Kingston, Ramsey recognized with 2026 ARIS Awards for advancing societal impact
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The Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) has announced the recipients of the 2026 ARIS Awards, which recognize excellence in conducting research with demonstrable societal impact. Awardees were formally honored on April 1 during the ARIS Summit 2026.
“Public impact research is core to 鶹Ƶ's research ethos,” said Tanya Ennis, director of Research Impact and Engagement in 鶹Ƶ’s Research & Innovation Office. “These broader impacts awards recognize how our researchers are producing impactful change in Colorado communities and around the world. As Colorado’s flagship university, we lead in creating new knowledge and solutions by engaging and co-creating with our partners and the communities we serve.”
Among this year’s select group of honorees are two 鶹Ƶ researchers:
Beverly Kingston
Impact Innovations Award
Beverly Kingston and the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
Kingston and the CPSV—where Kingston serves as director—were recognized for applying research to reduce school and community violence.
For more than 30 years, the center has partnered with youth, educators and policymakers to design evidence-based prevention programs. By bridging research and practice, it advances effective strategies that strengthen schools, communities and public wellbeing.
Samuel Ramsey
Emerging Broader Impacts Leader
Samuel Ramsey, BioFrontiers Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ramsey was honored for advancing science communication focused on global pollinator health.
His work shifts efforts from reactive crisis management to proactive prevention by tracing the sources of bee parasites and pathogens and equipping beekeepers with evolutionary insights that support sustainable protection and long-term stewardship of pollinators worldwide.
About the awards
The 2026 ARIS Awards also recognized additional recipients across three categories—Impact Innovations, Enduring Achievement and Emerging BI Leader—including scholars and teams whose work spans citizen science, engaged scholarship, STEM education, coastal research and public impact policy initiatives.
“These awardees represent impact at its best,” said Susan D. Renoe, executive director of ARIS. “They translated their work into real-world results with strong cross-community partnerships, thoughtful engagement, and a clear commitment to societal benefit.”
The awards ceremony was held during the three-day ARIS Summit 2026, which brought together global leaders, researchers and practitioners to explore how intentional design drives measurable research impact and strengthens connections between research and society.
Amplifying research impact
To learn more and engage, please visit the Broader Impacts Network web hub, 鶹Ƶ’s central campus source connecting the research and creative works community with the partners, tools and resources to successfully develop and implement socially significantbroader impacts.