2012 Usibelli Award recipients honored
May 10, 2012
UAF has announced recipients of the 2012 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Public Service Awards.
Debendra Das, professor of engineering and mines in the College of Engineering and Mines, received the teaching award; Sergei Avdonin, professor of mathematics and statistics
in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics, received the research award; and Kenji Yoshikawa, research professor at the Institute of Northern Engineering, received the service award. All three were honored at a May 8 reception at the UA
Museum of the North.
The Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Public Service Awards are considered
one of the university’s most prestigious awards. They represent UAF’s tripartite mission
and are funded annually from a $600,000 endowment established by Usibelli Coal Mine
in 1992.
Each year, a committee that includes members from the faculty, the student body and
a member of the UA Foundation Board of Trustees evaluates the nominees. Each of the
winners receives a cash award of $10,000.
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