Accolades
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.
Aug. 5, 2022
Animal Sciences Scholars Recognized by SSR
This award recognizes the three best pre-doctoral and post-doctoral posters and the three best pre-doctoral and post-doctoral platform presentations.
July 18, 2022
CAFNR Communications Wins Two National Agricultural Alumni Development Association Awards
NAADA annually celebrates the achievements of its members through Individual Achievement Awards and awards for exemplary publications and projects in several divisions.
July 13, 2022
Rob Myers Wins the 2022 Agronomic Education and Extension Award
Rob Myers, adjunct professor of plant science and technology and director of the MU Center for Regenerative Agriculture, was awarded the Agronomic Education and Extension Award from the American Society of Agronomy. The Agronomic Education and Extension Award recognizes career excellence in education and/or extension. The emphasis of the award is on the individual’s educational innovations or unique approaches developed and used successfully to encourage learning. This includes demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly, influence attitudes, and motivate change in audience action.