{"id":196672,"date":"2023-03-30T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=196672"},"modified":"2023-03-30T15:03:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T19:03:35","slug":"cahnr-recognizes-teaching-research-and-service-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2023\/03\/cahnr-recognizes-teaching-research-and-service-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"CAHNR Recognizes Teaching, Research, and Service Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/s.uconn.edu\/cahnr\">College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources<\/a> community came together March 29, 2023 to recognize the contributions of distinguished alumni, faculty, staff, and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>An annual event co-hosted with the College Alumni Board (UCAHNRA) and the CAHNR Excellence Committee, recipients are honored for their achievements in research, teaching, and service. They are also recognized for their efforts to advance CAHNR&#8217;s strategic vision and values in areas such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, and embracing UConn&#8217;s land grant mission.<br \/>\n<div class=\"wonderplugingallery-container\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-container-410\" style=\"max-width:1200px;margin:0 auto;\"><div class=\"wonderplugingallery\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-410\" data-galleryid=\"410\" data-width=\"1200\" data-height=\"800\" data-skin=\"light\" data-playsinline=\"false\" data-mutevideo=\"false\" data-random=\"false\" data-autoslide=\"true\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-schemamarkup=\"false\" data-stopallplaying=\"false\" data-reloadonvideoend=\"false\" data-donotuseposter=\"false\" data-enabletabindex=\"false\" data-loadnextonvideoend=\"false\" data-hidetitlewhenvideoisplaying=\"true\" data-disablehovereventontouch=\"false\" data-autoslideandplayafterfirstplayed=\"false\" data-html5player=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"false\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showdescription=\"true\" data-showplaybutton=\"true\" data-showfullscreenbutton=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showcarousel=\"true\" data-galleryshadow=\"false\" data-slideshadow=\"true\" data-thumbshowtitle=\"false\" data-thumbshadow=\"true\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"true\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-specifyid=\"true\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-thumbcolumnsresponsive=\"false\" data-thumbverticalmiddle=\"true\" data-removeinlinecss=\"true\" data-switchonmouseover=\"false\" data-showcategory=\"true\" data-showimgtitle=\"false\" data-titlesmallscreen=\"false\" data-initsocial=\"true\" data-showsocial=\"false\" data-showemail=\"false\" data-showfacebook=\"true\" data-showtwitter=\"true\" data-showpinterest=\"true\" data-socialrotateeffect=\"true\" data-doshortcodeontext=\"false\" data-loop=\"0\" data-duration=\"1500\" data-slideduration=\"1000\" data-slideshowinterval=\"6000\" data-googleanalyticsaccount=\"\" data-resizemode=\"fill\" data-imagetoolboxmode=\"mouseover\" data-effect=\"fade\" data-padding=\"12\" data-bgcolor=\"\" data-bgimage=\"\" data-thumbwidth=\"48\" data-thumbheight=\"48\" data-thumbgap=\"8\" data-thumbrowgap=\"16\" data-lightboxtextheight=\"72\" data-lightboxtitlecss=\"{color:#333333; font:bold 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:18px;}\" data-lightboxdescriptioncss=\"{color:#333333; font:normal 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:14px;}\" data-titlecss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:14px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;  background:rgb(102, 102, 102) transparent; background:rgba(102, 102, 102, 0.6);}\" data-descriptioncss=\"{color:#ffffff; font-size:12px; font-family:Armata, sans-serif, Arial; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; text-align:left; padding:0px 0px 10px 10px;  background:rgb(102, 102, 102) transparent; background:rgba(102, 102, 102, 0.6);}\" data-titleheight=\"72\" data-titlesmallscreenwidth=\"640\" data-titleheightsmallscreen=\"148\" data-socialmode=\"mouseover\" data-socialposition=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialpositionlightbox=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialdirection=\"horizontal\" data-socialbuttonsize=\"32\" data-socialbuttonfontsize=\"18\" data-defaultvideovolume=\"1\" data-thumbtitleheight=\"24\" data-thumbmediumtitleheight=\"48\" data-thumbsmalltitleheight=\"72\" data-categoryheight=\"36\" data-categorydefault=\"all\" data-triggerresizedelay=\"100\" data-thumbmediumsize=\"800\" data-thumbsmallsize=\"480\" data-thumbmediumwidth=\"64\" data-thumbmediumheight=\"64\" data-thumbsmallwidth=\"48\" data-thumbsmallheight=\"48\" data-imgtitle=\"title\" data-categorystyle=\"buttons\" data-categorylist=\"[{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;all&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Show All&quot;}]\" data-jsfolder=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-library\/engine\/\" style=\"display:none;\" ><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_5.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"From left, Jason Vokoun, Paulo Verardi, and Ji-Young Lee. (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)\" data-title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-alt\">From left, Jason Vokoun, Paulo Verardi, and Ji-Young Lee. (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_4.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CAHNR Dean Indrajeet Chaubey (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)\" data-title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-alt\">CAHNR Dean Indrajeet Chaubey (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC_4807-edited-scaled.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC_4807-edited-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"UCAHNRA Distinguished Alumni award recipient, Brendon McDermott &#39;09, associate professor of health and human performance and recreation at the University of Arkansas  (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)\" data-title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-alt\">UCAHNRA Distinguished Alumni award recipient, Brendon McDermott &#039;09, associate professor of health and human performance and recreation at the University of Arkansas  (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_3.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Allied Health Sciences graduate student award recipients Colleen Mistler (left) and Aviana Rosen (right)\" data-title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-alt\">Allied Health Sciences graduate student award recipients Colleen Mistler (left) and Aviana Rosen (right)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_2.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives Amy Gorin speaks with Douglas Casa, professor of kinesiology and CEO of the Korey Stringer Institute (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)\" data-title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-alt\">Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives Amy Gorin speaks with Douglas Casa, professor of kinesiology and CEO of the Korey Stringer Institute (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_1.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CAHNR-Awards_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Roland Perrault &#39;82 &#39;89, president of the CAHNR Alumni Board (UCAHNRA). (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)\" data-title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-alt\">Roland Perrault &#039;82 &#039;89, president of the CAHNR Alumni Board (UCAHNRA). (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC_4887-edited-scaled.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC_4887-edited-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer \u201994 and William Syme \u201992, \u201997 (center), UConn 4-H Leadership Award recipients. Joined by their daughters and current CAHNR students, Emily (left) and Becca (right) (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)\" data-title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-alt\">Jennifer \u201994 and William Syme \u201992, \u201997 (center), UConn 4-H Leadership Award recipients. Joined by their daughters and current CAHNR students, Emily (left) and Becca (right) (Jason Sheldon\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>function wondergallery_410_appendcss(csscode) {var head=document.head || document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0];var style=document.createElement(\"style\");head.appendChild(style);style.type=\"text\/css\";if (style.styleSheet){style.styleSheet.cssText=csscode;} else {style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(csscode));}};wondergallery_410_appendcss(\"#wonderplugingallery-410 .html5gallery-cat-selection-410 { \ttext-align: center; }  #wonderplugingallery-410 .html5gallery-cat-tag-410 { \tdisplay: inline-block; \tborder: none; \tbackground: transparent; \tcolor: #555;   \tpadding: 6px; \tfont-size: 14px; \tfont-weight: normal; \t   \tfont-family: Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif,Arial;   \tbox-sizing: border-box;    \tcursor: pointer;   \ttext-align: center;   \ttext-decoration: none;   \ttext-shadow: none;   \ttext-transform: none;   \twhite-space: nowrap;   \t-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;   \tborder-radius: 2px;   \ttransition: background-color 0.3s ease; }  #wonderplugingallery-410 .html5gallery-cat-tag-410:hover, #wonderplugingallery-410 .html5gallery-cat-tag-410:focus, #wonderplugingallery-410 .html5gallery-cat-tag-selected-410 { \tcolor: #222; }\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>UConn Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Amy Gorin, joined the event. CAHNR Dean and Director Indrajeet Chaubey also shared gratitude on behalf of the College for the contribution made by the year&#8217;s award recipients.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year was marked by many firsts and records broken in all aspects of CAHNR\u2019s mission. Our researchers won an impressive $40 million in new awards for their cutting-edge work, the highest in the College\u2019s history. Our faculty and advisors also continues to provide transformational education to over 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students. Members of our alumni, which is over 22,000 strong, made major contributions in their respective fields. Thank you all for all that you do. You make CAHNR proud!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>2023 Recipients<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Early Career Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roman Shrestha \u201913, \u201817, Allied Health Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yangchao Luo, Nutritional Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate Student Research and Creativity Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Li \u201819 \u201822, Natural Resources and the Environment<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate Student Research and Creativity Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colleen Mistler \u201823, Allied Health Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kinsman CAHNR Excellence in Teaching Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Puglisi \u201808, Nutritional Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate Student Teaching Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aviana Rosen \u201814, \u201821, \u201823, Allied Health Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAHNR Justice, Equity, Antiracism, and Inclusion Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cristina Col\u00f3n-Semenza, Kinesiology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Engagement and Outreach Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert Huggins \u201807 \u201814, Kinesiology<\/p>\n<p><strong>CES Grant for Innovative Programming in Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tessa L. Getchis and Michael Gilman, Extension<\/p>\n<p><strong>UConn 4-H Alumni Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wendy Kennedy<\/p>\n<p><strong>UConn 4-H Leadership Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer \u201894 and William \u201992, \u201997 Syme<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meritorious Service to UConn 4-H Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter Brzezicki \u201874<\/p>\n<p><strong>UCAHNRA Outstanding Staff Award <em>in memoriam<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicole Gabelman \u201912, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture<\/p>\n<p><strong>UCAHNRA Outstanding Staff Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sara Tremblay \u201898, \u201806 \u201808, Natural Resources and the Environment<\/p>\n<p><strong>UCAHNRA Excellence in Teaching Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beth Lawrence, Natural Resources and the Environment<\/p>\n<p><strong>UCAHNRA Distinguished Alumni Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brendon McDermott \u201809, Kinesiology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spirit of the Land Grant Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Douglas Casa \u201897, Kinesiology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spirit of the Land Grant Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dennis D\u2019Amico, Animal Science<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/uconncahnr_social\"><em>UConn CAHNR<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0on social media<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAHNR faculty, staff, students, and alums come together to be recognized for their contributions to the College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":197034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2296,147,2298,2224,2304,2299,2300,2301,2302,2303,2076,2306],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2140],"class_list":["post-196672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agricultural-resource-economics","category-allied-health-sciences","category-alumni","category-animal-science","category-cahnr","category-extension","category-kinesiology","category-natural-resources-environment","category-nutritional-sciences","category-pathobiology-veterinary-science","category-plant-science-landscape-architecture","category-research","category-uconn-voices"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 13:53:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196672"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197041,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196672\/revisions\/197041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/197034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196672"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=196672"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=196672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}