College of Arts and Sciences
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
Dr. Van Houten also assumes the Chair of the National IDeA PI Association Council Executive
Committee in June 2010. Currently she serves as Vice-Chair.
In addition, The Vermont Academy of Arts & Science (VAAS) Board of Trustees elected Dr.
Judith Van Houten as a Fellow of the Academy in 2010. The Board recognized Dr. Van Houten
for her "work as a scientist and as a teacher and mentor to students which together have made a
substantial impact on life and conditions in Vermont." The Board went on to cite especially Dr.
Van Houten's contributions as the "Vermont State Director of EPSCoR, the HELiX Program, and
the Vermont Genetics Network". Of particular note was her "work to keep students interested in
science". Dr. Van Houten will be presented with her award at the annual conference, this year
on "Utilizing Wood Chips as a Source of Renewable Energy" at Green Mountain College in
Poultney, Vermont on October 2, 2010.
The VAAS Fellow criteria states that Fellows must: "have made an extraordinary contribution in
or to the arts, humanities, science or teaching; Contributions must have made a substantial
impact on the life and conditions in Vermont..."