Dr. Mary Loeken, a graduate of the Department of Biological sciences was chosen as the 2013 Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award in Natural and Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Loeken is an Associate Professor at the Joslin Diabetes Center of Harvard Medical School. Her research concerns diabetes-induced congenital birth defects including neural tube defects. The 2013 Alumni of the Year Awards will be held on Thursday, October 10th at 7:30 p.m. in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery.