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Twelve College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty and staff have received University Awards for excellence in research, leadership, teaching and advising. The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost announced the honors this week.

Recipients of the awards will be honored at Iowa State University’s fall convocation.

The 2013 University Award recipients from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:

ISU Award for Departmental Leadership
Michael Bugeja, Director and professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

Morrill Professor
Thomas Greenbowe, professor of chemistry

ISU Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research
Ruslan Prozorov, professor of physics and astronomy and associate scientist at the Ames Laboratory

ISU Award for Early Achievement in Research
Peng Liu, associate professor of statistics

ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
Mei Hong, professor of chemistry

Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award
William Meeker, Distinguished Professor of Statistics

James Huntington Ellis Award for Excellence in Introductory Teaching
John W. Monroe, associate professor of history

Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teacher Award
Patricia Thiel, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science & Enginneering, and John D. Corbett Professor of Chemistry

ISU Award for Early Achievement in Academic Advising
Michelle Tremmel, academic adviser in English Education

ISU Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
Arthur Winter, assistant professor of chemistry

P&S Research Award
Marek Pruski, adjunct professor of chemistry and senior scientist at the Ames Laboratory

P&S Excellence Award
Ling Li, associate scientist and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

Congratulations to all the recipients!