I am pleased to announce that our current secretary, John Ennis, has been chosen as the receipient of the 2013 Food Quality and Preference Award for "Contributions by a Young Researcher", sponsored by Elsevier and awarded during this year's Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Please join me in congratulating John for this well-deserved award, and if you are in Rio in August, make sure you attend the award ceremony during the Pangborn symposium on Thu, August 15.

Michael