Andy Fast, an extension field specialist in forestry for UNH Cooperative Extension, received the American Tree Farm System 2013 National Leadership Award. The award cited Fast for his role in increasing forest stewardship in New Hampshire.

Brendan Prusik, a UNH Cooperative Extension natural resources field specialist in Coos County, is one of the participants in the inaugural class of the Community Practitioners Network (CPN).

The network is funded by the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. CPN is a two-year leadership program offered at no charge to participants designed to build and strengthen leadership skills among community and economic development professionals from Coos County and surrounding communities in the United States and Canada.

David Bachrach, associate professor of history, recently had two books published: “Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany” (Boydell & Brewer, 2012), and “Warfare and Politics in Medieval Germany, ca. 1000 On the Variety of Our Times” by Alpert of Metz, which he translated.

Michele Dillon, professor and chair of the department of sociology, has been elected president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, a U.S.-based international association of social scientists and other scholars that fosters interdisciplinary research, dialogue and collaboration. 

Julia Rodriguez, associate professor of history, has been awarded the 2012 Best Article Prize by the New England Council on Latin American Studies (NECLAS). Her article, “A Complex Fabric: Intersecting Histories of Race, Gender, and Science in Latin America,” appeared in Hispanic American Historical Review. It analyzes the work and influence of the historian Nancy Leys Stepan who was Rodriguez’ dissertation advisor at Columbia.

Meghan C. L. Howey, assistant professor of anthropology/archaeology recently published “Mound Builders and Monument Makers of the Northern Great Lakes, 1200–1600” (University of Oklahoma Press, 2012).

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Kathy Mandsager, program coordinator for the Coastal Response Research Center, will receive a Volunteer Service Award from Volunteer NH on Thursday, Oct. 18, during the annual Spirit of New Hampshire Awards celebration.

Mandsager is being recognized for her work as a volunteer puppy raiser with Canine Companions for Independence, a non-profit organization that trains and provides assistance dogs. Spirit of New Hampshire awards honor outstanding contributions to volunteerism throughout the state.

John Aber, University Professor and Provost, will receive the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal from Yale University Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. The Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal is Yale’s highest graduate alumni honor.

Professor Ben Harris's article on Arnold Gesell, published in the refereed journal, History of Psychology, has been selected "Best Article" in the 2011 volume by the journal's publisher, The Society for the History of Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association.

Erik Swartz, associate professor of athletic training in the kinesiology department, has been named to the medical and science advisory board of the Korey Stringer Institute. The KSI, housed at the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education, provides first-rate information, resources, assistance and advocacy for the prevention of sudden death in sport.