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The Office of the Provost administers the granting of University awards and honorary degrees.  We invite all members of the University community to nominate deserving individuals for these distinctions.

Information regarding school-based honors and awards can be found on the individual school websites, click here.

Nominations for honorary degrees to be awarded at 2014 Commencement are due September 16, 2013.

Nominations for other Commencement 2014 honors are due February 3, 2014.

2013 Award Recipients

Achievement and Service
Eastman Medal
Wendell Castle
Steven Chu '70
Harold and Joan Feinbloom
Albert Paley 

Teaching Awards
Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Professor Miguel A. Alonso, The Institute of Optics

G. Graydon Curtis ’58 and Jane W. Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching
Professor Daphon D. Ho, Department of History

Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Professor Mark Bocko, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Alison Frontier, Department of Chemistry
Professor Richard Kaeuper, Department of History

Lifetime Achievement Award in Graduate Education
Richard Aslin, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Center for Visual Science

William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Professor Govind Agrawal, The Institute of Optics

Honorary Degrees
The Reverend Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr., Doctor of Divinity
Susan Hockfield '73, Doctor of Science
Lawrence Kudlow '69, Doctor of Laws
Jessye Norman, Doctor of Music
Jie Zhang, Doctor of Science

Alumni Awards
Hutchison Medal
Norman Leenhouts, '56
Edward D. Miller, '68 (MD)

Rochester Distinguished Scholar Award
John Aldrich, '75 (PhD)