{"id":13385,"date":"2024-07-24T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/?page_id=13385"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:48:38","slug":"honors-and-recognitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/honors-and-recognitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors and Recognitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

National Academy Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each of these faculty members has been awarded the high honor of membership in a national academy, recognizing their achievements and leadership in their respective fields.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sherilyn Fritz<\/h2>
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\/Biological Sciences<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

National Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Raymond Hames<\/h2>
Anthropology<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

National Academy of Sciences
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Margaret Jacobs<\/h2>
History\/Center for Great Plains Studies<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Sorab Panday<\/h2>
Nebraska Water Center<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

National Academy of Engineering
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Sue Sheridan<\/h2>
Educational Psychology\/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

National Academy of Education
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

James Van Etten<\/h2>
Plant Pathology<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

National Academy of Sciences
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Other Honors and Recognitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Faculty who have received national or international honors or awards, July 1, 2024\u2013June 30, 2025. Submitted by faculty, chairs\/heads or deans.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Dena M. Abbott<\/h2>
Educational Psychology<\/div><\/div>
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Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association, Society for Counseling Psychology.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Inaugural Distinguished Service Award, Texas Woman's University Counseling Psychology Program.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Moe Alahmad<\/h2>
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/div><\/div>
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Outstanding Educator Award, Architectural Engineering Institute.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jesse Andrews<\/h2>
Community and Regional Planning<\/div><\/div>
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Fellowship, Benton Institute for Broadband and Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jena Asgarpoor<\/h2>
Master of Engineering Management Program<\/div><\/div>
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Excellence in Service Award, American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Wayne Babchuk<\/h2>
Educational Psychology<\/div><\/div>
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Distinguished Research Poster Award, Association of Leadership Educators Conference.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Amy Bartels<\/h2>
Management<\/div><\/div>
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Most Innovative Student Paper Award, Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jack Beard<\/h2>
College of Law<\/div><\/div>
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Editor-in-Chief, Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations<\/em>.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

David Berkowitz<\/h2>
Chemistry<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, American Chemical Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Ken Bloom<\/h2>
Physics and Astronomy<\/div><\/div>
\n

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, shared with\u00a0Daniel Claes\u00a0and\u00a0Ilya Kravchenko, members of the Compact Muon Solenoid Collaboration.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Mike Boehm<\/h2>
Plant Pathology<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, American Phytopathological Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Kelli S. Boling<\/h2>
Journalism and Mass Communications<\/div><\/div>
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Lilian Lodge Kopenhaver Early Career Woman Scholar, Center for Advancement of Women in Communication, Florida International University, and AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Eve Brank<\/h2>
Center on Children, Families and the Law\/Psychology<\/div><\/div>
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Distinguished Service Award, American Psychology-Law Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Gary Brewer<\/h2>
Entomology<\/div><\/div>
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Honorary Membership, Entomological Society of America.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Molly Brummond<\/h2>
College of Law<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation.
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Ed Cahoon<\/h2>
Biochemistry<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, National Academy of Inventors.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Chris Calkins<\/h2>
Animal Science<\/div><\/div>
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R.C. Pollock Award, American Meat Science Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Joy Castro<\/h2>
English\/Ethnic Studies<\/div><\/div>
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Peyton Evans Artist Residency, The Studios of Key West.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Theresa Catalano<\/h2>
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education<\/div><\/div>
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Fulbright Specialist, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Faculty Research Fellow, Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Byron Chaves<\/h2>
Food Science and Technology<\/div><\/div>
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Emerging Leader in Food Safety Award, Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

James Checco<\/h2>
Chemistry<\/div><\/div>
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Young Chemical Biologist Award, International Chemical Biology Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Daniel Claes<\/h2>
Physics and Astronomy<\/div><\/div>
\n

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, shared with\u00a0Ken Bloom\u00a0and\u00a0Ilya Kravchenko, members of the Compact Muon Solenoid Collaboration.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Nathan Conner<\/h2>
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication<\/div><\/div>
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Outstanding Achievement Award, Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Aaron Lee M. Daigh<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture\/Agronomy and Horticulture<\/div><\/div>
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Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Rochelle L. Dalla<\/h2>
Child, Youth, and Family Studies<\/div><\/div>
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Champion for Human Rights and Social Justice Award, Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Lory Dance<\/h2>
Sociology\/Ethnic Studies<\/div><\/div>
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Acton Research SIG Best Paper Award, American Educational Research Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jennifer A. Davidson<\/h2>
Economics<\/div><\/div>
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Bessie B. Moore Service Award, National Association of Economic Educators.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Silver National Curriculum Award for The Economics of Gambling, National Association of Economic Educators.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jeffrey L. Day<\/h2>
Architecture\/Landscape Architecture<\/div><\/div>
\n

Residential Design Architecture Awards Citation for “Duplex +”, Residential Design<\/em> Magazine.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

\n

Residential Design Architecture Awards Citation for “Dundee Walls”, Residential Design<\/em> Magazine.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

\n

National Design Awards Excellence Award and Category Winner, “Wanaka Wedge House”, Society of American Registered Architects.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Award of Honor, "Omaha Mobile Stage", Society of American Registered Architects – New York.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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New York Award of Excellence, "Bemis LOW END", Society of American Registered Architects – New York.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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President, National Architectural Accrediting Board.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Heidi Diefes-Dux<\/h2>
Biological Systems Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Best Paper Award, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division, American Society for Engineering Education.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Minshuai Ding<\/h2>
Bureau of Sociological Research<\/div><\/div>
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John Tarnai Memorial Scholarship Award, Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Shudipto Dishari<\/h2>
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Excellence in Outstanding Teaching Award, American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Best Overall Zone Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Beth Doll<\/h2>
Educational Psychology<\/div><\/div>
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Nadine Murphy Lambert Lifetime Achievement Award, Division of School Psychology, American Psychological Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Aaron Duncan<\/h2>
Communication Studies<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

2nd Place in the Nation in Speech, American Forensic Association's National Speech Tournament.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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2nd Place in the National Lincoln Douglas Debate, National Forensic Association's National Debate Tournament.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Bruce Dvorak<\/h2>
Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Cindy Ermus<\/h2>
History<\/div><\/div>
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Lynn Hollen Lees Book Prize, Urban History Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Irina Filina<\/h2>
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, Institute of International Education.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Dana Fritz<\/h2>
Art, Art History and Design<\/div><\/div>
\n

Photobook Research Fellowship, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Matthew Fritz<\/h2>
Educational Psychology<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Best Presentation, PsychTERMS (Teaching to Enhance Research Methods and Statistics) Psychology Conference.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Scott L. Gardner<\/h2>
Biological Sciences\/Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, Univ. of Nebraska State Museum<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Honorary Professor, University of Jordan, Amman Jordan.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

\n

Paper of the Month Award, Parasitology<\/em>, Cambridge University Press.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Lauren Gatti<\/h2>
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

President elect, Nebraska English Language Arts Council, state affiliate of the Nebraska Council for Teachers of English.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Amy Goodburn<\/h2>
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Russell Edgerton Innovation Fellow, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

George Graef<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Larry Tonniges Research Achievement Award, Nebraska Soybean Board.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Patricio Grassini<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

International Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jason Griffiths<\/h2>
Architecture<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Design-Build Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jintao Guo<\/h2>
Chemistry<\/div><\/div>
\n

Phase 2 prize ($250,000), shared with Janos Zempleni, Targeted Genome Editor Delivery (TARGETED) Challenge, National Institutes of Health<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Frauke Hachtmann<\/h2>
Advertising and Public Relations\/Sports Media and Communication<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Fellow, Advertising Educational Foundation Visiting Professorship Program, Association of National Advertisers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Becky Haddad<\/h2>
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Distinguished Manuscript, American Association for Agricultural Education.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

David Hage<\/h2>
Chemistry<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Outstanding Achievements Award in the Fields of Analytical Chemistry, Eastern Analytical Symposium.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Andrew A. Hanna<\/h2>
Management<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Lindsay Hastings<\/h2>
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Applied Analytics & Data Infrastructure Catalyst Program Award, Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics, and Psychometrics.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Matt Hughey<\/h2>
Management<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Katrina Jagodinsky<\/h2>
History<\/div><\/div>
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Best New Dataset or DH Model, Digital Humanities Awards.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

David Jones<\/h2>
Biological Systems Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Presidential Citation, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Na Young Jung<\/h2>
Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

2024 Sejong Books Selection (Cultural\/General Category), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Korea.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jenny Keshwani<\/h2>
Biological Systems Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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IDEA Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Oleh Khalimonchuk<\/h2>
Biochemistry<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Fellow, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Ufuk Kiliç<\/h2>
Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Paul Drude Award, International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Taeyeon Kim<\/h2>
Educational Administration<\/div><\/div>
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Emerging Scholar Award, American Educational Research Association Division A.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Teaching Comparative and International Education Innovative Curriculum Development Award, Comparative and International Education Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Stevan Knezevic<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Certificate of Appreciation, Serbian Weed Science Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Jody Koenig Kellas<\/h2>
Communication Studies<\/div><\/div>
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Top Four Paper Award, Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Top Panel Award, Central States Communication Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Paul Kononoff<\/h2>
Animal Science<\/div><\/div>
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Philip H. Cole Industry Person of the Year Award, Nebraska State Dairy Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Ilya Kravchenko<\/h2>
Physics and Astronomy<\/div><\/div>
\n

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, shared with\u00a0Ken Bloom and Daniel Claes, members of the Compact Muon Solenoid Collaboration.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Alok Kumar<\/h2>
Marketing<\/div><\/div>
\n

Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Marketing Research<\/em>.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Yvonne Lai<\/h2>
Mathematics<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Award for Impact on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, American Mathematical Society.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Josephine Lau<\/h2>
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Fellow, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Carole Levin (emeritus)<\/h2>
History\/Ethnic Studies<\/div><\/div>
\n

Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Daniel Linzell<\/h2>
Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Dennis L. Tewksbury Award, American Society of Civil Engineers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Tierney Lorenz<\/h2>
Psychology<\/div><\/div>
\n

Rising Star Award, International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Elsbeth Magilton<\/h2>
College of Law<\/div><\/div>
\n

Emerging Leader Award, Association of American Law Schools Externship Section.
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Neta Maital<\/h2>
Psychology<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, U.S. Government.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Eric Markvicka<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Gina Matkin<\/h2>
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication<\/div><\/div>
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Distinguished Leadership and Service Award, Association of Leadership Educators.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Glennis McClure<\/h2>
Agricultural Economics<\/div><\/div>
\r\n \r\n

Search for Excellence in Farm and Ranch Business Management Award, shared with Jay Parsons, Larry Van Tassell, and Shannon Sand, National Association of County Agricultural Agents.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Peter McCornick<\/h2>
Biological Systems Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Sukup Global Food Security Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

Bernard McCoy<\/h2>
Journalism and Mass Communications\/Broadcasting<\/div><\/div>
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Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Journalism, Small Market Documentary, Society of Professional Journalists.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Gold Medal, Best Documentary over 40 Minutes, International Motion Picture Academy, Ontario, Canada.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Best Documentary, Radio, Television and Digital News Association.
<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

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Gold Award, Spotlight Documentary Awards.
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Best Historical War Film, Festival Napoleon, Paris, France.
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Eric Sevareid Award, Best Documentary, Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
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Duty and Honor Award, Beaufort International Film Festival.
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Valor Award, Veteran's Film Festival, Los Angeles.
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Best Documentary, Indian Independent Film Festival, Kolkata, India.
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Award of Excellence, Broadcast Education Association On-Location Faculty Competition.
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Award of Excellence Special Mention, Accolade Global Film Competition.
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Renee McFee<\/h2>
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences<\/div><\/div>
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Educator Award, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.
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Colleen Medill<\/h2>
College of Law<\/div><\/div>
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Outstanding Legal Educator Award, Nebraska State Bar Foundation.
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Jake Messersmith<\/h2>
Management<\/div><\/div>
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Excellence in Reviewing Award, Human Resource Management Review<\/em>.
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Outstanding Reviewer Award, Human Resource Management Journal<\/em>.
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Milad Mohebali<\/h2>
Educational Administration<\/div><\/div>
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Service to the International Community Award, American College Personnel Association Commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development.
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Laura Mu\u00f1oz<\/h2>
History \/Ethnic Studies<\/div><\/div>
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New Scholar Book Award, American Educational Research Association Division F (History and Historiography).
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Charles Murrieta<\/h2>
Forensic Science<\/div><\/div>
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Campus Lab Champion of the Year, Science Interactive.
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Brett Neely<\/h2>
Management<\/div><\/div>
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Top Business Professors, Poets&Quants.
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Justin Olmanson<\/h2>
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education<\/div><\/div>
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EdMedia Outstanding Paper Award, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
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Thomas Omer (emeritus)<\/h2>
Accountancy<\/div><\/div>
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Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award, shared with Marjorie Shelley, American Accounting Association Auditing Section.
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Kendra L. Ordia<\/h2>
Interior Design<\/div><\/div>
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Educator of the Year Award, American Society of Interior Designers.
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Lance C. Pérez<\/h2>
Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Grace Panther<\/h2>
Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Best Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education New Engineering Educators Division.
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Best PIC II Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education Professional Interest Council II.
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Jae Sung Park<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Best Presentation Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Jessica Petersen<\/h2>
Animal Science<\/div><\/div>
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Continuing Service Award, Beef Improvement Federation.
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Massimiliano Pierobon<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
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Best Presentation Award, Association for Computing Machinery International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication.
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Best Poster Presentation Award, Association for Computing Machinery International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication.
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Laura Poppo<\/h2>
Management<\/div><\/div>
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Research Methods Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society.
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Strategy Process IG Leadership, Strategic Management Society.
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Kenneth M. Price<\/h2>
English\/Center for Digital Research in the Humanities<\/div><\/div>
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Julian P. Boyd Award, Association for Documentary Editing.
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Daren Redfearn<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, American Society of Agronomy.
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Fellow, Crop Science Society of America.
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Milad Roohi<\/h2>
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/div><\/div>
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Outstanding Paper Award 2025, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.
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Editor’s Choice Recognition, Journal of Structural Engineering<\/em>, American Society of Civil Engineers.
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NSF U.S.-Japan Research Collaboration Award, National Science Foundation\/NHERI-NIED\/E-Defense.
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Christopher Schafhauser<\/h2>
Mathematics<\/div><\/div>
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Israel Halperin Prize, Canadian Mathematical Society.
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Barbara and Jaroslav Zemanek Prize in Functional Analysis, Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Science.
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James C. Schnable<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture\/Center for Plant Science Innovation<\/div><\/div>
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Nebraska Corn Checkoff Presidential Chair, Nebraska Corn Board and Nebraska Corn Growers Association.
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Marjorie Shelley (emeritus)<\/h2>
Accountancy<\/div><\/div>
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Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award, shared with Thomas Omer, American Accounting Association Auditing Section.
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John Shrader<\/h2>
Broadcasting<\/div><\/div>
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Eric Sevareid Award, Midwest Broadcast Journalists.
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Jordan Soliz<\/h2>
Communication Studies<\/div><\/div>
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Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship or Distinguished Service in Family Communication, National Communication Association.
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David Steffen<\/h2>
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences<\/div><\/div>
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Pioneer Award, Beef Improvement Federation.
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Christian Stephenson<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture<\/div><\/div>
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Heart of 4-H Award, Lancaster County 4-H.
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Walter Stroup<\/h2>
Statistics<\/div><\/div>
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W.J. Dixon Award for Excellence in Statistical Consulting, American Statistical Association.
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Zhenghong Tang<\/h2>
Community and Regional Planning<\/div><\/div>
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President's Award, American Planning Association Nebraska Chapter.
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Korey Taylor<\/h2>
College of Law<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation.
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Todd Thornock<\/h2>
Accountancy<\/div><\/div>
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Academic Research Fellow, Institute of Management Accountants.
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Guy Trainin<\/h2>
Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education<\/div><\/div>
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Outstanding Paper Award, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education E-Learn Conference.
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Carlos Urrea<\/h2>
Agronomy and Horticulture<\/div><\/div>
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Editor’s Citation for Excellence, Journal of Plant Registrations<\/em>.
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Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg<\/h2>
Architecture<\/div><\/div>
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Northeast NSF I-Corps Hub Regional Propelus Invitation, ZolX Inc.
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Clean Tech R&D Voucher Award, New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology.
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Ashley M. Votruba<\/h2>
Psychology<\/div><\/div>
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Best Paper Award (2023-2025), Journal of Trust Research<\/em>.
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Ng\u2019ang\u2019a Wahu-M\u0169chiri<\/h2>
English<\/div><\/div>
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Pauline Yu Fellow in Comparative Literature, American Council of Learned Societies.
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Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize (2024), African Studies Association.
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Tyler G. White<\/h2>
Glenn Korff School of Music<\/div><\/div>
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Silver Medalist (Composer and Original Score of “The Four Elements”), Global Music Awards.
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Sandra Williams<\/h2>
Art, Art History and Design<\/div><\/div>
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Peyton Evans Artist Residency, The Studios of Key West.
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Marilyn Wolf<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
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Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electric Design Award, Design Automation Conference.
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John Woollam<\/h2>
Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/div><\/div>
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Hans Mueller Memorial Award, International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry.
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David Yuill<\/h2>
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/div><\/div>
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Fellow, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
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Janos Zempleni<\/h2>
Nutrition and Health Sciences<\/div><\/div>
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Distinguished Fellow, American Society for Nutrition.
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Phase 2 prize ($250,000), shared with Jintao Guo, Targeted Genome Editor Delivery (TARGETED) Challenge, National Institutes of Health
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National Academy Members Each of these faculty members has been awarded the high honor of membership in a national academy, recognizing their achievements and leadership in their respective fields. Other Honors and Recognitions Faculty who have received national or international honors or awards, July 1, 2024\u2013June 30, 2025. Submitted by faculty, chairs\/heads or deans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13385","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54770,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13385\/revisions\/54770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}