Neuroscience Major Wen Xu Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Wen Xu—a University of Pittsburgh Honors College junior majoring in neuroscience in Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences—has been named a 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship winner for her exceptional independent research. Xu, from McCandless Township, Allegheny County, Pa., plans to pursue an MD/PhD degree. Her career goals include conducting translational research related to neural plasticity and regeneration after injury. She is the 35th Pitt student to have won a Goldwater Scholarship since 1995.

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