Awards and Recognition

School of Nursing dean Connie White Delaney has received the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society - Alliance for Nursing (HIMSS-ANI) Nursing Informatics Leadership Award for her significant leadership contributions to optimize health engagements and care outcomes through information and technology. The award is given to an individual for success and achievement as a nursing informatics leader in a provider, supplier, or academic organization, or a professional society. The recipient is selected jointly by the HIMSS Board of Directors and the Governing Directors of the Alliance for Nursing Informatics.

Carl Elliott is quoted in the New York Times story “The Psychedelic Evangelist;” Elizabeth Rogers is quoted in a Washington Post story about how to rein in medical care for seniors; Sapna Kumar spoke with MPR News for the story “Meet the people moving to Minnesota;” Charlotte Garden is quoted in a New York Times story about the firing of an ACLU worker who was accused of using a racist trope; but did she?; Zhenong Jin and Vipin Kumar are quoted in a Star Tribune story about a U of M study showing that AI could help track farm country's carbon emissions; Benjamin Winchester is quoted in a MinnPost story about who is behind “brain gain” in rural America; Dana Franzen-Klein is interviewed in the KSTP story “Raptor Center takes in baby great horned owls after fall from their nest;” Andres Gomez is quoted in Time about why your diet needs more fermented pickles.

Gordon Legge has been named the 2024 recipient of Optica’s Edgar D. Tillyer Award. Optica is a society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving, and dissemination of knowledge in the field of advancing optics and photonics worldwide. Legge is specifically being honored for “revolutionizing the field of low-vision research and applying his knowledge to aid and improve reading and mobility in people with low vision.”

Grassroots, Community & Youth Organizing for Educational Justice SIG (Special Interest Group) of the American Educational Research Association has named Abigail Rombalski, lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, as its 2024 Early Career Award Winner. The Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing SIG aims to advance research on community and youth organizing, particularly in low income communities and communities of color.

Laura Bishop, chair of the Humphrey School Dean’s Advisory Council and an adjunct faculty member, recently received the Women in Sustainability Leadership Award. The awards are presented annually to 10 women from around the world. Bishop has over 20 years of experience working in sustainability in both the private and public sectors, including as an executive at Best Buy and as commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Matt Bodie is quoted in the New York Times story "How Is a College Football Team Different From Its Marching Band?;" Dziwe Ntaba is quoted in an MPR News story about how Hmong and Karen community leaders are fighting youth addiction; Rob Venette spoke with MPR News about researchers and foresters preparing for an emerald ash borer invasion in northern Minnesota; Cara Santelli is interviewed at Inforum about a new water quality sensor in development at the University of Minnesota; Dongming Cai is interviewed in CBS Minnesota about memory as a key issue in the 2024 presidential election; Neal Godse is interviewed in the MPR News story “What to know about the nose;” Wendy Composto is interviewed in a CBS Minnesota story about maple syrup season beginning early at the U of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; Solomon David is quoted in the IFL Science story “The Oldest Parental Split Of Any Animal, Plant, Or Fungi Hybrid Is A Fish;” James Leiman is quoted in a Marketplace story about tightening supply chains; Joseph E. Gaugler spoke with KFAI on the Disability and Progress podcast.

Nicole LaVoi is quoted in MPR News about what’s behind the women’s sports boom in Minnesota; John Budd spoke with KSTP about labor disputes across the Twin Cities metro; Julie Weisenhorn is quoted in the Star Tribune about how the hardiness zone map shift means local nurseries are making room for new types of plants; Kirsten Delegard and Edward Goetz are quoted in a Finance & Commerce story about how realtors are looking for new ways to close the state’s homeownership gap; Pani Kendeou is quoted in an MPR News story about why we fall for misinformation and how to debunk it; Vera Krischik is interviewed in a CBS Minnesota story about whether Minnesota’s warm winter will mean a worse-than-average insect summer; Ryan Mattke is quoted in the Star Tribune story “Mapmaker of Superior Hiking Trail, Boundary Waters turns attention to Itasca State Park;" Michael Osterholm is quoted in Time's "Experts Can't Agree If We're Still in a Pandemic'" John Loegering is quoted in the Axios story "Backyard bunny boom? Mild winter was a win for rabbits."

Family medicine across the University of Minnesota Medical School has been ranked #1 among all family medicine departments in the United States in the Blue Ridge Ranking for NIH funding. The #1 Blue Ridge ranking for 2023 reflects the combined sum of NIH grants awarded to family medicine faculty working in the following four units: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health; the newly joined Division of Physical Therapy; the Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health; and the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team.

Rose Brewer is quoted in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder story “The G.I. Bill’s role in wealth inequality;” Laura Molgaard is quoted in an Inforum story about a new program from the U of M and South Dakota State University that aims to fill the veterinarian shortage; Marti DeLiema is interviewed in a WDIO story about older adults being targeted more often with scam calls and texts; Rachel Hardeman is quoted in the Twin Cities Business story “Building the Business Case for Health Equity;” John Budd is quoted in a Star Tribune story about the increasing difficulty of making a living while driving Uber or Lyft in Minnesota; Joanne Slavin is quoted in a Washington Post story about how red meat can be part of a healthy diet; Dunja Antunovic is quoted in a KARE 11 story about the newly opened only bar in Minnesota dedicated to women's sports; Kathryn Draeger is quoted in the Post-Bulletin about states investing to save rural grocery stores; Susan Jones is quoted in Scientific American story "Plague Still Exists. Here's Where and How It Spreads in the U.S.;" Morris Kleiner is quoted in a Forbes story about new best practices for addressing America's homelessness crisis. 

Congratulations to the 2023-24 recipients of the John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising:

• Jacquelyn Burt, Academic Advisor and Instructor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Saje Mathieu, Associate Professor of History, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Bavi Weston, Associate Director of Advising, CLA Undergraduate Education, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Keni Zenner, Learning Assistance Coordinator, Student Success Center/TRIO Student Support Services, University of Minnesota Morris
   

Learn more about the award and the recipients. The awards will be presented during the Tate Advising Conference on Feb. 29.