Dr. Brad Cohen Receives 2024 CAS Award for Research and Scholarly Activity
Dr. Brad Cohen of the Biology Department is the recipient of the 2024 College of Arts
& Sciences Award for Research and Scholarly Activity. Dr. Cohen is recognized for
the paper, 鈥淐itizen science reveals waterfowl responses to extreme winter weather鈥�
that appeared in the journal Global Change Biology. In that publication, Dr. Cohen鈥檚
lab (with his PhD student Nick Masto as lead author) and collaborators from Cornell
University, Ducks Unlimited, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and TWRA showed the value
of citizen science data for monitoring responses of migratory birds to extreme climactic
events and for guiding conservation policy and management in these populations. The
paper can be read on the .