Lars Olson Lauded for Distinguished Creative Work and Teaching in Agriculture

The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics is proud to announce that Professor Lars Olson is the recipient of the 2020 Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work and Teaching in Agriculture, presented by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland. The Cairns award is the college's premier award for recognizing members of the faculty who make outstanding and creative contributions.

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AREC is a world-class department focused on agricultural economics and policy, environmental and natural resource economics, and economic development. The faculty are renowned for their scholarship and research, policy experience, and professional service. Our top-ranked Ph.D. program has a diverse and high-quality student body from the U.S. and countries around the world. Our undergraduate concentrations in agricultural and resource economics, agribusiness, and environmental and resource economics, as well as the global poverty minor, allow students to learn from leading scholars in small classes. Policy and public education programs address issues of importance to stakeholders at local, state, national and international levels.

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