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Arizona State University

  • New Appointment: Justin Bina, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Carola Grebitus, Professor
  • Resignations: Alexis Villacis

University of Connecticut

  • Appointment Change: Charles Towe, Professor
  • Award: Tatiana Andreyeva, University of Connecticut Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship, Emerging Faculty Community Impact Award 2024

Florida A&M University

  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Nicholas Reynolds, MS 2024, Agricultural Business Specialist, UF-IFAS

University of Idaho

  • New Appointment: Colburn Fields, Area Extension Educator – Risk Management

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Awards: Angela Lyons, ACES Funk Award - Faculty Award for Global Impact; Craig Lemoine, ACES Funk Award - Specialized Faculty Teaching Award; Bill Ridley, ACES Funk Award - Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching; Shadi S. Atallah, 10 UNDER 10 notable alumni, Cornell University SC Johnson College (Dyson School, Johnson School, and Nolan School)
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Chengzheng Yu, Assistant Professor, Bay Area International Business School, Beijing Normal University; Rocio Valdebenito, Assistant Professor of Economics, Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile); Farzana Shrin, Post-doctoral Associate, Simpson Center, University of Calgary, Canada
  • Honorary Position: Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Research Fellow, Institute of Laborof Economics, IZA
  • Return from Leave: Gary Schnitkey, Professor

International Food Policy Research Institute

  • New Appointments: Mireille Gahama, Administrative & Project Monitoring Coordinator II; Maram Darwish, Senior Research Assistant; Edwin Siyame, Research Analyst; Prianjay Tiwari, Data Coordinator; Ganna Hassan, Research Assistant; Mariam Dawoud, Program Manager; Abdul Zabbar Sakil, Research Analyst; Durjoy Dey, Research Analyst; Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, Research Analyst; Thomas Assefa, Associate Research Fellow; Amit Burman, Project Coordinator; Vandana Vidhani, Research Analyst
  • Resignations: Payal Soneja; Lee Dixon; Swati Malhotra; Yohannes Gebretsadik; Sara Shapleigh; Lynn Brown; Anjali Pant; Esther Waruingi; Khushbu Noor; Alixandra Underwood; Pat Fowlkes; Abhilash Miriyappalli; Carol Waweru
  • Visitor: Subrat Singh, Meet with IFPRI staff to discuss the Promise of Commons Initiative and strengthening collaboration with IFPRI, May 14
  • Award: Soyra Gune, The American Society for Nutrition, Global Nutrition Early Career Scholar Award.

Virginia Tech

  • New Appointments: John Bovay, Associate Professor with Renure;  Jonathan van Senten, Associate Professor with Renure; Jennifer Friedel, Associate Professor of Practice

West Virginia State University

  • Retirement:  Alan Collins, 35 years of service
  • Resignation:  Elizabeth Byrd