Graduate student Tong Qiu won the best student paper at the 2nd Congress of the Society for Urban Ecology which was hosted by East China Normal University and the Society for Urban Ecology in Shanghai during July 8-10, 2016. Tong’s presentation title was “Detecting Spatial and Temporal Variation of Urban Phenology Over the Past Three Decades Using Landsat Time-series Data.” The Prize carries a $300 cash reward.