This week, we recap the accolades and achievements from November and December, including a Rhodes scholarship, Top 40 Under 40 recipients, professors named to the Order of Canada, and more! Without further ado, congratulations to the following:
- Janine Brodie, Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Arts - named to Order of Canada.
- Liz Ingram, Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Arts - named to Order of Canada.
- Julia Sawatzky, Student, Faculty of Medicine - awarded a 2019 Rhodes Scholarship.
- Robert Burrell, Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering - has become a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
- Jennifer Raso, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law - her paper "Displacement as Regulation: New Regulatory Technologies and Front-Line Decision-Making in Ontario Works" was named the best article published by The Canadian Journal of Law & Society.
- Kerry Courneya, Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation - named the co-recipient of the Cancer Society's O. Harold Warwick Prize for outstanding achievements in cancer control research.
- Jean Vance, Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - awarded the Wilhelm Bernhard Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of membrane contact sites.
- Michael Houghton, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the American Liver Foundation for his groundbreaking work on hepatitis C and D .
- Michael Lounsbury, Professor and Director, Alberta School of Business - named a Highly Cited Researcher for 2018, and elected to become a Fellow of the Academy of Management for his contributions to the science and practice of management.
- Royston Greenwood, Professor, Alberta School of Business - named a Highly Cited Researcher for 2018, and elected to become a Fellow of the Academy of Management for his contributions to the science and practice of management.
- Thomas Chalifoux, Student, Alberta School of Business - named Co-op Student of the Year by Business Career Services.
- Thomas Schoen, Instructor, Augustana Campus - won Teacher of Distinction Award.
- Zhenghe Xu, Professor and Research Chair, Faculty of Engineering - won Outstanding Achievement in Science & Engineering Award.
- Leijun Li (Professor), Jason Wang (Graduate Student), and Rangasayee Kannan (Graduate Student), Faculty of Engineering - won the Warren F. Savage Memorial Award.
- Rylan Kafara, PhD Student - named to Avenue Magazine's 2018 Top 40 Under 40 list.
- Michiko Maruyama, Cardiac Surgery Resident - named to Avenue Magazine's 2018 Top 40 Under 40 list.
- Dave Collins, Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology - won 2018 TEC Edmonton Innovation Award.
- Zac Robinson, Associate Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology - recognized by Royal Canadian Geographical Society College of Fellows.
- Dong-Woo Kang, Student, Faculty of Kinesiology - awarded Korean Canadian Graduate Scholarship.
- Helene Jørgensen, Student, Faculty of Kinesiology - won 2018 Alberta Graduate Citizenship Award.
- Haley Heffel and Aidan McKeage, Students, Faculty of Kinesiology - named to the Canadian Roster for the U23 World Wrestling Championships.
- Ben Throndson, Student, Faculty of Law, won 2018 Lou Hyndman Edmonton Glenora Award.
- Nicholas Ashbolt, Professor, Faculty of Public Health - named International Water Association Fellow.
- Stuart Cleary, Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - received Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Honours of the College award.
- Yunjie Xu, Professor, Faculty of Science - inducted to Royal Society of Canada.
On November 11, the University of Alberta received the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Gold Award for Leadership and Pervasiveness in internationalization.
On November 28, TEC Edmonton held its annual Innovation Awards - congratulations to all of the patent award recipients and U of A spin-off companies recognized this year!
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… even if it's been a while.