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Awards and Honors

MAC Awards Top Honors to �� Gymnast

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�� gymnast Rachel Stypinski focuses as she performs her floor routine at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships. (Photo credit: David Dermer)

�� Men’s Basketball Wins 70-65 in MAC Tournament Championship Game

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The �� Golden Flashes accept the trophy for winning the 2017 MAC Men's Basketball Championship.

Renée DeLuca Dolan Named Award Recipient for ��’s Seventh Annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference

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��’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards

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Larissa Lurken, 2017 Player of the Year, drives past a Buffalo defender during the season finale and a �� 80-71 win in the MAC Center.

��’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards

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Larissa Lurken, 2017 Player of the Year, drives past a Buffalo defender during the season finale and a �� 80-71 win in the MAC Center.

�� Earns Tree Campus USA Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year

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A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of ��, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year.

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.

��’s Torsten Hegmann Named Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

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Professor Torsten Hegmann

One of the top publishing societies in the world names a �� professor a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

�� Police Recognized for Excellence, Earns Reaccreditation

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Members of the �� Police Department (second, third and fourth from left) receive its reaccreditation award from officials with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.

�� Receives Military Friendly School Designation Eight Years in a Row

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Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a �� student who currently serves as president of the �� Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance.

�� Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland

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Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at ��, was awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements.