This column offers a sampling of honors recently awarded to UC Davis faculty, staff and units:

Law professor Andrea Bjorklund has been elected to the American Law Institute, joining 13 other UC Davis law faculty who are members of the organization. It comprises judges, academics and practicing lawyers from around the world, and is widely considered the nation’s most important nongovernmental organization of legal reformers.

Law professor Diane Marie Amann has been selected to receive the Mayre Rasmussen Award for the Advancement of Women in International Law from the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law. The award recognizes her long-standing support and encouragement of women pursuing careers in international law. Amann is the director of the law school’s California International Law Center.

Louise Kellogg, professor of geology, has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Nominated fellows must have “attained acknowledged eminence in the Earth and space sciences.” New fellows are chosen by a committee of other fellows, and the honor is conferred on not more than one-tenth of 1 percent of the society’s membership in any year.

William B. Lacy, vice provost for University Outreach and International Programs, was recently selected to serve on the board of the International Academic Partnerships Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.The International Academic Partnerships Program seeks to increase the number of international partnerships between higher education institutions in the United States and those in India and China.

Rachel Goodhue, associate professor of agricultural economics, recently served as an invited participant in a public workshop exploring competition and regulatory issues in agriculture. The meeting was jointly convened for the first time by the U.S. departments of Justice and Agricul-ture. Goodhue participated on a panel that discussed trends in market power, coordination, contracts and transparency in agricultural markets.

Mark Francis, professor of landscape architecture in the Department of Environmental Design, has been elected to the Academy of Fellows of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. He was selected in recognition of his teaching, research and creative work on spatial democracy “sustained over an extended period of time that is truly inspiring and significant.” The award is due to be presented in May at the CELA Conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Professor Will Horwath, vice chair of the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, was named a 2009 Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America. A soil biogeochemist, Horwath is internationally known for his work in soil organic matter and sustainable agriculture. The 6,000-member Soil Science Society of America selects up to 14 members each year as fellows, recognizing contributions in research, teaching, extension, and administration. Horwath and other fellows were recognized at an SSSA meeting in Pittsburgh.

Eric Mussen, a Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, received the 2010 Pedro Ilic Outstanding Agricultural Educator Award for his work in educating the agricultural community, the beekeeping industry and the general public about honeybees. Mussen was recently honored at the California Small Farm Conference in San Diego.

Professor Susan Ustin has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich, the largest university in Switzerland, in recognition of her career research achievements. Ustin is a professor of environmental and resource sciences in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources.

Chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor and former chair of the Department of Entomology, is the 2010 recipient of the C.W. Woodworth Award from the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Leal, an expert on insect communication and olfaction, received the award during a meeting in Boise, Idaho.

Six new endowments bring the university's total count to 120, all of which were celebrated at the annual Endowed Chairs and Professorships Dinner.

Professor Kim Elsbach of the Graduate School of Management has been named the inaugural holder of the Stephen G. Newberry Endowed Chair in Leadership.