University of Pennsylvania Asst. Prof. of Physics Alison Sweeney (IWU Class of 2001) has been selected as this year’s winner of the Bartholomew Award. This award is given each year to the top young physical biologist by the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.  She will give the keynote address at the meeting of the Society in January 2013.  More information on the award itself is available here:

http://www.sicb.org/membership/awards.php3#bart