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 »»