and presentations at national and international meetings. The fellowship is intended for students with an outstanding record of research, and recipients are selected by an inter-disciplinary committee of research faculty. The fellowship provides an award of $17,000, and funds may be expended at the recipient’s discretion for her dissertation, future research, travel, planning postdoctoral moves, or other purposes. Congratulations Courtney!