Faculty Awards & Honors

National Faculty Awards
The University of Rochester is proud to congratulate those faculty and students who have earned national recognition during the past academic year.
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G. Graydon Curtis ’58 and Jane W. Curtis Award
In honor of Professor Ralph Helmkamp, this award is for a nontenured faculty member of the River Campus.
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Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Awarded only within schools with undergraduate programs, the E.P. Curtis Award is a distinguished teaching prize awarded to the best faculty members. Having a record of classroom excellence usually developed over at least eight years of instruction, candidates should have also demonstrated their readiness to help less experienced or less successful teachers and teaching assistants master their craft.
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William H. Riker University Award for Graduate Teaching
This annual award recognizes a faculty member who has excelled in graduate instruction, particularly in the University's doctoral programs.
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Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education Award
This award commemorates the distinguished careers of University of Rochester faculty members who have, throughout a significant portion of their career, provided outstanding guidance and mentorship to doctoral students at the University, and whose students have in turn gone on to make important contributions in scholarship, business, or government that flow from their doctoral studies.
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Goergen Awards
Awarded for excellence in teaching and significant contributions to undergraduate learning in the College.
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