At the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Branch of Crop, Soil and Agronomy Societies of America (NEBCSA), held in Newark, DE, June 24-26, Russ Hahn, associate professor of weed science, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences was honored with a Career Service Award.
Russ Hahn has been with Cornell University since 1974. His expertise is in weed science, integrated pest management, field crop 
production and herbicide resistance management. Russ has served New York State and the Northeast Region for the past 39 years as the applied research and extension weed science specialist in field crops. Russ is a sought after speaker for winter meetings and other extension events as evidenced by his record of training sessions and extension talks. Russ received many honors to date including Outstanding Educator by the Northeastern Weed Science Society, the Extension Industry Award of NEBCSA, Excellence in IPM Award, and the Northeast Region Certified Crop Advisor President’s Award. His letters of nomination and support stated, among others “Russ Hahn has been ‘the go-to person’ for any question on the critical herbicides for field crops. Because of his tireless field research and excellent relationship with agribusiness, he has the data to answer our questions even before we have the question”.