Congratulations to Nia “Blue” Riggins! The Ecological Society of America (ESA) awarded Blue a diversity award as Strategies for Ecology, Education, Diversity and Sustainability fellow. Blue received the award at the ESA annual meeting last week in Lousville, Kentucky. While there, Blue also presented her research in collaboration with Dr. Sydne Record in a poster entitled, “What does the future hold for the Harvard Forest Megaplot? Seedling Abundance, Diversity, and Mortality of a Forest in Transition.” The abstract for Blue’s poster is online here.