Bowling Green, Ky. - Several Western Kentucky University students received awards in the 2006 Kentucky Academy of Science Undergraduate and Graduate Research Competitions.

More than 300 research papers and posters were presented in 18 disciplines at the 92nd annual meeting of the KAS, hosted by Morehead State University Nov. 9-11.

WKU undergraduate award winners were:

Chemistry: Becca M. Sandlin of Monterey, Tenn., second, paper; Christopher D. Poteet of Bowling Green, first, poster.

Ecology and Environmental Science: Jonathan Bowers of Bowling Green, second, paper; Cabrina Hamilton of Springfield, third, paper.

Geography: Ashley Littell of Louisville, first, paper.

Physiology and Biochemistry: Ronald R. Gilley of Pineville, third, paper.

Zoology: Amanda Webb of Rockfield, second, paper.

WKU graduate research award winners were:

Agricultural Sciences: Ashley Monfort of Bowling Green, first, paper; Kyle Daniel of Bowling Green, third, paper.

The Kentucky Academy of Science (www.kyscience.org) encourages scientific research and promotes the dissemination of the scientific interests of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Established in 1914, the Academy is an Affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Association of Academies of Science.

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