June 30, 2012
Amy Schade, a biology student in UNT’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Researchers Program, was selected to participate in the national Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunities Program this summer. Lee Hughes, assistant professor of biological sciences and UNT’s HHMI Undergraduate Researchers Program director, nominated Schade. The program seeks to cultivate the next generation of advanced research scientists, including those from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.