"This individual has gone beyond her role to promote diversity, scholarship and professional development."
Blaire Sorenson, M.S./Ph.D. student in the Clancy group, studying solution processing of novel solar cell materials was awarded Cornell's Toni Morrison Award for Graduate Mentorship.
This award recognizes a GSMU Mentor or OADI Graduate Assistant who has made an outstanding contribution to their proteges and OADI and to the university community.
"This individual has gone beyond her role to promote diversity, scholarship and professional development. Additionally, she has successfully balanced her own educational goals and desire to help underrepresented students succeed." OADI is Cornell's Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is a Cornell alumna (M.S. '55).