All Entries in the "Awards" Category
Sarah Ruiz Honored for Early-Career Contributions to Health Education
The Society for Public Health Education has presented its 2025 M. Elaine Aud Horizon Award to Sarah Ruiz, assistant professor at New Mexico State University, for her contributions to the public health profession and education.
Yale’s Paola Bertucci Wins International Prize for Book on the History of Science
Dr. Bertucci’s award-winning book, In the Land of Marvels, discusses how eighteenth-century scientists published fictional events and results to bolster their careers
Boni Elewski Receives Gold Medal Award from the American Academy of Dermatology
Dr. Elewski, chair of the department of dermatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is an international leader in fungal and psoriasis research and dermatological clinical trials.
Anna Balazs Receives International Recognition for Materials Science and Soft Matter Research
Johannas Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany has presented its 2025 Gutenberg Research Award to Anna Balazs, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.
Franklin Institute Recognizes Katharine Suding for Transformative Contributions to Restoration Ecology
A distinguished profesor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, Dr. Suding is a plant community ecologist who studies ecosystem landscape and population biology.
Amanda Gilmore Recognized for Outstanding Early Career Research in Public Health
A Georgia State faculty member since 2019, Dr. Gilmore focuses her work on the prevention and treatment of several public health issues, particularly among underserved groups.
Florida State University’s Liliya Ugay Named Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association
Dr. Ugay has taught music composition at Florida State University for the past six years. She recently received national recognition for her piece, “Pull No More,” which was inspired by her own experience of childbirth and common clichés related to the harp.
Michigan State University’s Teresa Woodruff Honored by Society for Women’s Health Research
Dr. Woodruff has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to women’s health research. She founded the field of oncofertility in 2006, sparking research into the reproductive options of cancer patients and cancer survivors.
Elizabeth Oliver Receives Lifetime Service Award from the American Accounting Association
Dr. Oliver, the Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor in Commerce at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, has been recognized for her lifetime achievement in accounting education and leadership within the profession.
Two Women Scholars at American Universities Recognized for Achievements in Biomedical Technology
The award winners are Kiana Aran of the University of California, San Diego and Amanda Randles of Duke University in North Carolina. Both women were recognized for developing breakthrough biomedical technologies.
Amy Gutmann Receives Yale’s Legend in Leadership Award
Dr. Gutmann led the University of Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2022, making her the institution’s longest serving president. After her retirement, she became the first woman to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
Dusa McDuff Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Association has recognized Barnard College’s Dusa McDuff for her lifelong contributions to the field of symplectic geometry and topology and her mentorship of other women in mathematics.
Stanford’s Fei-Fei Li Wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Among a cohort of seven recipients, Dr. Li was the only woman to receive the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. She is a leading expert in machine learning whose contributions have contributed to the modern understanding of artificial intelligence.
Naomi Halas Awarded the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
A University Professor at Rice University, Naomi Halas was honored for her creation and development of nanoshells, which are used in many biomedical and chemical applications.
Article Authored by Cornell’s Valeria Hans Wins the 2025 Civil Justice Scholarship Award
Valeria P. Hans, the Charles F. Rechlin Professor of Law at Cornell University, was honored for her co-authored paper, “Democratic Renewal and Civil Jury,” which provides a practical roadmap to restoring juris to their historical importance in the American legal system.
Leah Stokes Recognized for Outstanding Climate Science Communication
ClimateOne has honored Leah Stokes, an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for her outstanding scientific contributions and efforts to communicate climate change research to the public.
Priyamvada Natarajan Honored for Career Contributions to Black Hole and Dark Matter Research
Dr. Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, is known for her extensive research on the formation of black holes and the use of gravitational lensing to map dark matter.
Evelina Fedorenko Receives National Award for Outstanding Research on the Brain’s Language Network
Dr. Fedorenko, associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, investigates how people understand and produce language through the use of brain imaging and computational modeling.
New Novel by Colorado State University Professor Ramona Ausubel Receives National Book Foundation Award
Professor Ausubel is the author of three novels and two short-story collections. Her latest work, The Last Animal, has received the 2025 Science + Literature Award from the National Book Foudnation.
Julie Masterson Honored for Outstanding Leadership in Graduate Education
As dean of the Graduate College at Missouri State University, Julie Masterson has overseen a significant period of growth in the university’s graduate enrollment and retention, degree offerings, and external partnerships.
Nalanda Roy Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Global Affairs Research
The Society of Translational Academic Research has recognized Nalanda Roy, professor at Georgia Southern University, for her outstanding research on South and Southeast Asian maritime security and conflicts.
Amy Thompson Honored for Distinguished Service to Teacher Education and Foreign Language Learning
Currently director of the School of Teacher Education at Florida State University, Amy S. Thompson received the 2024 Distinguished Service to the Profession Award from the Association of Language Departments, a part of the Modern Language Association.
Jessica Lamont Receives a Book Award From the Archaeological Institute of America
Jessica Lamont, an assistant professor at Yale University, was honored for her book, In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece, a historical study of ritualized curse practice in ancient Greece.
Three Women Scientists Awarded Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Biomedical Sciences
The Vilcek Foundation aims to raise awareness of immigrant contributions to the United States. This year, three women scholars at American universities have been honored for their outstanding cancer research contributions.
Svetlana Mojsov Receives International Award for Research Leading to Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Treatments
Nearly 30 years after she was left off the patent of her discovery of GLP-1, Dr. Mojsov has been honored for her work in synthesizing the hormone, which has led to the development of drugs that treat obesity-related complications.
The American Institute of Architects Presents Its Highest Honor to Yale University’s Deborah Berke
Berke, the first woman dean of the Yale School of Architecture, is the recipient of the American Institute of Architect’s 2025 Gold Medal. The prestigious award is presented annually to individuals who have made a lasting influence on the field of architecture.
MIT’s Sally Haslanger Honored for Lifelong Contributions to Philosophy
An interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Haslanger’s research spans the fields of women’s and gender studies, critical race theory, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy.
Sara Brownell Recognized for Outstanding Research on Undergraduate STEM Education
Dr. Brownell currently serves as a President’s Professor in the School of Life Sciences and founding director of the Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center at Arizona State University, where she researches inclusivity in undergraduate STEM environments.
Modern Language Association Awards the 2024 Matei Calinescu Prize to Two Ivy League Professors
Yale’s Marijeta Bozovic and Harvard’s Glenda Carpio have been named co-recipients of the Modern Language Association’s 2024 Matei Calinescu Prize, which recognizes outstanding scholarship on contemporary literature and thought.
Tamara Hancock Receives National Recognition for Leadership in Veterinary Pathology
Dr. Hancock has taught as an assistant teaching professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri for the past seven years. Her research focuses on mental health and well-being within the veterinary medical profession.
The National Association of Campus Activities Awards Its Highest Honor to Regina Hyatt
The NACA’s Founders Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of campus event planning and activities. Dr. Hyatt has an extensive background in student services, currently serving as vice president of student affairs at Mississippi State University.
Anita Jacobson Awarded for Commitment to Pharmacy Students and Substance Abuse Education
A clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island, Dr. Jacobson focuses her work on improving pharmacist-patient communication, specifically regarding vulnerable patient populations.
Miya Qiong Xie Wins First Book Prize From the Modern Language Association
Dr. Xie has taught comparative East Asian literature at Dartmouth College for the past seven years. Her award-winning book, Territorializing Manchuria: The Transnational Frontier and Literatures of East Asia, examines how the frontier of Manchuria influenced literature throughout East Asia.
Federica Brandizzi Receives International Recognition for Plant Science Research
Dr. Brandizzi has served as a professor of plant biology at Michigan State University for nearly two decades. She was recently honored by the Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei in Italy for her research on how plants adapt to environmental stressors.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Honors Four Early-Career Women Chemists
This year’s recipients of the 2025 Marion Milligan Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences are Grace Han of Brandies University in Massachusetts, Michelle Calabrese and Jessica Lamb of the University of Minnesota, and Erin Stache of Princeton University in New Jersey.
