• Nikki VanDerLaan won first place in the MS competition at the Ohio Valley Entomological Association in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, October 26, 2012. The presentation was entitled "Host colonization behavior of the peach bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris: field-based evidence for an aggregation pheromone".

• Colleen Hartel, was awarded a 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). (ASPBNews 39:(3): 36, 2012)

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  (Collee Hartel)
  

• Micah E. Stevens received 2nd place in the Plant Biotechnology Student Oral Presentation Competition at the 2012 World Congress on In Vitro Biology meeting held in Bellevue, WA. Micah received a certificate and cash award for his presentation titled "Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and regeneration of pumpkin ash (Fraxinus profunda) hypocotyls".

  
  
  (Micah Stevens)

  
  
• Dr. Michael Jenkins was selected for the 2012 FNR Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
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• Lenny Farlee received the 2012 FNR Outstanding Administrative/Professional Staff Member Award.

  
  (Dr. Michael Jenkins and Lenny Farlee)
• Joshua Shields was chosen to be the 2012 recipient of the Committee of Teaching Assistants (CETA) Teaching Award.

  
  (Joshua Shields)
  
  

• Justin Travis Swaim was the 2012 recipient of the Fischer Fund Graduate Student Scholarship.
  
  
• Colleen Hartel and Jadelys Tonos were recipients of Martin Undergraduate Research Scholarships from Agricultural Research Programs.

  
  (Collee Hartel and Jadelys Tonos)
  
  

• Jadelys Tonos was 2012 recipient of the Gladden Scholarship.
  
  
• Oriana Rueda Krauss was awarded the Charles H. Michler Scholarship for the Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher in Forest Biology. (April 22, 2012)

  
  
  (Shaneka Lawson presented the award to Oriana Rueda Krauss on behalf of
  Charles H. Michler, Director of the Hardwood Tree improvement Center.)
  
  
• James Jacobs received third place in the Ph.D./Research category from the FNR Research Symposium (April 13, 2012)

(James Jacobs)

• Nikki VanDerLaan-Hannon received second place and Andy Meier received third place in the M.S. Research category from the FNR Research Symposium (April 13, 2012)
  

(Nikki VanDerLaan-Hannon on the left and Andy Meier on the right)

• Jade Tonos received second place in the Undergraduate/Research category from the FNR Research Symposium (April 13, 2012)

(Jade Tonos)

• Nikki VanDerLaan-Hannon won first place in the student competition at the National Entomological Society of America meeting in Reno, Nevada. She competed with 17 other students in the Plant and Insect Ecosystems category. Nikki's talk was entitled, "Conophthorin enhances the efficacy of ethanol-baited lures for trapping the granulate ambrosia better (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)". (November 2011)

• Andrew Meier won the Charles H. Michler Scholarship for the Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher in Forest Biology. (April 10, 2011)

• Andrew Meier won the Fischer Forestry Fund Graduate Student Scholarship (April 10, 2011)

  
  
  (Andrew Meier and Rob Swihart, Forestry and Natural Resources, Department Head)

• Shaneka Lawson received first place in the Ph.D./Research category from the FNR Research Symposium
  (April 8, 2011)

• Nikki VanDerLaan-Hannon received first place in the M.S./Research category from the FNR Research Symposium (April 8, 2011)

  
  
  (Nikki VanDerLaan-Hannon and Shaneka Lawson)
  

• Philip Crystal tied in third place in the M.S./Research category from the FNR Research Symposium (April 8, 2011)

• Colleen Hartel and Jadelys Tonos received third place in the Undergraduate/Research category from the FNR Research Symposium (April 8, 2011)

• HTIRC Scientist Douglass Jacobs Recognized for the University Faculty Scholar Award. The USF award recognizes mid-career faculty who have distinguished themselves through exceptional achievements and are on an accelerated path to distinction.(2011)

• Nikki VanDerLaan tied for third place at the Twenty Third Annual Forum of the Ohio Valley Entomological Association (OVEA) on October 29th in the Master of Science category for her paper entitled, "Influence of osmotic stress on the susceptibility of black cherry to colonization by the peach bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris (Harris)". (2010)
  
  
• Shaneka Lawson received third place in the 2010 Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium, "Bridging the Gap from Science to Policy: Technology, Environment and Sustainable Development". (October 2010)
  Using Stomatal Density Alterations to Increase Water-Use Efficiency in Green Ash
  
  
• Nikki VanDerLaan received the Outstanding Senior Award in Entomology (2010)
  
  
• Nikki VanDerLaan was awarded OVEA 1st Place - BS Paper Presentation (2010)
  

• Shaneka Lawson was awarded the Charles H. Michler Scholarship for the Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher in Forest Biology. (April 18, 2010)

• LIsa Worthen received second place in the Ph.D./Engagement category from the FNR Research Symposium
  (April 16, 2010)
  

• Justin Arseneault received Second Place in the M.S./Research category from the FNR Research Symposium
  (April 16, 2010)
  

• Brian Bailey received First Place in the M.S./Engagement category from the FNR Research Symposium
• (April 16, 2010)
  
  
• Nikki VanDerLaan was awarded the College of Agriculture Dean's Choice Award at The Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium.
  Chemically-mediated host colonization behavior of the peach bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris. (April 7, 2010)

• Jim McKenna was awarded the American Chestnut Foundation's Volunteer Award at the TACF annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Jim received this award in consideration of all that he has done for TACF above and beyond what might be expected as a result of his position with HTIRC. (November 2009)
  
  
• The Purdue University Chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, conducted a poster competition for the 2008 Graduate Students Research Awards. 
  Ningxia Du received an honorable mention in the Life Sciences Area for the competition. (February 27, 2008)