Recent awards showcase diverse accomplishments of Rochester faculty
Several University of Rochester faculty members have received awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.
Developers of bladeless LASIK earn AAAS Golden Goose Award
Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou’s discovery of chirped pulse amplification at the University of Rochester helped make bladeless LASIK possible.
CAREER awards recognize role models in research, education
Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.
Rochester students win national awards and fellowships
From Fulbright awards to Projects for Peace funding, the array of honors recognize the scholars’ academic achievement, research potential, and commitment to service.
Frederick Douglass Medal to be presented to Northwestern’s dean of communication
E. Patrick Johnson is recognized for contributions to engaged scholarship and public performance.
Awards celebrate community diversity and inclusion efforts
The recently redesigned Presidential Stronger as One Diversity Awards honor the breadth of excellence within and beyond the University of Rochester community.
English professor’s cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award
Everything I Don’t Know, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer, takes top honors for poetry in translation.
National Academy of Engineering honors Rob Clark
Clark is among the 111 newly elected members of the academy, considered one of the highest distinctions for an engineer.
International vision association honors Susana Marcos
The Center for Visual Science director has been elected a Gold Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
At age 80, John Thomas writes new chapter in an illustrious career
The Rochester professor emeritus and new American Astronomical Society fellow now explores the brain’s waste disposal system.