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. I've 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
Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Science Writing Intern