Congratulations to Prof. Kate Whitaker, who was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant in the amount of $799,007.  The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is an NSF-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. More information on this prestigious award can be found at: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/faculty-early-career-development-program-career and https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2236773&HistoricalAwards=false