This week, the University of Alberta is celebrating an Order of Canada appointee, an award-winning faculty blog, School of Business Research Awards recipients, and more! So, congrats to the following:
• Declan Ali, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science — named Instructor of the Month in the Faculty of Science
• Efstathios Avdis, Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the H.E. Pearson fellowship
• Emily Block, Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the Eric Geddes Professor of Business senior fellowship
• Joel Gehman, Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the Nova fellowship
• Liz Ingram, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Department of Art and Design, Faculty of Arts — appointed to the Order of Canada
• Runjuan Liu, Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the Andrew Hamilton Professor of Business senior fellowship
• Marcus Peterson, Golden Bears Wrestling — named Athlete of the Week
• Sahil Raina, Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the Xerox fellowship
• Naomi Rothenberg, Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the Southam/Edmonton Journal fellowship
• Peter Sankoff, Professor, Faculty of Law — received a Best Podcast/Vlog Award for the University of Alberta Faculty of Law blog at the Canadian Law Blog Awards
• Barry Scholnick, Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the GRA Rice fellowship
• Chris Steele, Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business — awarded the Canadian Utilities fellowship
• Alberta School of Business MBA Team — placed 3rd at the 2017 National MBA Games
If you know of a U of A colleague who has recently won an award 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. Community Congrats! is usually published on Wednesdays.blog@ualberta.ca. Community Congrats! is usually published on Wednesdays.