Late last year, Environmental Science and Technology, a premier journal for environmental research, awarded Huichun (Judy) Zhang, the Frank H. Neff Professor in Civil Engineering, a best paper honor for her work, “Machine Learning: New Ideas and Tools in Environmental Science and Engineering.” According to the journal, the recognition is conferred to “represent not only their own unique brilliance in presenting some of the best novel, impactful new research but also something more, the resilience, determination, and humanity of the ES&T community.”