Awards

Nancy Cartwright Receives the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Humanities

Dr. Cartwright, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, was awarded for her contributions to the philosophy of science in practice, which have reshaped the scholarly understanding of scientific evidence, causality, and objectivity.

Londa Schiebinger Wins the 2026 Harvard Centennial Medal

Dr. Schiebinger is a leading authority on sex and gender in the history of science and the study of women scientists in the eighteenth century. She has been a faculty member at Stanford University for more than two decades.

University of Maryland’s Anny Gaul Earns Book Award From the James Beard Foundation

Dr. Gaul is a cultural historian whose research and teaching interests lie at the intersections of food, gender, and culture in the Arabic-speaking world. She was honored for her book Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato.

Cornell’s Isabel M. Perera Receives International Recognition for New Book on Mental Health Care

Dr. Perera's new book on the variations in mental health care services in affluent democracies has been honored by both the International Political Sciences Association and the Council for European Studies.

Karen Corcoran Awarded for Excellence in Psychiatric Nursing Education

Dr. Corcoran, an associate professor at the University of Saint Joseph in Connecticut, has received the Award for Excellence in Education from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. Her academic research centers on graduate nursing education specifically related to simulation, telehealth, and wellness.

Two Women Professors Recognized as Trailblazers in Legal Education

The Association of American Law Schools has recently presented its Deborah L. Rhode Award to Joanna Grossman of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and Kimberly Mutcherson of Rutgers Law School. The professors were honored for their contibutions to legal education and the legal profession.

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Wins the 2026 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award

Dr. Vunjak-Novakovic, University Professor and the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences at Columbia University, was honored for her pioneering work in human tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

A.J. Schwichtenberg Receives International Award for Research on Early Human Development

The International Congress of Infant Studies has honored Purdue University's A.J. Schwichtenberg for her research on how sleep and biosocial processes are developmentally consequential for children and families

Tracey Scherban Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Science and Education

Dr. Scherban taught chemistry in Portland Community College for 10 years. Since her retirement in 2019, she has organized an American Chemical Society symposium focused on women in science.

Nicole Joseph of Vanderbilt University Receives National Award in Mathematics Education

Dr. Joseph, an associate professor at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, was recently honored by the Mathematical Association of American for her career-long contributions to mathematics education for K-12 and undergraduate students.

Purdue’s Ali Bramson Honored for Groundbreaking Contributions to Planetary Science

The American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences has awarded Dr. Bramson for her groundbreaking research that has fundamentally redefined our understanding of subsurface ice on Mars

University of Pennsylvania’s Sophia Rosenfeld Receives Book Prize in Intellectual History

Dr. Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, recently received the István Hont Book Prize from the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.