Faculty and Student Highlights
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Tara Hudiburg, associate professor in the department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, was recognized for her excellence as a leader and early career scientist by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The PECASE award is the highest honor for early career scientists and engineers awarded by the U.S. Government, and is conferred at the White House each year.
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awardees
Elizabeth Cassel, in the College of Science, received $729,932 to develop a new method for more accurately measuring the timing and magnitude of levation and terrain changes in the North American Cordillera, while recruiting low-income and underrepresented high school students to participate in this research.
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Janet Nelson, vice president for research and economic development, was recognized for her significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry and for her decades of national leadership across academic, government, not-for-profit organization and industry communities.
Goldwater Scholarship
Samuel Meyers, a mathematics and physics undergraduate student in the College of Science, was a 2019 recipient of this most prestigious scholarship for undergraduate students majoring in natural sciences, engineering or mathematics, for his research examining exoplanets and investigating planetary formation. He will receive up to $7,500 per year for up to two years. This scholarship is made possible by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.
Goldwater Scholarship
Samuel Meyers, a mathematics and physics undergraduate student in the College of Science, was a 2019 recipient of this most prestigious scholarship for undergraduate students majoring in natural sciences, engineering or mathematics, for his research examining exoplanets and investigating planetary formation. He will receive up to $7,500 per year for up to two years. This scholarship is made possible by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.