Linda Lister (Music), Brian Hedlund (Life Sciences), and Zhaohuan Zhu (Physics and Astronomy) have been selected by the NSHE Board of Regents to receive this year's Regents’ Awards, which honor accomplishments that increase NSHE’s stature in five areas: teaching, academic advising, creative activities, research, and early-career (or “rising”) research.
The board selected three faculty members whose work related specifically to research and creative activity. Lister received a Regents’ Creative Activities Award, which comes with a $5,000 stipend and a medal. Hedlund received a Regents’ Researcher Award, which comes with a $5,000 stipend. Zhu received a Regents’ Rising Researcher Award, which comes with a $2,000 stipend.