Community Congrats! September 13, 2017

This week, the University of Alberta is celebrating six new Royal Society members, NSERC Discovery Grant recipients, CAFA Distinguished Academic awards, and more! So, congrats to the following:

· Sean Caulfield, Centennial Professor, Department of Art & Design, Faculty of Arts — elected to the Royal Society of Canada

· Colleen Cassady St. Clair, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science — received the 2017 CAFA Distinguished Academic Award

· Dylan Gibbs, Student, Faculty of Law — won the Insolvency Institute of Canada Writing Award

· Dennis Hall, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science — elected to the Royal Society of Canada

· Nick Holt, Professor & Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation — named to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

· Kurt Konhauser, Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science — elected to the Royal Society of Canada

· Lianne Lefsrud, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering — received the 2017 CAFA Distinguished Academic Early Career Award

· Jamie Pasemko, Pandas Soccer — named Athlete of the Week

· Marcia Spetch, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science — elected to the Royal Society of Canada

· Lori West, Professor, CRC in in Cardiac Transplantation, and Director (Canadian National Transplant Research Program, Alberta Transplant Institute), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry — elected to the Royal Society of Canada

· David Wishart, Professor, Faculties of Science, Medicine & Dentistry, and Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences — elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Congratulations to all of the recently-announced recipients of the NSERC Discovery Grants!

And finally: U of A ranked first in Canada and 52nd in the world in the recent 2018 QS Graduate Employability Ranking — nice job!

If you know of a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or any other honours and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats! please send their info to blog@ualberta.ca. Community Congrats! is usually published on Wednesdays.