COLLEGE STATION — Coral Dworaczyk is a recipient of the 2011 U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship Award. Dworaczyk is a physiology of reproduction doctoral student working under the direction of Dr. Martha Vogelsang, senior lecturer in the Department of Animal Science.

The award was presented to Dworaczyk and six other graduate students in a ceremony held April 14, 2011, at the University Club at Texas A&M University. Also receiving the award were graduate students from the departments of chemistry, oceanography, geography, psychology, political science and veterinary pathobiology.

The award recognizes scholarly excellence in research and teaching.

Dworaczyk received a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Texas A&M and a master’s degree in physiology of reproduction under the direction of Dr. Vogelsang.

For three consecutive years, a graduate student from the Department of Animal Science has been honored with this fellowship award. Kevin O. Curley, Jr., earned the award in 2009 and Nicole Burdick received the award in 2010.

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