The biology doctoral student is using the $6,750 prize to conduct genomic research on the maple-leaf oak, endemic to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.

The biology doctoral student is using the $6,750 prize to conduct genomic research on the maple-leaf oak, endemic to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
The biology doctoral student is using the $6,750 prize to conduct genomic research on the maple-leaf oak, endemic to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
The biology doctoral student is using the $6,750 prize to conduct genomic research on the maple-leaf oak, endemic to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.