The UAPD Excellence Fund will provide resources for training, special projects and strategic initiatives. The fund also honors Chief Steve Gahagans and the officers who serve the university community.
Popp, a professor of agricultural economics and associate dean of the Honors College, recently served as the November 2025 Wally Cordes Chair for the Teaching and Faculty Support Center.
Ricardo Enrique, playwright of Parts Per Million & Prophets, and Andrea Stolowitz, playwright of Recent Unsettling Events, were named co-winners of the 2025 Kernodle New Play Award Nov. 18.