Community Congrats: May 2025

Recapping the recent achievements from the U of A community across our campuses.

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Augustana

  • Mi-Young Kim, associate professor, Computing Science — 2024-25 Augustana Faculty Research Award
  • Glen Hvenegaard, professor, Environmental Science — 2024-25 Murray Lauber Distinguished Service Award

College of Health Sciences

  • Carrie Ye, assistant professor — Fall 2024 Early Career Researcher in Cancer Award
  • Heather Armstrong, associate professor — 2024 Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award
  • Janis Miyasaski, professor — 2025 Movement Disorders Research Award
  • Janis Miyasaski, professor — King Charles III's Coronation Medal
  • Monty Ghosh, assistant professor — 2025 Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership Award

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

  • Aminah Robinson Fayek, vice-president (Research and Innovation) and professor — Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
  • , professor — MetSoc 2025 Airey Award
  • Madeline Turland, assistant professor — Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
  • Michael Gänzle, professor — Creative Destructive Lab-Rockies Scientist of the Year
  • , two labs and their faculty member leads — Top Fundraising Team at the 2025 Run for Women in Edmonton
  • , professor — Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • , associate professor, Tier I Canada Research Chair in Land-Ocean — The Frontiers Planet Prize National Champion
  • , professor — APEGA Research Excellence Summit Award

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

  • , professor and research director of the Health Law Institute — 2025 Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons

Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation)

  • — Canadian First Book Prize for Northerny by Dawn Macdonald