Community Congrats: September 2022

Recapping the recent achievements of our talented community across our campuses.

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A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.

Congratulations to the following:

  • Jordan Abel — Member of Royal Society of Canada
  • Daniel Alessi — Member of Royal Society of Canada
  • Nandini Basuray — 2022 Alberta Diabetes Institute (ADI) and ADI International Helmholtz Research School for Diabetes Graduate Studentship student award
  • Jéssica Chaves Cardoso — Awarded the Herbert and Jeannette Hall Graduate Scholarship in Forestry 
  • Valerie Carney — Named a Poultry Science Association (PSA) Fellow
  • Chao Chen Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award
  • Janet A. W. Elliott — Member of Royal Society of Canada
  • Mohamed Gamal El-Din — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Royston Greenwood — Member of Royal Society of Canada
  • Natasha Hurley — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Zhiqian (Rita) Jiang — 2022 Alberta Diabetes Institute (ADI) and ADI International Helmholtz Research School for Diabetes Graduate Studentship student award
  • Leijun Li — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Chenxi Liu — Co-winner of the 2022 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES-SCAE) Outstanding Master's Thesis Award
  • Sheref Mansy — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Lynn McMullen — Received the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Fellow Award
  • Andrea Menard — Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers for 2022
  • Samir Hemant Mushrif — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Julie Rak — Member of Royal Society of Canada
  • Eleni Stroulia — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Kisha Supernant — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Xiaolei Wang — Awarded John R. Evans Leaders Fund
  • Hongbo Zeng — 2022 Van Der Waals Prize
  • Pandas Selects Curling Team — Won inagural Curling Canada U25 NextGen Glassic
  • U of A Press — won three prizes at Alberta Book Publishing Awards (Alan Brownoff won the Book Design Prize for his work on On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s PilgrimageImpact: Women Writing After Concussion was named Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year; and The Bad Wife won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry)

If you know of a U of A colleague who has recently won an award, or received or any other honours, and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of "Community Congrats!" please send their info to blog@ualberta.ca.