Faculty Awards & Honors
The faculty in Arts, Sciences and Engineering earned national recognition and teaching awards during the past academic year.
- ACCOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
- Fellow
Sheryl Gracewski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering - ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Lane Hemaspaandra, Professor of Computer Science - AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
- Fellow
Richard G. Niemi, Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science - AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
- Fellow
John Jaenike, Professor of Biology
Henry Kautz, Professor of Computer Science
Michael Tanenhaus, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics - AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
- 2007 Morley Medal
Richard Eisenberg, Tracy Harris Professor of Chemistry - AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
- 2007 Fellow
John A. Tarduno, Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Professor of Geophysics - ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY
- Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing and Fellow
Michael Scott, Professor of Computer Science - FRANCIS BACON FOUNDATION
- Fellow, The Huntington Library
Genevieve Guenther, Assistant Professor of English - FULBRIGHT AWARD
- Senior Fulbright Grant Recipient
Ewa Hauser, Director of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science - GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
- Donath Medal
Carmala Garzione, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences - THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS
- 2007 Daniel E. Noble Award
Ching Tang, Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics - JEWISH GUILD FOR THE BLIND
- 2007 Bressler Prize in Vision Science
David R. Williams,William G. Allyn Chair of Medical Optics, Director of the Center for Visual Science, and Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Optics, Ophthalmology, and Biomedical Engineering - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- Career Award
Misha Ovchinnikov, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
David Pinto, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Biomedical Engineering - NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME
- 2007 Inductee
Judith Pipher, Professor Emeritus - OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
- 2007 Fellow
Nicholas P. Bigelow, Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics and Professor of Optics
Lukas Novotny, Professor of Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics - 3M
- New Faculty Award
Mitchell Anthamatten, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering - TIAA-CREF
- Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security
Mark Aguiar, Associate Professor of Economics - AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PHYSICS TEACHERS
- 2007 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Steven L. Manly, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- THE EDWARD PECK CURTIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
- John A. Tarduno, Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Professor of Geophysics
- GOERGEN AWARDS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND ENGINEERING
- Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching
Claudia Schaefer, Modern Languages and Cultures - Curricular Achievement in Undergraduate Education
Take Five Scholars Program - Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Learning
Jody Asbury, Dean of Students - UNIVERSITY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN GRADUATE EDUCATION
- Henry E. Kyburg Jr., Gideon W. Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy and Professor of Computer Science
- ANTHONY CENTER FOR WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP
- Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award
Suzanne O’Brien, Director of the College Center for Academic Support and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
- University Bridging Fellowships
- The Bridging Fellowship Program is a University-wide program that supports members of the University faculties in interdisciplinary study. Specifically, the program releases members from departmental obligations for one semester to allow them to move to another part of the University for the purpose of learning aspects of another discipline.
- 2007-2008 Bridging Fellows:
- Robert Foster
Professor of Anthropology - Yongli Gao
Professor of Physics and Astronomy - Rochester Professors Cross Disciplines for Research »»
- 2006-2007 Bridging Fellows:
- Harold Danko
Chair, Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media Department - Patrick Macey
Chair, Musicology Department - Joan Rubin
Professor of History - List of previous Bridging Fellows »»