Five students were chosen to receive Eastman Travel Grants, which provide funds to assist graduate students in travelling to professional conferences. These professional development experiences are critical to research and networking for students and private funds like the Eastman Travel grants allow for increased opportunities.

This rounds winners were:

Callie Croushore (Sweedler Group) --attended PittCon 2012

Jared Kindt (Bailey Group)-- attended Bioanalytical Sensors-- Gordon Research Conference

Andrew Young (White Group)-- attended Spring 2012 American Chemical Society National Meeting (San Diego)

Hang Xing (Lu Group)-- attended 2012 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit (San Francisco)

Caire Knezevic (Hergenrother Group)--attended Bioorganic Chemistry-- Gordon Research Conference