Awards and Honors

Andi Livi Smith, is ae recipient of $10,350 plus travel funds to attend the Active Living Research conference in San Diego in February 2007. The dissertation fellowship is from Active Living Research, which is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. ALR investigates policies and environments to support active communities. She is one of four PhD students in the country who received this Fellowship. More info about ALR can be found at www.activelivingresearch.org

Two URPD Ph.D. students, Andrea Livi Smith and Carolina Burneir have received Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships from the Federal Highway Administration, one of the most prestigious transportation fellowships. Andrea Livi Smith was awarded a one year grant in the amount of $6,500 to cover tuition and travel to the Transportation Research Board annual meeting. Carolina Burnier has received a three year award totaling $103,500, which will cover her tuition and stipend, as well as the TRB conference. She is one of only ten recipients of this award nationwide.

Arnab Chakarborty received a Kenneth Good Graduate Student Fellowship from the Urban Land Institute for 2005

Rodney Harrell received a Promise Award at the Second Annual PROMISE Research Symposium! In the Social Sciences Education Arts and Humanities Oral Presentations category, Rodney won second place. Masters study Willow Amman won third place. For more information, click here.

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PROMISE: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
University of Maryland College Park