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Aguilar, O. was invited to give the 2026 Rao Annual Lecture on Environmental Racism/Justice at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. She presented her talk, “How Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers made me a climate activist: Exploring the role of the neighborhood and storytelling in climate justice” on March 12th, 2026.
Aguilar, O. (2026) Guest speaker at Cornell Cooperative Extension's Campus-County Connection Series
Aguilar, O. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) announced Olivia Aguilar as a recipient of the inaugural Fellows Award. The AASHE Fellows Award recognizes mid-career individuals who are significantly contributing to the advancement of sustainability in higher education.
Aguilar, O. (2023) Was invited to contribute to a special issue of Diálogo on her work examining the Latinx outdoor experience. As a contributor, she was also invited to participate in the Latinx Outdoor Recreation Symposium and Workshop.
Aguilar, O. Has been selected as the speaker for this year’s Daffodil Lecture on Sustainability and the Environment for the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her talk, “Seeking the Justice in Environmental and Sustainability Work” will premiere March 15, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.
Was one of five panelists who spoke on Food Justice and Community Gardening in September hosted by the Women of Color Leadership Network at UMass Amherst in collaboration with the Pioneer Valley Worker’s Center.
Just completed her two-year position as Chair of the North American Association for Environmental Education’s (NAAEE) Research Symposium, convening the first virtual symposium from October 8-10 in the organization’s history.
National Science Foundation (NSF) subaward from Harvard for "STC Center for Integrated Quantum materials" The project is for seven years.
Supplemental funding from Harvard on National Science Foundation CIQM subaward to fund MakerFaire. (April, 2020)
Awarded the 2020 Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution by the American Physical Society. The award recognizes Aidala's exceptionally creative and interdisciplinary research using scanning probe microscopy for novel studies of magnetic nanorings, biofilms and organic semiconductors and her outstanding mentoring of women undergraduates, particularly through research collaborations.
