Five Local Students Receive 2008 Battelle-Brookhaven Women in Science Awards

May 16, 2008

UPTON, NY — Five local high school students who show a strong interest and aptitude in science were awarded $1,000 each in a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on May 13. Battelle and Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) established the annual award in 1999. Battelle, an Ohio-based nonprofit research company, together with Stony Brook University, formed Brookhaven Science Associates to manage Brookhaven Lab, and BWIS is a not-for-profit group at the Laboratory whose aim is to promote the advancement of women in scientific and technical careers.

BWIS Award Winners enlarge

BWIS members Aimee Sumereau (far left), Kahille Dorsinvil (second from left), and Stephanie LaMontagne McKeon (far right) join Gregory Fess, liaison for Battelles Long Island Community Relations, in congratulating the award-winners (from left) Jessica DeLalio, Shoreham-Wading River High School; Janice G. Shen, William Floyd High School; and Ivonna LaToya Williams, Longwood High School. Winning students Ashley Bell, Riverhead High School; and Sarah Ulrich, Eastport-South Manor High School, were unavailable for the photo. (Click on the image to download a high-resolution version.)

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