Congratulations to Schmid College Faculty Award Winners
Announced on May 12, 2025
On May 9, 2025, nine members of the Schmid College faculty were recognized with university awards:
Mentorship of Undergraduate Research Award: Hagop Atamian and Cedric Owens
Unit Faculty Excellence Award: Emily Adlam and Matthew Leifer
Wang-Fradkin Junior Professorship Award: Jeremy Hsu
Wang-Fradkin Senior Professorship Award: Rosalee Hellberg
Valerie Scudder Award for Research: Emily Adlam
Supporting Open Access Research & Scholarship (SOARS) Awards: Patricia Lopes, Cyril Rakovski, and Lindsay Waldrop
Please join us in congratulating our faculty!
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