Effective Nov. 1, 2009, the following promotions were made in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences:

• Beth Ahner, Biological and Environmental Engineering, associate professor to professor;
• Monica Geber, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, associate professor to professor;
• Matthew Hare, Natural Resources, awarded tenure;
• Eugene Madsen, Microbiology, associate professor to professor;
• Lawrence Smart, Horticultural Sciences at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, awarded tenure;
• Richard Stedman, Natural Resources, assistant professor to associate professor with tenure.