Awards /asmagazine/ en College of Arts and Sciences faculty win 2025 Best Should Teach Awards /asmagazine/2025/04/22/college-arts-and-sciences-faculty-win-2025-best-should-teach-awards <span>College of Arts and Sciences faculty win 2025 Best Should Teach Awards</span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-22T07:30:00-06:00" title="Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 07:30">Tue, 04/22/2025 - 07:30</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/best%20Should%20teach%20header%20corrected.jpg?h=bd452339&amp;itok=b1NFSzc-" width="1200" height="800" alt="headshots of Peter Hunt, Warren Sconiers and Josh Strayhorn"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/266" hreflang="en">Classics</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/256" hreflang="en">Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/56" hreflang="en">Kudos</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/212" hreflang="en">Political Science</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em>Peter Hunt, Warren Sconiers and Josh Strayhorn will be honored during an awards ceremony May 1</em></p><hr><p>Three College of Arts and Sciences faculty members have been recognized as 2025 Best Should Teach Award winners.</p><p><a href="/classics/peter-hunt" rel="nofollow">Peter Hunt</a>, a professor of <a href="/classics/" rel="nofollow">classics</a>; <a href="/ebio/warren-sconiers" rel="nofollow">Warren Sconiers</a>, an associate teaching professor of <a href="/ebio/" rel="nofollow">ecology and evolutionary biology</a>; and <a href="/polisci/people/faculty/joshua-strayhorn" rel="nofollow">Josh Strayhorn</a>, an associate professor of <a href="/polisci/" rel="nofollow">political science</a>, will be recognized for their excellence in teaching and academic leadership at <a href="https://calendar.colorado.edu/event/best-should-teach-2025" rel="nofollow">an awards ceremony</a> from 6 to 9 p.m. May 1 in the CASE Chancellors Hall and Auditorium.</p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-xlarge"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Best%20Should%20Teach%20honorees.jpg?itok=g71KrLt8" width="1500" height="555" alt="headshots of Peter Hunt, Warren Sconiers and Josh Strayhorn"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text"><span>Peter Hunt (left), Warren Sconiers (center) and Josh Strayhorn (right) have been recognized as 2025 Best Should Teach Award winners.</span></p> </span> </div></div><p>The <a href="/center/teaching-learning/teaching-resources/grants-awards/best-should-teach" rel="nofollow">Best Should Teach Initiative</a> was established in 1996 by Lindley and Marguerite Stiles to support the idea that “the best should teach.” It celebrates excellence in teaching at primary, secondary and higher education levels and supports the preparation of college and university faculty, as well as public school teachers, in their disciplinary fields.</p><p>Hunt, who has been a faculty member at the 鶹ӰԺ since 2000, is a classical Greek historian who studies warfare and society, slavery, historiography and oratory.</p><p>Sconiers trained as an insect ecologist, studying the effects of drought stress and changes in nutritional plant physiology and insect species composition. He&nbsp;also researches how to increase student engagement and learning in large classroom settings, focusing on peer-to-peer collaboration, self-efficacy, bridging biology teaching and research experiences and building instructor approachability.</p><p>Strayhorn, who joined the CU 鶹ӰԺ faculty in 2013, specializes in formal theory, political institutions and judicial politics.&nbsp; His research applies game-theoretic models in a variety of contexts.&nbsp;His work examines the implications of delegation, oversight and accountability mechanisms for outcomes within political and judicial hierarchies and for democratic governance.</p><p>The Best Should Teach Award ceremony is free and open to the public. The keynote speaker will be <a href="/lsm/alphonse-keasley" rel="nofollow">Alphonse Keasley</a>, former associate vice chancellor in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement at CU 鶹ӰԺ who has more than 30 years of experience as a faculty member, staff and administrator.</p><p>Best Should Teach&nbsp;events and awards are co-funded by the Ira and Ineva Baldwin Fund in the CU Foundation and Brian Good's private Best Should Teach Fund, with additional support from the Center for Teaching and Learning, the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences.</p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about arts and sciences?&nbsp;</em><a href="/artsandsciences/giving" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Peter Hunt, Warren Sconiers and Josh Strayhorn will be honored during an awards ceremony May 1.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Best%20Should%20Teach%20logo.jpg?itok=owEIn2h8" width="1500" height="676" alt="Best Should Teach logo"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:30:00 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6118 at /asmagazine Farm-diversification research wins high kudos /asmagazine/2025/04/21/farm-diversification-research-wins-high-kudos <span>Farm-diversification research wins high kudos</span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-21T13:03:22-06:00" title="Monday, April 21, 2025 - 13:03">Mon, 04/21/2025 - 13:03</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/Zia%20Mehrabi%20thumbnail.jpg?h=6ac2e07b&amp;itok=nLKxJvYX" width="1200" height="800" alt="portrait of Zia Mehrabi taken outside"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/676" hreflang="en">Climate Change</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1242" hreflang="en">Division of Natural Sciences</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/160" hreflang="en">Environmental Studies</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/56" hreflang="en">Kudos</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/686" hreflang="en">Research</a> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/clint-talbott">Clint Talbott</a> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em>CU 鶹ӰԺ’s Zia Mehrabi and an international group of researchers are named national champion of the Frontiers Planet Prize for research that finds environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification</em></p><hr><p>Widespread agricultural diversification could improve the health of the world’s environment and that of its people, a landmark study published last year found.</p><p><a href="/envs/zia-mehrabi" rel="nofollow">Zia Mehrabi</a>, assistant professor of <a href="/envs/" rel="nofollow">environmental studies</a> at the 鶹ӰԺ, alongside a large group of international researchers, has been named the <a href="https://www.frontiersplanetprize.org/news/nsh4fahwd27fhan-jy3kg-m84px-hy7hr-4cn4c-98kke-tsr6s" rel="nofollow">U.S. national champion</a> for the <a href="https://www.frontiersplanetprize.org/" rel="nofollow">Frontiers Planet Prize</a>, the Frontiers Research Foundation announced today.</p><p>As one of 19 national champions, Mehrabi and team are in contention to be named one of three international champions, each of whom will receive $1 million in funding to advance their research. The international champions will be announced at the Frontiers Planet Prize ceremony in Switzerland in June.</p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Zia%20Mehrabi%20portrait.jpg?itok=7TNBJTYa" width="1500" height="2251" alt="headshot of Zia Mehrabi"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text"><a href="/envs/zia-mehrabi" rel="nofollow"><span>Zia Mehrabi</span></a><span>, a CU 鶹ӰԺ assistant professor of </span><a href="/envs/" rel="nofollow"><span>environmental studies</span></a><span>, has been named the U.S. national champion for the </span><a href="https://www.frontiersplanetprize.org/" rel="nofollow"><span>Frontiers Planet Prize</span></a>.</p> </span> </div></div><p>The Frontiers Planet Prize celebrates breakthroughs in Earth system and planetary science that “address these challenges and enable society to stay within the safe boundaries of the 鶹ӰԺ ecosystem.” The prize puts scientific rigor and ingenuity at its heart, helping researchers worldwide accelerate society toward a green renaissance, the <a href="https://www.frontiersfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow">Frontiers Research Foundation</a> says.</p><p>Professor Jean-Claude Burgelman, director of the Frontiers Planet Prize, said the planet faces immense threats that require bold, transformative solutions rooted in evidence and validated by science.</p><p>“Innovative yet scalable solutions are the only way for us to ensure healthy lives on a healthy planet,” Burgelman said. “By spotlighting the most groundbreaking research, we are helping scientists bring their work to the international stage and provide the scientific consensus needed to guide our actions and policies.”</p><p>Mehrabi, who leads the&nbsp;<a href="https://betterplanetlab.com/" rel="nofollow">Better Planet Laboratory</a>, was recognized, alongside his co-authors, for an article published last year in the journal <em>Science</em> titled “<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj1914" rel="nofollow">Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture</a>.”&nbsp;</p><p>Laura Vang Rasmussen of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and Ingo Grass of the University of Hohenheim in Germany were lead authors of the paper, which had 58 co-authors. Claire Kremen of the University of British Columbia was a senior author and co-principal investigator on the study.</p><p>The researchers found that diversifying crops and animals and improving habitat, soil and water conservation on individual farms can improve biodiversity while improving or, at a minimum, not coming at a cost to yields. Additionally, diversified farming can yield social benefits and improve food security—showing improved food access or a reduced number of hungry months, for example, particularly in smallholder systems.</p><p>The more diversification measures farms employed, the more benefits accrued, researchers observed. Essentially, the team found evidence to move toward agriculture that more closely reflects natural systems.</p><p>“If you look at how ecosystems operate, it’s not just plants growing alone. It’s not just animals or soil,” Mehrabi said last year. “It’s all of these things working together.”</p><p>Using data from 2,655 farms across 11 countries and covering five continents, the researchers combined qualitative methods and statistical models to&nbsp;analyze 24 different datasets. Each dataset studied farm sites with varying levels of diversification, including farms without any diversification practices. This allowed the team to assess the effects of applying more diversification strategies.</p><p>Diversified farming differs from the dominant model of agriculture: growing single crops or one animal on large tracts of land. That efficient, “monoculture” style of farming is a hallmark of agriculture after the Green Revolution, which reduced global famine by focusing on high-yield crops that rely on fertilizers and pesticides.&nbsp;</p><p>“The Green Revolution did many, many great things, but it came with a lot of costs,” Mehrabi says, noting that synthetic fertilizers and pesticides harm the environment.</p><p>Also, to increase labor productivity, large farms rely on mechanization, which tends to “replace people with machines.”</p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-xlarge"><div class="ucb-callout-content"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/diversified%20farm%20fields.jpg?itok=GGYik0vN" width="1500" height="843" alt="aerial view of diversified farm fields"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">“If you look at how ecosystems operate, it’s not just plants growing alone. It’s not just animals or soil. It’s all of these things working together,” says Zia Mehrabi.</p> </span> </div></div><p>“So, the idea of trying to engineer nature into our agricultural systems is somewhat antithetical to the whole way we think about agricultural development,” Mehrabi says.</p><p>Making a case for a different way of doing agriculture is one thing. Implementing it on a widespread basis is something else. The dominant view, fostered by “big ag” (short for agriculture), is that “if you want to do ag, you’ve got to do it this way,” Mehrabi says.</p><p>“Our work challenges that idea, but it’s a bit of a David-and-Goliath situation,” he adds. “We have the stone, but it hasn’t yet landed.”</p><p>But it’s necessary to confront Goliath, Mehrabi contends, noting that agriculture affects all the things people care about environmentally, including climate change, water security, biodiversity, pollution, land use and habitat destruction.</p><p>A third of the Earth’s land is used for agriculture, and about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions stem from agriculture, he notes. Climate change has reduced agricultural yields by as much as 5% to 10% in the last four decades, research has shown.</p><p>“If we want to do something about environmental issues, agriculture is one of the big buckets that we need to really, really start in.”</p><p>Separate from the research published in <em>Science</em>, Mehrabi has done <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01110-y" rel="nofollow">modeling of the future state of agriculture globally</a> if the world continues business-as-usual farming. He found that in the next century, the number of farms is likely to be cut in half and the average size of farms would likely double.</p><p>Given that, along with what scientists know about the <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00699-2" rel="nofollow">loss of natural ecosystems as farm sizes increase</a>, “the future looks a little bit bleak,” Mehrabi says. But this new research shows it could be different.</p><p>Though he does not suggest that all farms must be small farms, he does advise that agriculture strive to diversify systems that have been “massively depleted and massively simplified.”</p><p>鶹ӰԺ the Frontiers Planet Prize, Mehrabi says he’s gratified to be recognized as one of 19 national champions. Additionally, he underscores the importance of the Frontiers Research Foundation’s financial commitment to this kind of research, calling it a “signal” to other funding entities that might follow suit.</p><p>Launched by the Frontiers Research Foundation on Earth Day 2022, the prize encourages universities worldwide to nominate their top three scientists working on understanding and putting forward pathways to stay within the safe operating space of <a href="https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries.html" rel="nofollow">nine planetary boundaries</a> that are outlined by the Stockholm Resilience Center.</p><p><span>These nominations are then vetted at the national level, and the top scientists face an independent jury of 100—a group of renowned sustainability and planetary health experts chaired by Professor Johan Rockström—who vote for the National and International Champions.</span></p><p><em>Read a guest opinion by Zia Mehrabi and co-authors </em><a href="/asmagazine/2025/04/21/how-we-can-why-we-must-transform-food-systems" rel="nofollow"><em>at this link</em></a><em>. See a Q&amp;A with Mehrabi about adding carbon-footprint labels on food&nbsp;</em><a href="/today/2025/04/09/what-if-your-food-had-carbon-footprint-and-human-rights-label" rel="nofollow"><em>at this link</em></a><em>.&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;</span></em></p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about environmental studies?&nbsp;</em><a href="/envs/donate" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>CU 鶹ӰԺ’s Zia Mehrabi and an international group of researchers are named national champion of the Frontiers Planet Prize for research that finds environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Frontiers%20Planet%20Prize%20logo.jpg?itok=HAJUXLh0" width="1500" height="411" alt="Frontiers Planet Prize logo"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:03:22 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6116 at /asmagazine College of Arts and Sciences names 2025 Van Ek Scholars /asmagazine/2025/04/16/college-arts-and-sciences-names-2025-van-ek-scholars <span>College of Arts and Sciences names 2025 Van Ek Scholars</span> <span><span>Kylie Clarke</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-16T15:38:02-06:00" title="Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - 15:38">Wed, 04/16/2025 - 15:38</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/header-img-05-24-03-11.jpg?h=b8791cf3&amp;itok=809f7_Eh" width="1200" height="800" alt="Old Main"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1246" hreflang="en">College of Arts and Sciences</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/526" hreflang="en">Scholarships</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1102" hreflang="en">Undergraduate Students</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em><span>Seventeen students receive one of the college’s most prestigious honors, recognized for their exemplary academic achievement and meaningful contributions to the campus and broader community</span></em></p><hr><p>The College of Arts and Sciences has awarded the Jacob Van Ek Scholarship—one of the college’s highest honors—to 17 outstanding undergraduates.</p><p>Named in honor of Jacob Van Ek (1896–1999), the award commemorates his remarkable contributions to the university. Van Ek joined CU 鶹ӰԺ in 1925 as a young assistant professor shortly after earning his doctorate from what is now Iowa State University. Within three years, he rose to the rank of full professor and, by 1929, was appointed dean of the College of Liberal Arts—a role he held until 1959.</p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-none ucb-box-theme-lightgray"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"> <div class="align-left image_style-large_image_style"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Mountain%20views%20from%20walk.jpg?itok=YodgOa6l" width="1500" height="2250" alt="campus view of the mountains"> </div> </div> <p class="small-text">Students walking across campus.</p></div></div></div><p><em>The following students are this year’s Jakob Van Ek Scholar Award recipients:</em></p><ul><li><span>Danya Al Nazal, Neuroscience/Molecular, Cellular &amp; Developmental Biology</span></li><li><span>Amaneet Brar, Molecular, Cellular &amp; Developmental Biology</span></li><li><span>Michaela De Oliveria Olsen, Integrative Physiology</span></li><li><span>Rachel Suter, Neuroscience/Art Practices</span></li><li><span>Nikolaas Steele, Integrative Physiology</span></li><li><span>Ivory Carpenter, Environmental Studies</span></li><li><span>Karis Lowe, Speech, Language &amp; Hearing Sciences</span></li><li><span>Natalie Sesselmann, Speech, Language &amp; Hearing Sciences/Psychology</span></li><li><span>Brooklyn Phillips, Speech, Language &amp; Hearing Sciences</span></li><li><span>Kalen Sieja, Political Science/Evolutionary Biology</span></li><li><span>Katie Mikell, Evolutionary Biology</span></li><li><span>Kalvyn Adams, Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences/Physics</span></li><li><span>Adriana Ripley, Psychology/French/Musical Theatre</span></li><li><span>Xavier Cisneros, Molecular, Cellular &amp; Developmental Biology/Sociology</span></li><li><span>Marina Levine, Economics/Psychology</span></li><li><span>Devayani Ravuri, Physics</span></li><li><span>Abby Schaller, Political Science</span></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Seventeen students receive one of the college’s most prestigious honors, recognized for their exemplary academic achievement and meaningful contributions to the campus and broader community.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/header-img-05-24-03-11.jpg?itok=hGtdJFpX" width="1500" height="965" alt="Old Main"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:38:02 +0000 Kylie Clarke 6111 at /asmagazine Abby Hickcox wins 2025 Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction /asmagazine/2025/04/15/abby-hickcox-wins-2025-cogswell-award-inspirational-instruction <span>Abby Hickcox wins 2025 Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction </span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-15T14:08:09-06:00" title="Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 14:08">Tue, 04/15/2025 - 14:08</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/Abby%20Hickcox%20thumbnail.jpg?h=89691553&amp;itok=2ICDfgnX" width="1200" height="800" alt="portrait of Abby Hickcox"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1282" hreflang="en">Cogswell Award</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1246" hreflang="en">College of Arts and Sciences</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/56" hreflang="en">Kudos</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1283" hreflang="en">honors</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em><span>Hickcox, a CU 鶹ӰԺ teaching associate professor of geography, is recognized for empowering students to think of themselves as creators of knowledge</span></em></p><hr><p><a href="/geography/abby-hickcox-0" rel="nofollow">Abby Hickcox</a>, a teaching associate professor of <a href="/geography/" rel="nofollow">geography</a> and associate director of the <a href="/honors/" rel="nofollow">Arts and Sciences Honors Program</a>, has been named the 2025 Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction winner.</p><p>Supported by a generous donation from Craig Cogswell, a three-time alumnus of CU 鶹ӰԺ, the award recognizes outstanding instruction in the college, honoring individuals for their inspirational qualities and teaching abilities.</p><p>Hickcox, who also is co-principal investigator of the&nbsp;<a href="/bahri/" rel="nofollow">CU 鶹ӰԺ Affordable Housing Research Initiative</a>, earned a BA in peace and global studies from Earlham College in 2000.&nbsp;In 2006, she received an MS from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Her master’s research investigated the privatization of common property (the Mexican&nbsp;<em>ejido</em>) in a national protected area in western Mexico. She earned her PhD in geography from the University of Colorado in 2012 and joined the honors faculty that year.</p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-xlarge"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Honors%20program%20faculty.jpg?itok=M75-2LCQ" width="1500" height="966" alt="CU 鶹ӰԺ Arts &amp; Sciences Honors faculty wearing caps and gowns at graduation"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">Abby Hickcox (second from right, with faculty colleagues in the Arts and Sciences Honors Program) has won the 2025 Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction.</p> </span> </div></div><p>“I am so honored to be selected for the Cogswell Award!” Hickcox says. “Teaching is what I love most about my role in the Honors Program. To be selected for the Cogswell Award, which recognizes inspirational instruction, is heartwarming and affirming. I am honored that my colleagues and peers took the time to nominate me, and I am so grateful for the community I have at CU, especially my students.”</p><p>In nominating Hickcox for the award, her colleagues and students noted her innovative teaching practices, interdisciplinary focus and genuine care for students.</p><p>“(Hickcox) excels at creating an inclusive classroom where students feel safe to share their thoughts, ideas and opinions,” noted Amy Palmer, a professor of biochemistry and the 2024 Cogswell Award winner. “She challenges students to take ownership of their own learning and empowers them to think of themselves as creators of knowledge.”</p><p>A former student who took Hickcox’s Environment Society Geography class as a freshman detailed how Hickcox combines an “irresistible passion for geography and learning with an unparalleled care and respect for students and their experiences.”</p><p>The student added, “From the first day, Dr. Hickcox had us questioning what can even define the line between nature and the human world, and from this philosophical beginning we extrapolated from questions into frameworks into analysis of lawns and wolves. It rocked.</p><p>“Dr. Hickcox’s excitement permeates through the classroom with geographical jokes and contagious interest in people and places. She almost got me; I almost considered changing my major—I might still add a minor. One thing will stick with me forever: a deeper appreciation of our interaction as humans with the world.”</p><p><strong>Focusing on human geography</strong></p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><blockquote><p class="lead"><span>"From the first day, Dr. Hickcox had us questioning what can even define the line between nature and the human world, and from this philosophical beginning we extrapolated from questions into frameworks into analysis of lawns and wolves. It rocked."</span></p></blockquote></div></div><p>Hickcox also is faculty advisor for the <a href="/honorsjournal/" rel="nofollow">Honors Journal</a>, an interdisciplinary, student-run journal published annually by the Arts and Sciences Honors Program. A student who worked on the journal praised the community that Hickcox helped them cultivate as they worked on the journal—“the friendships, memories, creativity and mutual respect that was intentional and significant,” the student noted.</p><p>“There is one moment that will last with me for a long time: Towards the end of the semester, we had finished the stressful process of planning the release event for the journal. After we had finished tasks for the day, Dr. Hickcox told us that she wanted to take a moment to talk about what she had observed this semester and what she valued in each of us. I have not felt the same depth of honesty and genuine thoughtfulness from a professor before or since.”</p><p>Hickcox teaches five honors courses per year—both lower division and upper division—which include Sustainable Futures (GEOG 1972); Place, Power and Contemporary Culture (GEOG 3742); Environmental Justice (HONR 4075); and Racism in American Culture (HONR 4000). She recently overhauled the Honors Diversity Seminar (HONR 1810) and created a new Advanced Writing Seminar—Honors Journal Section (HONR 3220).</p><p>Her research expertise is in human geography and focuses on the relationship between people and the environment. Her areas of research include parks and protected areas, environmentalism, environmental justice, racism, racialization, white racial privilege and the politics of belonging and exclusion. Specifically, through examination of historical and contemporary data, her research addresses the complicated overlap between environmentalism, progressive politics and racism in 鶹ӰԺ.</p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about geography?&nbsp;</em><a href="/geography/donor-support" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Hickcox, a CU 鶹ӰԺ teaching associate professor of geography, is recognized for empowering students to think of themselves as creators of knowledge.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Abby%20Hickcox%20header.jpg?itok=zb3V1J7V" width="1500" height="531" alt="portrait of Abby Hickcox over photo of CU 鶹ӰԺ Old Main building and Flatiron mountains"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:08:09 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6107 at /asmagazine Professor John Cumalat wins 2025 Hazel Barnes Prize /asmagazine/2025/04/11/professor-john-cumalat-wins-2025-hazel-barnes-prize <span>Professor John Cumalat wins 2025 Hazel Barnes Prize</span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-11T16:19:58-06:00" title="Friday, April 11, 2025 - 16:19">Fri, 04/11/2025 - 16:19</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/Cumalat%20Hazel%20Barnes%20thumbnail.jpg?h=bad83954&amp;itok=ldELOClg" width="1200" height="800" alt="portrait of John Cumalat"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1242" hreflang="en">Division of Natural Sciences</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/428" hreflang="en">Physics</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em>Cumalat ‘literally re-shaped our understanding of the fundamental particles making up the known universe,’ colleagues note</em></p><hr><p><a href="/physics/john-cumalat" rel="nofollow"><span>John Cumalat</span></a><span>, professor of distinction in the 鶹ӰԺ </span><a href="/physics/" rel="nofollow"><span>Department of Physics</span></a><span>, has been awarded the 2025 </span><a href="/chancellor/hazel-barnes-prize" rel="nofollow"><span>Hazel Barnes Prize</span></a><span>.</span></p><p><span>Established in 1991 by former chancellor James Corbridge to honor the late&nbsp;</span><a href="/today/2008/03/19/renowned-cu-boulder-philosophy-professor-hazel-barnes-dies-92" rel="nofollow"><span>Hazel Barnes</span></a><span>, CU 鶹ӰԺ professor of philosophy from 1953-86, the $20,000 Hazel Barnes Prize celebrates the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research and is the largest and most prestigious award funded by the university.</span></p><p><span>“Professor Cumalat is an exemplary educator and researcher whose contributions to his students, this university and the field of physics are highly deserving of recognition,” said Chancellor Justin Schwartz. “His selection as the Hazel Barnes Prize winner reflects his dedication and ingenuity, and I am so proud of all the ways he utilizes these qualities in service to CU 鶹ӰԺ and to humanity.”</span></p><p><span>Cumalat completed his PhD in physics from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1977 and his postdoctoral work with&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.fnal.gov/" rel="nofollow"><span>Fermilab</span></a><span> in Batavia, Illinois, in 1979. Since joining the CU 鶹ӰԺ physics faculty in 1981, he has garnered multiple honors, including the Best Should Teach Award in 2003, the Robert L. Stearns Award in 2010 and the BFA Excellence in Service Award in 2013. He became a professor of distinction in 2014.</span></p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><blockquote><p class="lead"><span>“John is an educator in the broadest sense and has had a lasting impact on his students and colleagues. He leads by example, he leads from the front, and he leads with integrity and compassion.”</span></p></blockquote></div></div><p><span>Best known for his research in particle physics and for his development of state-of-the-art particle-detector technology and instrumentation, Cumalat is a member of five professional organizations: Sigma Xi, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Astronomical Society and the American Physical Society.</span></p><p><span>He is also a member of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at&nbsp;</span><a href="https://home.cern/" rel="nofollow"><span>CERN</span></a><span>, the current principal investigator of the CU High Energy Physics Department of Energy Grant and the principal investigator of the Professional Research Experience Program with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.</span></p><p><span>Cumalat has authored or co-authored more than 1,500 publications and has been cited nearly 200,000 times, according to&nbsp;</span><a href="https://inspirehep.net/" rel="nofollow"><span>INSPIRE</span></a><span>, an online hub that collects scholarly work in the field of high-energy physics. He has also served on several dozen graduate-student committees and on approximately 150 undergraduate-student thesis committees.</span></p><p><span>In their letters supporting Cumalat’s nomination for the Hazel Barnes Prize, several of his colleagues noted the significance of his contributions to the field of physics.</span></p><p><span>“John Cumalat has literally re-shaped our understanding of the fundamental particles making up the known universe,” wrote CU 鶹ӰԺ Professor of Physics James Nagle. “His research focuses on the fundamental building blocks of matter and his leadership has led to critical advances in our understanding of quarks as well as the discovery of the Higgs boson.”</span></p><p><span>“John is one of the very best physicists that I know,” said Joel Butler, a distinguished scientist at Fermilab. “He is well-known and greatly respected throughout the U.S. and in the world. I consider it one of the most fortunate aspects of my own career that I have had this long and productive association with him.”</span></p><p><span>Other colleagues brought attention to Cumalat’s role in expanding and improving physics education at CU 鶹ӰԺ.</span></p><p><span>“John’s leadership was critical in the expansion of the number of physics degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences,” said CU 鶹ӰԺ Professor of Physics Paul D. Beale. “I believe that John’s most important and lasting contribution to teaching and learning is his leadership in expanding the number of physics students engaged in undergraduate research, especially conducting honors research projects with members of the physics faculty and other scientists and engineers.”</span></p><p><span>“John is an educator in the broadest sense and has had a lasting impact on his students and colleagues,” said Patricia Rankin, former physics professor at CU 鶹ӰԺ and current chair of the Physics Department at Arizona State University. “He leads by example, he leads from the front, and he leads with integrity and compassion.”</span></p><p><span>“I am honored to be selected by previous Hazel Barnes winners as the 2025 Hazel Barnes Prize winner,” says Cumalat.&nbsp;“I particularly value my colleagues in physics nominating me for the award and for soliciting external supporting letters from students and national and international colleagues. I am humbled by the entire process.”</span></p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about physics?&nbsp;</em><a href="/physics/giving" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Cumalat ‘literally re-shaped our understanding of the fundamental particles making up the known universe,’ colleagues note.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-04/Cumalat%20Hazel%20Barnes%20header.jpg?itok=b9vuRbtR" width="1500" height="519" alt="Portrait of John Cumalat"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:19:58 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6104 at /asmagazine Biochemist named to National Academy of Inventors /asmagazine/2025/02/13/biochemist-named-national-academy-inventors <span>Biochemist named to National Academy of Inventors</span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-13T11:31:57-07:00" title="Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 11:31">Thu, 02/13/2025 - 11:31</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/NAI%20thumbnail.jpg?h=669ad1bb&amp;itok=sH43kMu6" width="1200" height="800" alt="headshot of Xuedong Liu over National Academy of Inventors Fellow logo"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/767" hreflang="en">Biochemistry</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1242" hreflang="en">Division of Natural Sciences</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/686" hreflang="en">Research</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1277" hreflang="en">Venture Partners</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em><span>Xuedong Liu of CU 鶹ӰԺ is one of 170 ‘exceptional inventors’ who are helping to ‘propel us into the future,’ academy says</span></em></p><hr><p><a href="/biochemistry/xuedong-liu" rel="nofollow">Xuedong Liu</a>, a 鶹ӰԺ professor of <a href="/biochemistry/" rel="nofollow">biochemistry</a>, has been named a member of the 2024 Class of Fellows by the&nbsp;<a href="https://academyofinventors.org/" rel="nofollow">National Academy of Inventors (NAI)</a>, the group recently announced.</p><p>Liu is one of an elected group of 170 “exceptional inventors” honored in 2024.</p><p>The 2024 cohort of fellows exemplifies the academy’s belief that groundbreaking innovation knows no bounds and inventors can be found everywhere, the NAI said, adding that the honorees represent 39 U.S. states and 12 countries.</p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/Xuedong%20Liu.jpg?itok=6ZHloTNv" width="1500" height="2266" alt="headshot of Xuedong Liu"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text"><span>Xuedong Liu, a CU 鶹ӰԺ professor of biochemistry, has been named a member of the 2024 Class of Fellows by the National Academy of Inventors.</span></p> </span> </div></div><p>“This year’s class of NAI Fellows represents a truly impressive caliber of inventors. Each of these individuals are tackling real-world issues and creating solutions that propel us into the future. Through their work, they are making significant contributions to science, creating lasting societal impact and growing the economy,” said Paul Sanberg, NIA president.</p><p>He added: “NAI Fellows as a whole are a driving force of innovation, generating crucial advancements across scientific disciplines and creating tangible impacts as they move their technologies from lab to marketplace.”</p><p>Liu’s laboratory works to understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying cell-cell communication. Aberrations of normal signaling networks can lead to human diseases such as cancer. The Liu laboratory is developing novel therapeutic solutions for treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.</p><p>Liu is co-founder of OnKure Therapeutics (Nasdaq: OKUR) and founder of Vesicle Therapeutics. His lab discovered and patented a profile-specific histone deacetylase inhibitor, which has entered phase II clinical trials, and a new type of drug delivery system.</p><p>He received his PhD in genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994 and was a National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense postdoctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Liu joined the CU 鶹ӰԺ faculty in 2000 and won the university’s Inventor of the Year Award in 2013.</p><p>"I am deeply honored to receive this recognition,” Liu said. “This accolade not only validates the impact of our team's work but also highlights the indispensable contributions of my trainees, collaborators, colleagues and co-founders over the years. More than a personal milestone, it is a testament to the collective effort and dedication that have driven our innovations in tackling challenging problems. Additionally, this accomplishment reflects the entrepreneurial spirit cultivated by <a href="/venturepartners/" rel="nofollow">Venture Partners</a> at our university, whose support has been essential.”</p><p>The 2024 Class of Fellows will be honored and presented their medals by a senior official of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) at the&nbsp;<a href="https://academyofinventors.org/annual-conference/" rel="nofollow">NAI 14th Annual Meeting</a>&nbsp;on June 26 in Atlanta.</p><p>The NAI Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.</p><p>The NAI Fellows Program has<strong>&nbsp;</strong>2,068 fellows&nbsp;worldwide, representing more than&nbsp;300 universities and governmental and nonprofit research institutes.&nbsp;Collectively, the Fellows hold more than&nbsp;68,000 issued U.S. patents, which have generated more than 20,000 licensed technologies, 4,000 companies&nbsp;and created more than&nbsp;1.2 million jobs. In addition, more than&nbsp;$3.2 trillion in revenue&nbsp;has been generated based on NAI Fellow discoveries, the academy said.</p><p>Among all NAI Fellows, there are&nbsp;more than&nbsp;170&nbsp;presidents and senior leaders of research universities, governmental and nonprofit research institutes; about&nbsp;755&nbsp;members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine; about&nbsp;63<strong>&nbsp;</strong>inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame;&nbsp;70&nbsp;recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation and U.S. National Medal of Science; and&nbsp;57&nbsp;Nobel Laureates.</p><p><span>The&nbsp;</span><a href="https://academyofinventors.org/about-the-nai-fellows-program/" rel="nofollow"><span>NAI Fellowship</span></a><span>&nbsp;is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. The full list of 2024 Fellows can be found&nbsp;</span><a href="https://academyofinventors.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.2.24-2024-Fellows-List.pdf" rel="nofollow"><span>here</span></a><span>.</span></p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about biochemistry?&nbsp;</em><a href="/envs/donate" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Xuedong Liu of CU 鶹ӰԺ is one of 170 ‘exceptional inventors’ who are helping to ‘propel us into the future,’ academy says.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/NAI%20fellow%20header.jpg?itok=TGsOxtTo" width="1500" height="510" alt="National Academy of Inventors Fellow logo"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:31:57 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6070 at /asmagazine Katharine Suding named a 2025 Franklin Institute Bower Award winner /asmagazine/2025/02/10/katharine-suding-named-2025-franklin-institute-bower-award-winner <span>Katharine Suding named a 2025 Franklin Institute Bower Award winner</span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-10T09:17:16-07:00" title="Monday, February 10, 2025 - 09:17">Mon, 02/10/2025 - 09:17</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Suding%20Frankling%20thumbnail.jpg?h=371228a0&amp;itok=UdO_yM27" width="1200" height="800" alt="headshot of Katharine Suding and Franklin Institute medal"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1242" hreflang="en">Division of Natural Sciences</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/256" hreflang="en">Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em>CU 鶹ӰԺ distinguished professor recognized for ‘transformative contributions to restoration ecology’</em></p><hr><p><a href="/ebio/katharine-suding" rel="nofollow">Katharine Suding</a>, a 鶹ӰԺ distinguished professor of <a href="/ebio/" rel="nofollow">ecology and evolutionary biology</a>, has won The <a href="https://fi.edu/en/awards" rel="nofollow">Franklin Institute’s 2025 Bower Award</a> and Prize for Achievement in Science and been named a Franklin Institute Laureate.</p><p>Suding is recognized for making “transformative contributions to restoration ecology by increasing our understanding of degraded ecosystems and their recovery dynamics. Her work addresses urgent environmental and societal challenges, and guides policies and practices of ecological restoration, biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem management,” notes The Franklin Institute.</p><p>The Bower Awards honor extraordinary excellence in science, technology and business. Suding and her eight colleagues in the 2025 Franklin Institute Laureate cohort are cited as “true visionaries, pushing the boundaries of innovation to find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges—and their achievements are transformative.”</p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-xlarge"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/NWT_tour_SUDING_trough.jpg?itok=fsaJ5tpC" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Katharine Suding leading a student tour on a mountain trail"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">"<span>I could not have done this work if not for amazing collaborations with students, postdocs and colleagues, as well as indispensable partnerships with restoration practitioners," says CU 鶹ӰԺ researcher Katharine Suding (second from left, blue baseball cap). (Photo: Katharine Suding)</span></p> </span> </div></div><p>“I am incredibly honored to receive The Franklin Institute’s Bower Award for Achievement in Science,” Suding said. “Ecosystem restoration is tasked with solving complex environmental challenges facing the world today, a discipline that well represents Benjamin Franklin’s spirit of innovation and application. I could not have done this work if not for amazing collaborations with students, postdocs and colleagues, as well as indispensable partnerships with restoration practitioners. This award is for them, for the field and for everyone working to bring back nature.”</p><p>Suding is a&nbsp;plant community ecologist who works at the nexus of ecosystem, landscape and population biology.&nbsp;Her research aims to apply cutting-edge “usable” science to the challenges of restoration, species invasion and environmental change. She and her <a href="https://www.sudinglab.org/" rel="nofollow">research group</a> work with a range of conservation groups, government agencies and land managers to provide evidence-based solutions that take into account biodiversity, human well-being and management opportunities.</p><p>They employ a combination of long-term monitoring, modeling and experimental approaches in settings that range from alpine tundra to oak woodlands&nbsp;to grasslands. Common themes of their work include plant-soil feedbacks, functional traits, species effects on ecosystem processes and&nbsp;non-linear and threshold dynamics.</p><p>Founded in 1824, The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia strives to honor the legacy of Benjamin Franklin by presenting awards for outstanding achievements in science, engineering and industry. As the oldest comprehensive science and technology awards program in the United States, The Franklin Institute Awards Program has recognized more than 2,000 of the most pioneering scientists, engineers, inventors and innovators from around the world.</p><p>Previous laureates include Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Pierre and Marie Curie, Max Planck, Orville Wright, Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ruth Patrick, Jacques Cousteau, Stephen Hawking, Martin Rees, Gordon Moore, Shuji Nakamura, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Blackburn, Bill Gates, Jim West and Gerhard Sessler, Cornelia Bargmann, John Goodenough, Jim Allison and Frances Arnold.</p><p>Suding and the other members of her laureate cohort will be honored in Philadelphia the week of April 28–May 2. Awards will be bestowed during a ceremony at The Franklin Institute on May 1 hosted by Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts.</p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about ecology and evolutionary biology?&nbsp;</em><a href="/envs/donate" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>CU 鶹ӰԺ distinguished professor recognized for ‘transformative contributions to restoration ecology.'</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-02/Suding%20in%20Greenhouse.jpg?itok=Ekzyf6ZN" width="1500" height="686" alt="Katharine Suding and colleagues in greenhouse with yellow flowers in foreground"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> <div>Katharine Suding (second from right, blue jacket) and colleagues work in a greenhouse. (Photo: Matt Tallarico)</div> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:17:16 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6067 at /asmagazine CU 鶹ӰԺ researcher wins Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers /asmagazine/2025/01/29/cu-boulder-researcher-wins-presidential-early-career-award-scientists-and-engineers <span>CU 鶹ӰԺ researcher wins Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers </span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-29T15:07:16-07:00" title="Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 15:07">Wed, 01/29/2025 - 15:07</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/Kaiser%20award%20thumbnail.jpg?h=4ce97e27&amp;itok=ComFMLMO" width="1200" height="800" alt="headshot of Roselinde Kaiser and U.S. Presidential seal"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1242" hreflang="en">Division of Natural Sciences</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/144" hreflang="en">Psychology and Neuroscience</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><em>Roselinde Kaiser, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist, is being recognized for her research on the science and treatment of adolescent depression</em></p><hr><p><a href="/psych-neuro/roselinde-kaiser" rel="nofollow">Roselinde Kaiser</a>, a 鶹ӰԺ associate professor of <a href="/psych-neuro/" rel="nofollow">psychology and neuroscience</a>, has been named a <a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/news-updates/2025/01/14/president-biden-honors-nearly-400-federally-funded-early-career-scientists/" rel="nofollow">Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award</a> winner, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their independent careers.</p><p>“PECASE embodies the high priority placed by the government on maintaining the leadership position of the United States in science by producing outstanding scientists and engineers and nurturing their continued development,” according to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which was commissioned in 1996 to create PECASE.</p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/Roselinde%20Kaiser.jpg?itok=QAlgQO6E" width="1500" height="2066" alt="headshot of Roselinde Kaiser"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text"><span>Roselinde Kaiser, a CU 鶹ӰԺ associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, has been named a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Award winner.&nbsp;</span></p> </span> </div></div><p>“The awards identify a cadre of outstanding scientists and engineers who will broadly advance science and the missions important to the participating agencies.</p><p>In honoring scientists and engineers who are early in their research careers, the PECASE Awards recognize “exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge during the 21<span>st</span> century. The awards foster innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, increase awareness of careers in science and engineering, give recognition to the scientific missions of participating agencies, enhance connections between fundamental research and national goals, and highlight the importance of science and technology for the nation's future,” according to the NSTC.</p><p>Kaiser is a <span lang="EN">clinical psychologist and neuroscientist who studies the science and treatment of adolescent depression. With her&nbsp;research group, the&nbsp;</span><a href="/lab/raddlab/" rel="nofollow"><span lang="EN">Research on Affective Disorders and Development Lab</span></a><span lang="EN"> (RADD Lab), she&nbsp;</span>conducts research that asks questions such as: How can brain functioning and behavior help us to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;the experience of depression in adolescence and over the course of human development? Can we use brain or behavioral markers to better&nbsp;predict&nbsp;depression—or to predict resilience? How can we&nbsp;enhance&nbsp;brain and behavioral functioning to promote emotional health and wellness throughout the lifespan?</p><p>The mission of the RADD Lab is to gain insight into the brain and behavioral processes that reflect or underlie depression and other mood experiences, with the goal of leveraging research discoveries to foster emotional health. This year<span lang="EN">, in partnership with an interdisciplinary team of scientists, educators and young people, Kaiser and her team are launching an initiative to scale and translate scientific discovery into high-impact programs aimed at promoting mental health.</span></p><p><span lang="EN">“I am delighted and honored to receive the PECASE, which truly reflects the dedicated efforts of our research team and the commitment to innovation at the University of Colorado,” Kaiser says.</span></p><p><span lang="EN">“Youth depression is an urgent public health priority; in our research, we are advancing new paths to promote healthy mood through interdisciplinary discovery achieved with and for young people. The PECASE recognizes the promise and innovation of this work and is a launchpad for research that will develop and scale programs for personalized health insight and wellness promotion. We are enthusiastic to begin the next chapter in research discovery and real-world impact.”</span></p><p>Also recognized with a PECASE award was <a href="https://jila.colorado.edu/news-events/news/jila-fellow-and-nist-physicist-and-cu-boulder-physics-professor-adam-kaufman" rel="nofollow">Adam Kaufman</a>, JILA fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist and CU 鶹ӰԺ physics professor <span>and </span><a href="/chbe/jerome-m-fox" rel="nofollow"><span>Jerome Fox</span></a><span>, &nbsp;a CU 鶹ӰԺ associate professor of chemical and biological engineering</span>.</p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about psychology and neuroscience?&nbsp;</em><a href="/psych-neuro/giving-opportunities" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Roselinde Kaiser, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist, is being recognized for her research on the science and treatment of adolescent depression.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/RADD%20group%20photo%20cropped.jpg?itok=4lMFjTlF" width="1500" height="538" alt="RADD Lab members standing in a line"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> <div>Roselinde Kaiser (fifth from right, black sweater) and members of the RADD Lab. (Photo: Roselinde Kaiser)</div> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:07:16 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6062 at /asmagazine Historian Henry Lovejoy wins $60,000 NEH fellowship /asmagazine/2025/01/15/historian-henry-lovejoy-wins-60000-neh-fellowship <span>Historian Henry Lovejoy wins $60,000 NEH fellowship</span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-15T17:41:10-07:00" title="Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 17:41">Wed, 01/15/2025 - 17:41</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/NEH%20grants%20thumbnail.jpg?h=dcb27c7c&amp;itok=swSqKC-D" width="1200" height="800" alt="headshot of Henry Lovejoy over National Endowment for the Humanities art collage"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1241" hreflang="en">Division of Arts and Humanities</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/178" hreflang="en">History</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em><span>NEH funding also was awarded for two other humanities projects at CU 鶹ӰԺ</span></em></p><hr><p><span>鶹ӰԺ&nbsp;</span><a href="/history/" rel="nofollow"><span>Department</span></a> of History<span> Associate Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/history/henry-lovejoy" rel="nofollow"><span>Henry Lovejoy</span></a><span> has won a $60,000 fellowship from the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-announces-grant-awards-jan-2025" rel="nofollow"><span>National Endowment for the Humanities</span></a><span> to allow him to research and write a book about involuntary African indentured labor between 1800 and 1914.</span></p><p><span>Lovejoy’s research focuses on the political, economic and cultural history of Africa and the African Diaspora. He also has special expertise in digital humanities and is director of the&nbsp;</span><a href="/lab/dsrl/" rel="nofollow"><span>Digital Slavery Research Lab</span></a><span>, which focuses on developing, linking and archiving open-source data and multi-media related to the global phenomenon of slavery and human trafficking.</span></p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-medium"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/Henry%20Lovejoy.jpg?itok=yJ-GQYPt" width="1500" height="1664" alt="headshot of Henry Lovejoy"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text"><span>CU 鶹ӰԺ&nbsp;Department </span>of History<span> Associate Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/history/henry-lovejoy" rel="nofollow"><span>Henry Lovejoy</span></a><span> has won a $60,000 NEH fellowship to research and write a book about involuntary African indentured labor between 1800 and 1914.</span></p> </span> </div></div><p><span>Additionally, Lovejoy spearheaded the creation and update of the website&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.liberatedafricans.org" rel="nofollow"><span>www.liberatedafricans.org</span></a><span>, a living memorial to the more than 700,000 men, women and children who were “liberated” but not immediately freed in the British-led campaign to abolish African slave trafficking.</span></p><p><span>The term “Liberated Africans” coincides with a&nbsp;</span><a href="/asmagazine/2023/05/25/historian-hones-website-focused-african-slaves-who-were-liberated-not-freed" rel="nofollow"><span>now-little-remembered part of history</span></a><span> following the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807 by the United Kingdom’s Parliament, which prohibited the slave trade within the British Empire (although it did not abolish the practice of slavery until 1834).</span></p><p><span>Around the same time, other countries—including the United States, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands—passed their own trafficking laws and operated squadrons of ships in the Atlantic and Indian oceans to interdict the slave trade.</span></p><p><span>However, in a cruel twist of fate, most of those “liberated” people weren’t actually freed—but were instead condemned as property, declared free under anti-slave trade legislation and then subjected to indentures lasting several years.</span></p><p><span>Lovejoy said the NEH fellowship is allowing him to take leave from work to write his book, focused on lax enforcement of anti-slavery laws, migratory patterns of African laborers, their enslavement and subsequent use as indentured laborers around the world from 1800 to 1914.</span></p><p><span>“I’m deeply grateful for being awarded this opportunity, as the NEH plays such a vital role in supporting the humanities by funding projects that foster our cultural understanding, historical awareness, and intellectual inquiry,” he said.</span></p><p><span>Meanwhile, Lovejoy said he is also writing a biography about Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a “liberated African” who was apprenticed by Queen Victoria, after conducting research in royal, national and local archives in England, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Lovejoy also wrote the book&nbsp;</span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funcpress.org%2Fbook%2F9781469645391%2Fprieto%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cted.lytle%40colorado.edu%7C0956d5bf1db641ec456208dba3f48496%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C638284042807045808%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=18yytp4p5%2FyEKZQZr2FzHOXwKn%2FyZxNGIvk6dCR6LjQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow"><em><span>Prieto: Yorùbá Kingship in Colonial Cuba During the Age of Revolutions</span></em></a><span>, a biography of an enslaved African who rose through the ranks of Spain’s colonial military and eventually led a socio-religious institution at the root of an African-Cuban religion, commonly known as Santería.&nbsp;</span></p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/Greaney%20and%20Loayza.jpg?itok=NcQvekW8" width="1500" height="962" alt="headshots of Patrick Greaney and Wilma Loayza"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text"><span>CU 鶹ӰԺ Professor Patrick Greaney&nbsp;(left) won a $60,000 NEH fellowship to research and write a book about German manufacturer Braun; Wilma Doris Loayza (right), teaching assistant professor in the Latin American and Latinx Studies Center,&nbsp;along with co-project directors Joe Bryan, Leila Gomez and Ambrocio Gutierrez Lorenzo, won a two-year, $149,925 grant to develop course modules and educational resources about Quechua and Zapotec language and culture.&nbsp;</span></p> </span> </div></div><p><span>Lovejoy’s NEH fellowship was one of three NEH awards to CU 鶹ӰԺ faculty. Other awards granted were:</span></p><p><a href="/gsll/" rel="nofollow"><span>Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures</span></a><span> Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/gsll/patrick-greaney" rel="nofollow"><span>Patrick Greaney</span></a><span> won a $60,000 fellowship to research and write a book about German manufacturer Braun, National Socialism and the creation of West German culture between1933-1975, focusing on Braun from the beginning of the Nazi regime through the 1970s in the Federal Republic of Germany. Greaney’s research focuses on literature, design and modern and contemporary art.</span></p><p><a href="/lalsc/lalsc-team/wilma-doris-loayza" rel="nofollow"><span>Wilma Doris Loayza</span></a><span>, teaching assistant professor at the </span><a href="/lalsc/" rel="nofollow"><span>Latin American and Latinx Studies Center,</span></a><span>&nbsp;and affiliated faculty of the </span><a href="/cnais/people/affiliates" rel="nofollow"><span>Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies</span></a><span>, along with co-project directors Joe Bryan, Leila Gomez and Ambrocio Gutierrez Lorenzo, won a two-year, $149,925 grant to develop course modules and educational resources about Quechua and Zapotec language and culture as part of efforts to expand and strengthen the Latin American Indigenous Languages and Cultures program.</span></p><p><span>The awards to CU 鶹ӰԺ faculty were part of $22.6 million in grants the NEH provided to 219 humanities projects across the country. The awards were announced Tuesday.</span></p><p><span>“It is my pleasure to announce NEH grant awards to support 219 exemplary projects that will foster discovery, education, and innovative research in the humanities,” said NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe.</span></p><p><span>“This funding will strengthen our ability to preserve and share important stories from the past with future generations, and expand opportunities in communities, classrooms, and institutions to engage with the history, ideas, languages, and cultures that shape our world.”</span></p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about history?&nbsp;</em><a href="/history/giving" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>NEH funding also was awarded for two other humanities projects at CU 鶹ӰԺ.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/NEH%20grants%20cropped.jpg?itok=ovNdbapo" width="1500" height="439" alt="NEH logo over art collage"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:41:10 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6053 at /asmagazine American Philosophical Association recognizes Iskra Fileva for op-ed /asmagazine/2025/01/03/american-philosophical-association-recognizes-iskra-fileva-op-ed <span>American Philosophical Association recognizes Iskra Fileva for op-ed</span> <span><span>Rachel Sauer</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-03T08:31:25-07:00" title="Friday, January 3, 2025 - 08:31">Fri, 01/03/2025 - 08:31</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/Iskra%20Fileva%20award%20thumbnail.jpg?h=8a47ad61&amp;itok=lC_ytPMW" width="1200" height="800" alt="headshot of Iskra Fileva"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/30"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1155" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/1241" hreflang="en">Division of Arts and Humanities</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/857" hreflang="en">Faculty</a> <a href="/asmagazine/taxonomy/term/578" hreflang="en">Philosophy</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead"><em><span>Fileva, a CU 鶹ӰԺ associate professor of philosophy, won a 2024 Public Philosophy Op-Ed contest</span></em></p><hr><p><a href="/philosophy/people/faculty/iskra-fileva" rel="nofollow"><span>Iskra Fileva</span></a><span>, an associate professor in the 鶹ӰԺ&nbsp;</span><a href="/philosophy/" rel="nofollow"><span>Department</span></a><span> of Philosophy, has won a 2024 Public Philosophy Op-Ed contest from the American Philosophical Association for her blog&nbsp;</span><a href="https://blog.apaonline.org/2023/09/19/is-it-hubris-to-think-we-matter/" rel="nofollow"><span>“Is It Hubris to Think We Matter?”</span></a></p><p><span>Fileva’s article was originally published in 2023 in&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us" rel="nofollow"><em><span>Psychology Today</span></em></a><em><span>,&nbsp;</span></em><span>for which she is a regular contributor. With her permission, the article was later reposted on the&nbsp;</span><a href="/asmagazine" rel="nofollow"><em><span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span></em></a><span> website.</span></p><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/iskra_fileva.jpg?itok=55XU9Hzc" width="1500" height="1469" alt="Iskra Fileva"> </div> <p class="small-text">Iskra Fileva, <span>an associate professor in the CU 鶹ӰԺ&nbsp;Department of Philosophy, has won a 2024 Public Philosophy Op-Ed contest from the American Philosophical Association.</span></p></div></div><p><span>Fileva specializes in moral psychology and issues at the intersection of philosophy, psychology and psychiatry. She also studies aesthetics and epistemology. Her work has appeared in a number of journals, including&nbsp;</span><em><span>Australasian Journal of Philosophy</span></em><span>,&nbsp;</span><em><span>Philosophers’ Imprint</span></em><span>,&nbsp;</span><em><span>Philosophical Studies</span></em><span> and&nbsp;</span><em><span>Synthese</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>In addition to her academic work, Fileva writes for a broad audience, including op-eds for the&nbsp;</span><em><span>New York Times</span></em><span>. She writes a column in&nbsp;</span><em><span>Psychology Today</span></em><span> that has addressed a wide variety of topics, including perfectionism, self-sabotage, parents who envy their children, asymmetrical friendships, love without commitment, fear of freedom, death, dreams, despair and many others.</span></p><p><span>In announcing the award, the American Philosophical Association noted that winning submissions “call public attention, either directly or indirectly, to the value of philosophical thinking” and were judged in terms of sound reasoning and “their success as examples of public philosophy,” as well as their accessibility to the general public on topics of public concern.</span></p><p><span>Fileva said she’s pleased with the reception the article received and honored to be recognized by the American Philosophical Association.</span></p><p><span>“Receiving the public philosophy award was a very nice way to end the year,” she said. “It also drew attention to the essay, and I heard from people who read it and who likely would not have found it otherwise. It took me a day or so to re-read it as I don’t, in general, know what I would think of anything I’ve written several months ago, but I did re-read it, and I was happy to discover that I still agreed with what I’d written.”</span></p><hr><p><em>Did you enjoy this article?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://cu.tfaforms.net/73" rel="nofollow"><em>Subscribe to our newsletter.</em></a><em>&nbsp;Passionate about philosophy?&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.cufund.org/giving-opportunities/fund-description/?id=3683" rel="nofollow"><em>Show your support.</em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Fileva, a CU 鶹ӰԺ associate professor of philosophy, won a 2024 Public Philosophy Op-Ed contest.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/APA%20logo%20cropped.jpg?itok=CrfH_2Dn" width="1500" height="431" alt="American Philosophical Association logo"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:31:25 +0000 Rachel Sauer 6045 at /asmagazine