Former department graduate and CARD post-doc/assistant scientist Silvia Secchi recently received a Early Career Faculty Excellence Award from the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where she is currently serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Agribusiness Economics. Secchi is also the co-director of the University's environmental resources and policy doctorate program. Learn more about her honors and current work at: http://news.siu.edu/2012/05/050112par12084.html