Fred Rieke, Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and HHMI, has received an Honorable Mention in the competition for the 2012 Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award. This award recognizes a UW faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to the education and guidance of graduate students. Named for UW Graduate School Dean Marsha L. Landolt who died in 2003, the Graduate School has recognized excellent faculty mentors yearly since 1999.

Fred is the first faculty member in the School of Medicine to receive this recognition in the Landolt Award competition.