Headed for Noble Week

Summer 2008

Bethel senior Kara Benjamin won the 2008 Glenn T. Seaborg Science Award given by the Swedish Council of America each year to the top science or math student in a university founded by Swedish Americans.

Benjamin, who graduated this spring with a triple major in chemistry, biochemistry/microbiology, and Spanish, is the second consecutive Seaborg winner from Bethel, and the 13th since the award was founded in 1979 in honor of Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate Glenn T. Seaborg. Benjamin will attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar held in conjunction with the annual Nobel Awards in December in Sweden.

Benjamin has assisted Chemistry Professor Bynthia Anose in researching the factors behind cancer progression, and has presented the results at several national symposia. She has also used her Spanish serving extensively as a volunteer in the Twin Cities’ Latino communities.