Community Congrats: February 2023

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:

Athletics

College of Health Sciences

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

  • Hyo-Jick Choi, assistant professor — recipient of CIHR Project Grand – Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research
  • Hasan Uludag, professor — recipient of CIHR Bridge Funding

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

  • Bank of Canada Governor's Challenge team (Selam Abraham, James DavisonVivek Gala, Kayla Stephanson, Aishwarya Tyagi), undergraduate students — winners of the Bank of Canada Governor's Challenge
  • The Chinese Language Program (including Kuo-Chan Sun, Xinhui LiuQian Tang, Yan Wang, Anton Wierenga, Haiyan Xie, and Li Yang) — recipient of Faculty of Arts Unit Teaching Award
  • Department of Sociology, Centre for Criminological Research — U of A ranked second in lists of best school for criminology in Canada in 2023
  • Alex Averbuch, Izaak Walton Killam Memorial postdoctoral fellow — named a finalist for the Shevchenko National Prize
  • Junko Davis, assistant lecturer — recipient of Faculty of Arts Academic Teaching Staff Award
  • Walter Davis, associate professor — recipient of Faculty of Arts Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship Award
  • Wayne DeFehr, full lecturer — recipient of Faculty of Arts Academic Teaching Staff Award
  • Keighlagh Donovan, graduate student — recipient of Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Teaching Award
  • Emily Legleitner, graduate student — recipeint of Frogman's Graduate Student Scholarship (University of Iowa)
  • Clara Iwasaki, associate professor — recipient of Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award (Humanities)
  • Claudia Kost, associate professor — recipient of Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award (Humanities)
  • Marta-Marika Urbanik, assistant professor — recipient of Kathleen W. Klawe Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Large Classes
  • Fabio Morabito, assistant professor — recipient of Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award - Early Achievement
  • Justin Pritchard, academic teaching staff — recipient of Faculty of Arts Academic Teaching Staff Award
  • Terri Tomsky, associate professor — recipient of Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award (Humanities)
  • Avontay Williams, graduate student — recipient of Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Teaching Award and Graduate Student Association Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award
  • Li Yang, associate lecturer — recipient of Faculty of Arts Helena Fracchia International Teaching Award

Facilities & Operations

  • University of Alberta Protective Services — recipients of letter of commendation from the Edmonton Police Service

University Services & Finance 

  • Michael Spaling, team lead — awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
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.