Dawson Alum Selected to Receive Prestigious Research Award
The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain is proud to announce that Dawson alum, Stephanie Gorczyca ('08), is the recipient of the University of San Diego's prestigious Beckman Scholars Award for her research in biophysics. Gorczyca is one of only five University of San Diego students to win the award. She will receive $26,000 in research funding to support her project, which she says “is to characterize DNA diffusion and conformation in crowded environments and determine their dependence on DNA length and topology, as well as crowding agent size, concentration and chemical structure.”
The Beckman Scholars Award is a program of The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.
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The Beckman Scholars Award is a program of The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.
The Alexander Dawson School
The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain, an independent school located on 33-acres in the community of Summerlin, is Nevada’s first Stanford University Challenge Success partner school for students in early childhood through grade eight. Utilizing the unique Challenge Success framework, Dawson uses research-based strategies and programs that emphasize student academics, wellbeing, and a healthy school-life balance to create more engaged, motivated, and resilient learners and leaders. At Dawson, students achieve their individual potential while savoring life and meeting the challenges of the world.