April 27, 2021 The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) announced its 2021 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career and Mentor awardees honoring wheat scientists working to protect food security around the world. Ella Taagen, a Ph.D. candidate in the field of plant breeding at Cornell, was among this year’s winners. The WIT awards recognize talent and dedication from both early career women scientists and those who have excelled at mentoring women working in triticum and its nearest cereal relatives. This year’s winners are pioneering new approaches to wheat and hail from parts around the world: Nepal, Pakistan, Syria, the United Kingdom, U.S. and Zambia.