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Dr. Stephanie McKay, Ms. Xenia Yee, 2nd Lt. Rex Yee and CMSgt Brent Carson (Retired)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rex Yee spent a summer in the McKay lab<\/a> as a high school sophomore in the summer of 2014 investigating global DNA methylation. After high school, Yee earned more than $500,000 in scholarships and went on to attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.<\/p>\n

On May 25, 2022, Rex graduate from the US Air Force Academy and was commissioned into the United States Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant. Congratulations Rex!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rex Yee spent a summer in the McKay lab as a high school sophomore in the summer of 2014 investigating global DNA methylation. After high school, Yee earned more than $500,000 in scholarships and went on to attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-faculty","tag-asci"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2448,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/cals-at-the-plant-and-animal-genome-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":1657,"position":0},"title":"CALS at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference","author":"CALS Communications","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Several CALS faculty and graduate students presented research at the annual Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG 30), held January 13-18 in San Diego, CA. 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