Ms Isobel Colson, an Honours student in ecology at Charles Sturt University (CSU), has won the Terry Hillman Honours Educational Prize for 2013. Ms Colson will receive her $3 000 prize from Professor Hillman on Wednesday 26 June at the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC) in Wodonga at 10.30am. The prize, named after former MDFRC director Professor Terry Hillman, was established in honour of Professor Hillman’s contribution to freshwater ecology around Albury-Wodonga. The MDFRC has given the annual award since 2006 to support and encourage students in freshwater ecology. Ms Colson, who has nearly completed her Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management with Honours at CSU and MDFRC, is investigating the impacts of temperature, ultraviolet radiation, and billabong characteristics on the termination of zooplankton hibernation. She is supervised by Dr Paul Humphries and Dr Nicole McCasker from CSU’s School of Environmental Sciences and Dr Daryl Nielsen from MDFRC.