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On May 29, 2019 we held our Convocation event and said goodbye to 22 B. Sc. (Honours) graduates (5 of whom completed joint honours programmes), 32 B.Sc. graduates, and 16 graduates with Minors in Biochemistry. In addition, O. Chandani Dinesh and Nikitha Kendyala Pallegar received a Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Rasanjali Egodage received a Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science, and Gagandeep Kaur, Jenika Marshall, and Shrushti Shah all received a M.Sc. in Biochemistry. Darshana Brahmbhatt also completed a Master of Environmental Science under Dr. Brown’s supervision.

Some students also received special awards at spring Convocation as follows:

University Medals for Academic Excellence

• Liam Kennedy (Biochemistry (Nutrition))
• Joshua McShane (Biochemistry)
• Nicholas Robichaud (Physics) 

Grace Morgan Prize in Biochemistry Nutrition

• Christina Major

Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award

• Liam Gregory

At the department’s annual Convocation Reception, the following book prizes were given to students:

Head’s Prize:

• Liam Gregory
• George Guirguis
• Joshua McShane

Brosnan Prize:

• Nicholas Robichaud
• Hamza Shogan

Mookerjea Prize:

• Erin Ball
• Sarah Dixon
• Ibrahim Dogar
• Yang Gao
• Liam Gregory
• Kirklind Lockyer
• Patrick O’Reilly
• Nicholas Robichaud
• Hamza Shogan

 

Each of these prizes are awarded for academic excellence as outlined in our awards page (here).

There has been a longstanding tradition at our convocation reception whereby the head or deputy head donates a special prize to the student in 499B (the honours project course) who has their corrected thesis submitted first. There are usually about 15 – 20 students in the class who are eligible to win. This year’s winners were Zack Clancy (Fall 2018 submission) and George Guirguis (Winter 2019 submission).

To view some pictures taken at our reception visit our photo page (here).