Congratulations to Walter Sobba '20, Laura Jonsson '20, and Cameron Nosrat '20 who were recipients of the 2020 Firestone Golden Medals. Walter was this year's recipient of the Kennedy Honors Thesis prize for natural sciences.
The Firestone Medal is awarded to the top 10 percent of honors theses completed in a given year. The Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research recognizes theses written in the social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. The students will each receive an engraved bronze medal, citation and a monetary award.
Laura Jonsson was awarded the medal for her work entitled, “Home Language Environments of Young Children across Households and Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Rural China.” Advised by Scott Rozelle (SIEPR) and Virginia Marchman (Psychology).
Cameron Nosrat received the medal for his work entitled, “Impact of Recent Climate Extremes on Mosquito-Borne Disease Transmission in Kenya.” Advised by Desiree LaBeaud (Pediatrics), Paul Fisher (Pediatrics), and Jonathan Altamirano (Pediatrics).
The David M. Kennedy Prize is awarded annually to the single best thesis in four academic areas: humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering & applied sciences. Recipients of this award have accomplished exceptionally advanced research in the field and have shown strong potential for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly works. The prize was established in 2008 in recognition of history professor David M. Kennedy’s long-standing mentoring of undergraduate writers. Winners will each receive an engraved plaque and a monetary award.
The projects conducted by the winners capture the breadth of the undergraduate experience at Stanford and span diverse academic areas, from the sciences to the arts.
Walter Sobba was this year's reci-piient in the Natural Sciences field for his work entitled, “ARID1A Loss Leads to Mucinous Differentiation and Therapeutic Opportunities in CRISPR/Cas9-Engineered Human Gastric Cancer Organoids." Advised by Calvin Kuo (Hematology), Paul Fisher (Pediatrics), and Yuan-HungLo (Medicine).
Congratulations on this incredible accomplishment! We are so proud of you all.
To view the full list of recipients, see here.