A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.
Congratulations to the following:
Augustana Campus
- Glen Hvenegaard — Second place for Outcomes of Park Interpretation: Support for Interpreters and third place for Outcomes of Park Interpretation: Benefits for Visitors in the 2022 National Association for Interpretation Media Awards (Video Category)
College of Health Sciences
- Valerie Carson, professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Kate Corrigan, grad research assistantship in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation — Second place for Outcomes of Park Interpretation: Support for Interpreters and third place for Outcomes of Park Interpretation: Benefits for Visitors in the 2022 National Association for Interpretation Media Awards (Video Category)
- Elizabeth Halpenny, professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation — Second place for Outcomes of Park Interpretation: Support for Interpreters and third place for Outcomes of Park Interpretation: Benefits for Visitors in the 2022 National Association for Interpretation Media Awards (Video Category)
- Anne Halpin, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
- Alyssa Hellman, student in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences — Awarded the Peter Lougheed Scholarship
- Tehseen Ladha, assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
- Hollis Lai, associate professor and interim associate chair in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — Edify's Top 40 Under 40
- Grace Lam, assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — Edify's Top 40 Under 40
- Joanne Lemieux, professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — 2023 International Society for Antiviral Research Women in Science Speaker Award
- John Lewis, Sojonky Chair in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Outstanding Achievement in Health: Pharmaceutical
- Xiao-Li (Lilly) Pang, associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Outstanding Achievement in Health: Research
- Lynora Saxinger, professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
- John C. Spence, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Omid Ardakanian, assistant professor in the Faculty of Science — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Outstanding Achievement in AI/ML Advancement: Energy and Environmental Innovation
- David Arndt, bioinformatician with Wishart Research Group — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- John Davis, professor in the Faculty of Science — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Early Adoption of Alberta Innovation
- Yannick Djoumbou, Wishart Research Group — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Michael Gaenzle, professor CRC Tier 1 in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Thian Yew Gan, professor in the Faculty of Engineering — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Recognition of Significant Achievement in Academia
- Greg Goss, professor in the Faculty of Science — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Social Innovation Award: Programs Promoting Indigenous People
- An Chi Guo, research associate in the Faculty of Science — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Craig Knox, Wishart Research Group — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Yunwei (Ryan) Li, professor and interim department chair in the Faculty of Engineering — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- John Nychka, professor in the Faculty of Engineering and vice-provost (learning initiatives) with the Provost & Vice-President Academic — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Sustainability: Innovative Applications
- Witold Pedrycz, professor in the Faculty of Engineering — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Allison Pon, Wishart Research Group — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Colleen St Clair, professor in the Faculty of Science — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Sustainability: Innovative Applications
- Tariq Siddique, professor in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Outstanding Achievement in Energy and Environment: Environmental Innovation in Energy Applications
- Richard Glen Uhrig, assistant professor in the Faculty of Science — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Applications in Agri-Food Production Award
- Aman Ullah, associate professor in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Outstanding Achievement in Energy and Environment: Environmental Innovation in Energy Applications
- Jessica Vandenberghe, professor and assistant dean in the Faculty of Engineering — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Social Innovation Award: Programs Promoting Indigenous People
- Michael Wilson, Wishart Research Group — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- David S. Wishart, professor in the Faculty of Science — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
- Gane Ka-Shu Wong, professor in the Faculty of Science — Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Makere Stewart-Harawira, professor in the Faculty of Education — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Social Innovation Award: Programs Promoting Indigenous People
- Matthew Wildcat, assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts — Edify's Top 40 Under 40
Multi-disciplinary
- CUP Graduate Student Equity Award Recipients — Hanji Baek (Master of Public Health); Michael Barrett (PhD in Educational Psychology); Jessie Conrad (Master of Arts in Community Engagement, School of Public Health); Jah-Amaka Enwedo (PhD in Educational Psychology); Bryna Gibbons (Master of Public Health); Megan MacNeil (PhD, School of Public Health); Mary Etem Mbiatem (PhD in Counselling Psychology); Tessa McDougall (Master of Library and Information Studies); Audrey Medwayosh (Master of Arts in Sociology); Luc Sauze (Master of Public Health)
- I-STEAM Program — 2022 ASTech Awards winner for Programs Promoting Indigenous People
Office of the President
- Riya Ganguly, associate vice-president (Enterprise) — Edify's Top 40 Under 40
Office of the Provost and Vice-president (Academic)
- Verna Yiu, interim provost and vice-president (Academic) — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
Office of the Vice-President (External Relations)
- Lisa Cook, Director Editorial Strategy with VER Strategic Communications — Best of CASE District VIII Award for New Trail article "A Noble Search"
- Mifi Purvis, communications strategist with VER Development and Alumni Relations — Circle of Excellence Award for New Trail article "Linger In the In-Between"; Best of CASE District VIII Award for New Trail article "The Future of Beef is Resilient"
- Karen Sherlock, senior consultant with VER Strategic Communications — Best of CASE District VIII Award for New Trail article "A Noble Search"
- Lisa Szabo, communications coordinator with VER Development and Alumni Relations — Circle of Excellence Award for New Trail article "Linger In the In-Between"; Best of CASE District VIII Award for New Trail article "The Future of Beef is Resilient"
- SET / UAT Communications Team — Best of District VIII Awards for work conducted on U of A for Tomorrow (UAT)