Daniel Buckley, assistant professor of soil microbial genomics in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, recently received a National Science Foundation Career Award. Buckley studies the ecology of microbial communities in soil. He joined the CALS faculty in 2003. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5262

Emily Gier, a lecturer in the Division of Nutritional Science and resident-elect for the New York State Dietetic Association, has been invited to attend the American Dietetic Association's Leadership Institute with full funding.

Herbert Gottfried, a professor in Landscape Architecture, was named the Outstanding Graduate of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts at Ohio University in September. He was cited for his many contributions as a teacher, mentor, scholar, coach, administrator, and advocate for diversity.

Carl D. Hopkins, a professor in Neurobiology and Behavior,has received the 2005 CISAB Exemplar Award from the Center for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior at Indiana University. The award recognizes careers that set outstanding examples of the integration of different perspectives in the study of animal behavior. http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/awards.html

Janet McCue, director of Mann Library, is among the 18 percent of applicants chosen to participate in the Frye Leadership Institute this June. Participants attend a two-week program at Emory University and also complete a year-long practicum focused on their own institutions. The institute is sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory. http://www.fryeinstitute.org/program.asp

Milford Muskett, visiting assistant professor in the American Indian Program and the Department of Natural Resources, and Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, a doctoral student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, have been selected as 2006–2007 fellows by the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP). According to the program's website, "ELP fellows come from nonprofits, businesses, government, tribal government, and higher education, and include activists, artists, writers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and scientists." http://www.elpnet.org/

Jean-Yves Parlange, professor of biological and environmental engineering, has been accorded one of the highest honors in his profession, election to the National Academy of Engineering. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature," and to the "pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education." http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/02102006?OpenDocument

Two CALS undergraduate students, Sara Paddock and Owen Shieh, are among 100 students nationwide selected to be the first recipients of the Hollings Scholarships administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Each will receive a stipend and a paid summer internship at a research laboratory. Sara is a Biological Sciences major and Owen is an Atmospheric Science major. http://www.orau.gov/noaa/HollingsScholarship/

Gretel Pelto, professor of nutritional science, was elected a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition in December.

Kathleen Rasmussen, a professor of nutritional science, has been awarded the American Society for Nutrition’s 2006 Excellence in Nutrition Education Award. An expert on maternal and child nutrition, her research focuses on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy and lactation. She is a past president of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences and the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation.

Joe Regenstein, professor of food science, joined the Sacred Foods Project’s Advisory Council. The interfaith Sacred Foods Project works with communities of faith, environmental and agricultural advocates and the food industry to define and promote sustainable and healthy food and improve the quality of land, air, water, and the treatment of agricultural workers.

Maire Ullrich, an educator in vegetable crops with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Orange County, has earned an Excellence in IPM Award from the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program for her innovative and proactive work in promoting IPM. Ullrich works with about 80 vegetable growers in Orange County. This area is renowned for its 12,000 acres of highly productive "black dirt" soils, most of which is still farmed.