Awards and Honors

Jed Murdoch, associate professor of wildlife biology in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, won a Fulbright Award from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program to support a sabbatical year of study in Mongolia. Murdoch’s research focuses on how best to manage protected areas for wildlife given numerous ecological, economic, and social trade-offs.  “The project is in partnership with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences,” he says, “ and builds on over a decade of wildlife research I've conducted in Mongolia.”

George F. Pinder, professor at the University of Vermont in the College of Engineering and Mathematics, was recently named an Honorary Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE), a subsidiary of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The award is the highest honor the organization gives to an individual -- one who has attained a position of eminence in the water resources engineering profession, has made a singular noteworthy achievement or sustained noteworthy contributions to the advancement of the water resources engineering profession, or has rendered outstanding service over a sustained period of time in the field of water resources and to the work of the academy.
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