Rice Center Research Awards

Our most recent chapter activity was to sponsor two research awards for the Fifth Annual VCU Rice Center Research Symposium on May 17, 2013. One award was for the best oral paper presentation and the other was for the best poster paper. Both were selected by a panel of Rice Center judges.
Both awards consisted of an engraved cup an a hardwood base.
The two award winners are listed below:

1. Best Oral Paper Presentation:

"Linking Hydraulic Properties, Canopy Structure, and Light Use to Shrub Expansion." by Sheri A. Shiflett, Julie C. Zinnert, and Donald R. Young

2. Best Poster Paper:

"Using Microbial Communities and Extracellular Enzymes to Link Soil Organic Matter Characteristics to Greenhouse Gas Production in a Tidal Freshwater Wetland." by Ember M. Morrissey, David J. Berrier, Scott C. Neubauer, and Rima B. Franklin.