Awards

The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) celebrated exceptional faculty, staff, and graduate students at the 2024 Paul A. Funk Recognition Awards banquet on Sept. 23 at Pear Tree Estate. Below is a list of award recipients who Dean Germán Bollero recognized during the ceremony. 

Ashley Equíhua, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior majoring in nutrition and health in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, is the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award recipient for 2024.

The Department of Crop Sciences honored D.K. Lee as the Jack A. and Marjorie S. Cavanah Professor in Plant Breeding and Genetics during an investiture ceremony hosted by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Sept. 16.

Once again, the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is represented on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Homecoming Court — this year by Ashley Equíhua, a senior studying nutrition and health in the Department of Food Scien

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture is investing in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research that could expedite the development of climate-resilient corn. 

As part of a prestigious fellowship sponsored by The Norman Borlaug Institute, Molly Boyd, a 2024 graduate from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will spend the next several months working as an agricultural extension agent and teacher in Ghana. 

ACES professors Shadi Atallah and Andrew Margenot are among 15 Illinois faculty selected for the 2024-25 Emerging Research Leaders Academy by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute. Designed for mid-career faculty to achieve research success, the program provides vital leadership and team science training to pursue large, multi-PI grants, lead campus research initiatives, enhance their own research programs, and u

The University of Illinois Alumni Association has named Jim and Marlene Evans the 2024 recipients of the UIAA Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes alumni accomplishments and service throughout their lives. A slate of eight alumni awards in six categories were presented on Sept.

Jack Mason, an undergraduate student in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, won a hackathon competition at Plant Biology 2024, a yearly conference held by the American Society of Plant Biologists.

Zeynep Madak-Erdogan is one of five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus to be named University Scholar. The program recognizes faculty excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.