NDSU hosted the 101st annual North Dakota Academy of Sciences meeting on April 30. A total of 21 undergraduate students, 32 graduate students and nine professionals presented their research.

During the meeting, students participated in the Dennison competition. Each student was judged on a 15-minute oral presentation plus a five-minute discussion.

In the undergraduate competition, Dennison awards were presented to Erich Wilkerson, a senior studying chemistry and molecular biology, and Anuradha Sakhuja, a senior studying biotechnology. Wilkerson received first place and Sakhuja received second place.

In the graduate competition, Dennison Awards were presented to Leslie LeKatz, animal science; Keith Benton, biochemistry; Amali Samarasinghe, molecular pathogenesis; and Namrata Bhatnagar, pharmaceutical sciences.

LeKatz received first place. Benton and Samarasinghe received third place. Bhatnagar received third place.

Meeting organizers are thankful to the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, Center of Biological Research Excellence and the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources for sponsoring the event. Corporate sponsors were VWR International, Applied Biosystems, ISC Bioexpress, Roche, Promega, LBA Scientific, Fisher, BioRad, and Tek Products.