Awards and Honors

Three senior UVM McNair Scholars received undergraduate poster awards at the National SACNAS Conference last week in San Jose, California, Oct. 26-30:

• Monica Beers won for her zoology poster, "Effect of Compost Treatments on Generalist Predator Abundance in Agroecosystems." 
• Kiara Anese Irick won in the category of “other psychology” for her poster, "The Relative Contribution of Parent Versus Peer Attachment in Coping with Stress in Emerging Adulthood."
• Kristina Lafferty earned the general psychology award for her research titled, "The Association between the Need to Belong and Relational Aggression: The Moderating Role of Rejection."

Robert Manning, professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, was presented the National Literary Award at the National Recreation and Park Association's annual congress in Atlanta on November 1-4. The award is presented to a writer or publisher who has made a significant contribution to the understanding of new innovations or refined philosophic thoughts and tenets, trends, or research in parks, recreation, and conservation. Manning will also give an invited lecture on national parks at the Institute of the Americas in Paris Nov. 26-27.

The UVM Police Department was a joint recipient of the International Association of Chiefs of Police 2011 Multi-Agency Team Award. UVM Police accepted the award for their work on "The 'Uncommon Alliance' Race Data Collection" project along with the Burlington, South Burlington and Winooski, Vt. Police and Public Safety Departments. The project is part of an effort to "mitigate the real impact and perception of racial profiling and bias in policing."

Publications and Presentations

Declan AJ Connolly will travel to Denmark in January to make two presentations at a unique international conference (Danish Fruit Growers Association) bringing together sports scientists and fruit growers from Scandinavia. Connolly will speak at the University of Southern Denmark's Department of Sports Science and the Danish Horticultural Service. Connolly's work on muscle recovery and function using cherries as supplements has gained international attention and spawned a multi-million dollar industry around anti-oxidant use and muscle recovery and health. Connolly will present data and research on the far-reaching effects and adoption of cherries in sports performances in both humans and race horses in additional to their potential as a medical elixir for a host of other inflammatory diseases.

Robert V. Bartlett, Gund Professor of Liberal Arts in the Political Science Department,  is co-author (with Walter F. Baber) of "International Law and Global Climate Change" in the just-published Oxford Handbook on Climate Change and Society, edited by John S. Dryzek, Richard B. Norgaard and David Schlosberg (Oxford University Press, 2011).