Category: Accolades

Oct. 18, 2022

CAFNR Research Symposium Poster Winners Announced

More than 90 posters were showcased at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources' first in-person Research Symposium.

Sep. 22, 2022

Jennifer Lutes receives NACAA Achievement Award

Jennifer Lutes received the Achievement Award from the National Association of County Agriculture Agents during the 2022 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 19. The National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) is a professional Extension organization geared toward Extension educators and other professionals who work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and natural resources, 4-H youth development, community development, and related disciplines. The Achievement Award is awarded to Agents with fewer than 10 years of service in the Cooperative Extension Service who have exhibited excellence in the field of professional extension. Jennifer was one…

Sep. 22, 2022

Amie Schleicher receives NACAA Distinguished Service Award

Amie Schleicher received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of County Agriculture Agents during the 2022 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 20. NACAA is a nation-wide professional Extension organization geared toward extension educators/agents and other professionals who work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and natural resources, 4-H youth development, community development and related disciplines. The award is conferred on members who have worked in extension for at least 10 years, are held in high esteem by their fellow workers, and have developed and put into effect an outstanding extension program which…

Sep. 21, 2022

Abed Rabbani Wins Outstanding Paper Award

Abed Rabbani is part of a team of authors named Outstanding Paper Award recipients in the 2022 Emerald Literati Awards. The winning article was “A test of the association between the initial surge in COVID-19 cases and subsequent changes in financial risk tolerance,” in the journal Review of Behavioural Finance. Rabbani is an assistant professor of personal financial planning. His coauthors on the paper were Wookjae Heo, South Dakota State University, and John E. Grable, University of Georgia.

Sep. 15, 2022

Ron Mittler Named Curators’ Distinguished Professor

A Curators' Distinguished Professorship is the highest and most prestigious academic rank awarded by the Board of Curators.

Sep. 9, 2022

Michael Stambaugh Awarded Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research

Established in 1907, Harvard Forest is Harvard University's 4,000-acre laboratory and classroom.

Aug. 24, 2022

Anthony Lupo Recognized by National Weather Association

Anthony Lupo has received the 2022 Special Appreciation Award from the National Weather Association (NWA) for accomplishments in meteorological research with implications for sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting, and for his continued support of his student’s involvement in the NWA. The award was presented during the NWA Awards Luncheon on Aug. 24. Lupo is a professor of atmospheric science in the School of Natural Resources.

Aug. 24, 2022

Kerry Clark to Receive ASA Emerging Leader Award

Clark is the director of CAFNR International Programs.

Aug. 5, 2022

Clark Gantzer Named 2022 Sigma Xi Fellow

Gantzer is a professor emeritus of soil science.