Fossil remains and scientific deduction ensured an accurate 52-foot model of a hungry megalodon greets diners in museum cafe.
The awards will enable four students to study or conduct research in Scotland, at Columbia University and at the University of Maryland.
After returning to the U.S., Trang plans to apply for a bioethics fellowship before pursuing a medical degree.
Merino will conduct research in Switzerland, where he hopes to contribute to the development of a blockchain-based electronic voting system.
UMD Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics researcher Daniel Damineli helped find previously unknown “beats” in a star system in collaboration with his father, astronomer Augusto Damineli.
Peskov hopes to help computers and people work better together to translate languages.
The letters will be auctioned at Christie’s to create an endowment in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.
Siegall (B.S. ’82, zoology) co-founded Seattle Genetics and Greklek-McKeon is graduating with bachelor’s degrees in astronomy and physics.
The moon is still tectonically active, according to data from NASA’s Apollo and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter missions.
