CVM graduate students earn honors from AU Graduate School

Four Biomedical Sciences graduate students earned accolades during the 2026 Graduate Awards Ceremony hosted by the Auburn University Graduate School on Friday, April 24:
Distinguished Dissertation Award Biological & Life Sciences
Huifei Sophia Zheng
“The role of hormones in the development of the adrenal gland”
Dissertation Advisors: Jeff Huang and Ya-Xiong Tao
Outstanding Master’s Students
Diana Isabel Vargas Gonzalez
Outstanding Doctoral Students
Andrew Vieira Aitken
Nikolia Darzenta