October 11, 2001
Lauren Kingsley '04 Receives First Crute Award
Lauren Kingsley '04 has been awarded the first annual Barbara Crute Memorial
Internship Award, a $1000 endowment to continue her research through the Women
In Science Project. As an intern in the laboratory of Dartmouth toxicologist
Joshua Hamilton, Lauren has been investigating the effect of arsenic on cancer
cell growth, research that she will continue through the next year.
Former Dartmouth Chemistry Professor Fred Kull established the endowment
in memory and honor of his late wife, Dartmouth Medical School researcher
Barbara Crute, in order to support young women in the sciences. She unexpectedly
died of heart failure on Mount Killington in September of 1999, at the
age of 35. Colleagues describe her as an ideal scientist and well-rounded
person, mentoring WISP interns, fostering a scientific ethic and improving
every laboratory she worked in.
Lauren was chosen unanimously by a selection committee formed from the WISP
Faculty Advisory Committee, with special regard being given to her motivation
in seeking out an additional research experience this summer at Pennsylvania
State University. Applications included letters of recommendation from interns'
mentors and essays from applicants stating their reasons for wanting to continue
their research and the value of their experience as a WISP intern in that
particular lab. Lauren says, "the people in the lab, my mentor, and I
all just really clicked. Iêve learned so much about lab procedure and research
from them, and felt the excitement of seeing results of my research turn into
something substantial."
A resident of Hershey, Pennsylvania, Lauren enters her sophomore year
at Dartmouth this fall, with a probable major of biophysical chemistry.
She is also the secretary for the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science.
Audrey Campbell
CEHS Science Writing Intern
