SNRE Professor Ivette Perfecto is receiving this year's ERHC Diversity Award from the Ecological Society of America during its Annual Meeting next month.

The award recognizes her "outstanding contributions to increasing current and future diversity in the ecological community"  and is given by the ESA's Education and Human Resources Committee (EHRC). The EHRC Diversity Award recognizes long-standing contributions to increasing the diversity of future ecologists through mentoring, teaching, or outreach.

In making the announcement, the ESA highlighted Perfecto's inspirational work with students over many years at national and international levels. Her work in mentoring students, in particular Latina women ecologists, is extraordinary and far-reaching in its impact, according to the ESA.

Also at the ESA Annual Meeting, SNRE is co-hosting an alumni mixer. The event is Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Austin Convention Center in Austin.

About The Ecological Society of America

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to: promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists; raise the public's level of awareness of the importance of ecological science;  increase the resources available for the conduct of ecological science; and ensure the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental decision making