CAHNR Alum Wins Nobel Peace Prize
When alum Steven Were Omamo sees someone planting, he sees hope. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee seems to agree.
Tricia Leahey Named Interim Director of UConn InCHIP
Professor of Allied Health Sciences Tricia Leahey was recently appointment as interim Director of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). Dr. Leahey is a renowned expert in the field of behavioral interventions for weight loss and weight loss maintenance. She will assume her new role on August 23.
Ellen Shanley Named 22-23 President of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Allied Health Sciences professor Ellen Shanley began her year-long term on June 1 as the 2022-2023 President of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.
Kristen Cooksey Stowers Recognized with Provost's Community Engagement Award
Cooksey Stowers has helped create more equitable food systems in Hartford and beyond, through community-based participatory research in the North Harford Promise Zone and the communication of her findings to both scientific and lay audiences.
Larry Silbart Among Faculty Honored with Provost's Outstanding Service Award
In addition to his outstanding service record, Silbart has a sound reputation as an excellent, caring educator, receiving multiple awards for teaching and mentorship. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the domain of immunology and mucosal vaccine/adjuvant development.
CAHNR Honors Sandy Bushmich’s Decades of Service to the College
The College celebrates Bushmich's transformational leadership and dedication to an inclusive student experience
CAHNR Celebrates Community with Annual Awards & Honors Event
CAHNR faculty, staff, students, and alums come together to be recognized for their contributions to the College.
UConn Celebrates Promotion and Tenure of 69 Faculty
Evaluations for promotion, tenure, and reappointment apply the highest standards of professional achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service for each faculty member evaluated. Several CAHNR faculty members made the cut.
UConn Emerge Top Dogs in the Inaugural Division II Women`s National Intercollegiate Championship
UConn took home top spot over Texas Tech University in the first-ever Division II Women’s National Intercollegiate Championship, held at the end of March, 2022 in Kaufman, Texas.
CAHNR Student Earns National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF-GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.
Landscape Architecture Professor Sohyun Park Wins 2022 Excellence in Service Learning Award
Dr. Sohyun Park, assistant professor of landscape architecture, was named the 2022 recipient of the Excellence in Service Learning Award from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). She was selected out of a national competition of her peers for her dedication to inspiring students in the field of landscape architecture.
Tracy Rittenhouse, Mary Margaret Smith, and Lorraine St. Clair, named Spirit Award Winners
The University of Connecticut established the UConn Spirit Awards to honor staff and faculty at our Storrs and regional campuses for stellar contributions and dedication to civility in the workplace.
Two CAHNR Faculty Named to World's Most Highly Cited Research List
Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences Dr. Yangchao Luo and Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing (NRE) were named to the 2021 list of the world's most highly cited researchers. The list identifies scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top 1%, demonstrating significant research influence among their peers.
More Awards & Honors
- Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards were given by the ACE to Joseph Bonelli, Kara Bonsack, Cristina Connolly, Jennifer Cushman, Sharon Gray, Jenifer Nadeau, Michael Puglisi, Stacey Stearns, and Cindy Tian for works related to research communications.
- Steve Zinn, named the King Visiting Scholar for 2022 for the University of Arkansas's Department of Animal Science.
- Margaret Morrissey, PhD student in Kinesiology and President of the National Heat Safety Coalition, was named secretary of a newly formed thermal working group at AIHA (American Industrial Hygienist Association).
- Graduate students from the Department of Animal Science Nicole Tillquist and Mia Kawaida received the American Society of Animal Science H. Allen Tucker Graduate Student Travel Scholarship
- Ankit Singh, a graduate student in Natural Resources and the Environment was selected as a recipient of the 2021-2022 Timothy S. and Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Scholarship.
- ARE's Soojung Ahn & Sandro Steinbach awarded 2021 Award for Excellence in Research and Communication from the Food Distribution Research Society for their article "COVID-19 Trade Actions in the Agricultural and Food Sector"
- Assistant Extension Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Laura Cisneros, was named a CEE-Change Fellow through the North American Association of Environmental Education.
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Zhe Zhu was appointed as an author for the Land Cover & Land Use Change chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5).
- Associate Professor of Kinesiology Elaine Choung-Hee Lee was named Associate Editor of the academic journal, Physiological Genomics. She will head a new section called "Translational -omics and Network Physiology."