Undergraduate Students Receive 
David S. Bruce Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate students who were first authors on an abstract submitted to International Union of Physiological Sciences/Experimental Biology 2005 in San Diego, CA were eligible to apply for the David S. Bruce Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. 

The award is named in honor of APS member David S. Bruce (1939–2000), who served as Chair of the APS Teaching Section and was a professor of physiology at Wheaton College from 1978-2000. Bruce was a dedicated physiology educator who had a particular interest in engaging undergraduate students in scientific research. Bruce not only encouraged and supported his students in participating in research, but he also regularly brought undergraduate students to the Experimental Biology meeting, often to present their research findings.

The APS Education Committee, chaired by Robert G. Carroll, East Carolina University, initially selected 13 finalists from a pool of 31 applicants. Finalists were chosen based on the quality and novelty of their abstracts and letters written by the candidates describing their career goals, research, and why they were particularly deserving of the award. The 13 finalists were:
Curt R. Canine, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia; Laura Duling, Univ. of New Mexico; Harmon Fong, McMaster Univ.; Eric Gee, York Univ.; Elizabeth F. Gluck, Williams College; Crystal D. Little, Tuskegee Univ./Henry Ford Hospital; Trevor Luke, New Mexico State Univ./Johns Hopkins Sch. of Med.; Jessica P. Otis, Bates College; Heidi N. Petersen, Univ. of California, San Diego; Ross O. Smith, Williams College; Ryan Y.S. Suda, Univ. of California, San Diego; Carmen Troncoso, Univ. of New Mexico; Sophie E. Yeo, Univ. of Birmingham, UK.

These students then made oral presentations of their posters to a subcommittee, chaired by Thomas A. Pressley (Texas Tech Univ. Health Science Center). Four awardees were selected based on their knowledge of their research project. Each awardee received $500 and a certificate of recognition. Awards were presented by Carroll and APS President D. Neil Granger during a special APS Undergraduate Poster Session at IUPS/EB 2005. The awardees were:
Elizabeth F. Gluck, Williams College; Heidi N. Petersen, Univ. of California, San Diego; Carmen Troncoso, Univ. of New Mexico; Sophie E. Yeo, Univ. of Birmingham, UK.
APS congratulates all these students on the quality of their research and presentations. 
Bruce finalists (Back row, l to r): Robert Carroll (Chair, APS Education Committee), Ryan Suda, Harmon Fong, Trevor Luke, Ross Smith, Eric Gee, Curt Canine. (Front row, l to r): Crystal Little, Laura Duling, Carmen Troncoso, Sophie Yeo, Heidi Petersen, Elizabeth Gluck, Jessica Otis.
Bruce Awardees (l to r): Carmen Troncoso, Sophie Yeo, Heidi Petersen, Elizabeth Gluck 

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