All Entries in the "Awards" Category
Jacqueline Barton Selected to Receive the Welch Award in Chemistry
Jacqueline K. Barton, the John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Emerita at the California Institute of Technology, has received the 2023 Welch Award in Chemistry. The award is meant to “encourage and recognize basic chemical research for the benefit of mankind,” according to the Robert A. Welch Foundation, which presents the award.
Rice University Psychologist Michelle Hebl Wins Advancing Women in Leadership Award
Michelle “Mikki” Hebl, the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychological Sciences and professor in the Jones Graduate School of Business ar Rice University in Houston, Texas, is the 2023 recipient of the Advancing Women in Leadership Award from the Academy of Management.
Lisa Kerr Is the First Woman to Win the Fishery Conservation Award From the American Fisheries Society
Dr. Kerr’s research aims to bring climate information to bear on fishery stock assessment and management processes in order to inform progress toward sustainable management of marine fisheries and ecosystems. She joined the faculty of the University of Maine’s School of Marine Science in October 2022.
Rita Dove to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From the National Book Foundation
Rita Dove, the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, has been selected to receive the medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation, the nonprofit organization that presents the National Book Awards. She will be honored in New York on November 15.
The American Chemical Society Recognizes the Work of the University of Pennsylvania’s Marisa Kozlowski
Dr. Kozlowski joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. The major focus of Dr. Kozlowski’s research is the development of new catalytic methods for efficient organic synthesis using computation and high throughput screening. She has authored over 170 independent publications.
Margie Lee Wins a Prestigious Award From the American Association of Avian Pathologists
Margie Lee, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Phibro Animal Health Excellence in Poultry Research Award which honors a scholar who has demonstrated sustained excellence in research of poultry disease and health over a period of 20 years or more.
Judy Krysik Honored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Krysik, an associate professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University received the Children’s Bureau Champions Award for Promoting Child and Family Well-Being. Dr. Krysik created the Center for Child Well-Being at Arizona State University in 2015 and has been evaluating programs that support communities and families to create stable and nurturing environments for children.
Three Women to Be Honored by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology announced today the winners of its annual awards. Among the honorees are Hao Wu, a professor at Harvard Medical School, Margaret Phillips, chair of the biochemistry department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Shana Stoddard, an associate professor of chemistry, at Rhodes College in Memphis.
Agustina S. Paglayan Wins Award for the Best Paper in Political Science
Agustina S. Paglayan, an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, has received the 2023 Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association. She is being recognized for the best article published in the American Political Science Review.
Florida State’s Cathy McClive Earns Prestigious Fellowship From the French Institutes for Advanced Studies
Cathy McClive, the Ben Weider Professor in French Revolutionary Studies at Florida State University, will use her time in France to complete her third book, The Disappearance of Claudine Rouge: Rape, Murder, and Erasure in Eighteenth-Century France.
Adele Wolfson Recognized for Her Work to Advance the Careers of Women in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Adele J. Wolfson, a professor emerita of chemistry and natural and physical sciences at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, received the Sustained Leadership Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Wolfon will be honored and give a lecture at the society’s 2024 annual meeting, in San Antonio in March.
Susan Landau of Tufts University Wins Lifetime Achievement Award From USENIX
Susan Landau, Bridge Professor in Cybersecurity and Policy at the Fletcher School and the School of Engineering at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She was honored for “a profound and lasting impact on computer science, computer security, law, and public policy through groundbreaking research, influential publications, and dedication to advancing knowledge that informs public policy.”
American Political Science Association Honors Rebecca Glazier for Civic and Community Engagement
Rebecca A. Glazier, a political science professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the 2023 Distinguished Award of Civic and Community Engagement from the American Political Science Association. The award honors significant civic or community engagement activity by a political scientist that merges knowledge and practice […]
Mari Yoshihara Wins Three Awards for Her Book on Leonard Bernstein
Mari Yoshihara, a professor of American studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was honored with the Kawai Hayao Prize for Stories, the Japan Essayist Club Award, and the Music Pen Club Japan Award.
Ashley Miller Recognized for Her Efforts to Boost University Research
Ashley Miller, a senior contract and grant specialist in the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University, is being recognized by the Society of Research Administrators International for her contributions to the advancement of research with a ‘Future of the Field’ award.
The American Society of Human Genetics to Honor Vanderbilt University’s Nancy Cox
Professor Cox, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2015 after teaching at the University of Chicago, has focused her research on developing novel quantitative genetic methods to identify and characterize genetic variations that contribute to common human diseases and related complex traits, including diabetes and psychiatric disorders.
Syracuse University Historian Tess Murphy Wins Two Book Awards for The Creole Archipelago
Dr. Murphy won the Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians and the Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize the French Colonial Historical Society. Her book previously won the James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History from the American Historical Association
Claudia Bornholdt Named the Music Educator of the Year
Claudia Bornholdt, dean of the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, was honored by the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame with a Lifetime Achievement Award. She was also named 2023 Music Educator of the Year for her support of women in music and the arts.
Cognitive Science Society Recognizes the Work of Berkeley’s Alison Gopnik
Alsion Gopnik, a professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley, has researched how children learn to understand their own minds and how, given limited evidence, they nevertheless make sense of the world around them. Lately, Dr. Gopnik has increasingly focused on artificial intelligence, which has its roots in cognitive science.
Aditi Chattopadhyay to Receive an Award From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dr. Chattopadhyay’s research includes work for the U.S. military, NASA, and the U.S. Department of Energy. It focuses on multiscale modeling, structural health monitoring, and damage prognosis as well as developing sensing systems, autonomous materials capable of performing complex functions in response to changes in the environment, and composite materials that can withstand high temperatures.
University of Pennsylvania’s Beverly Crawford Honored by the National Dental Association Foundation
Beverley Crawford, professor of clinical restorative dentistry and director of the student diversity and inclusion initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, has been recognized for her service to students and academics.
Tina Eliassi-Rad Honored by the CRT Foundation for Her Research on Artificial Intelligence
Tina Eliassi-Rad,, a professor of computer science at Northeastern University, recently received the Lagrange Prize from the CRT Foundation in Turin Italy. The prize is considered the highest international recognition for scientists in the field of complex systems and data.
Mississippi State’s Becky Hagenston Wins Short Story Prize
Becky Hagenston, a professor of English at Mississippi State University, won Story magazine’s Story Foundation Prize for her work “Woman of the House.” Professor Hagenston drew inspiration for “Woman of the House” from stories her in-laws shared about living in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the early 1970s.
Lisa Hopper Earns Lifetime Achievement Award From NASFAA
Lisa Hopper, who recently retired as dean of student financial services for National Park College in Hot Springs, Arkansas, is only the 28th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. She is the first person from Arkansas to receive the honor.
University of North Florida’s Diane Yendol-Hoppey Wins Teacher Education Award
Diane Yendol-Hoppey is a professor in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. Dr. Yendol-Hoppey served as dean of the College of Education at the University of North Florida for six years. Earlier, she served on the faculty at the University of Florida, West Virginia University, and the University of South Florida.
The Congressional Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus Honors Sandra Pavelka
Sandra Pavelka is a professor of political science and public administration and the founding director of the Institute for Youth and Justice Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. She was honored for helping marginalized and underserved youth, including crime victims.
Professor Joanna Hersey Recognized by the International Tuba Euphonium Association
Joanna Hersey is a professor of music and associate dean of student success and curriculum for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The award “highlights and showcases the exceptional artistic work of women in what has been a predominantly white male organization and community.”
Viviana Zelizer of Princeton University Wins Two Major Awards From the American Sociological Association
Viviana Zelizer, the Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University in New Jersey, has been selected to receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Sociological Association. She will also receive the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology.
The U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics Creates an Award Honoring Mary Wheeler
Dr. Wheeler holds the Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair of Engineering and is director of the Center for Subsurface Modeling at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science at the University of Texas at Austin. She is being honored for her sustained contributions to interdisciplinary and emerging areas including earth, environmental, and energy sciences.
Florida State’s Jessica Ribeiro Recognized for Her Work on Suicide Prevention
Jessica Ribeiro, an associate professor of psychology at Florida State University, has earned the 2023 Edwin S. Shneidman Award from the American Association of Suicidology in recognition of her research into suicide causes and prevention.
Albright College’s Jennifer Koosed Wins Book Award From the Catholic Media Association
Jennifer Koosed, professor of religious studies at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, is sharing the 2023 first place award from the Catholic Media Association in the category of Scripture – Academic Studies. The book is part of a 60-volume “Wisdom Commentary” series, that offers detailed feminist interpretation of every book of the Bible.
Cornell University’s Éva Tardos Honored as a “Visionary in Computer Science”
Éva Tardos is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science and department chair in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University. She is an expert in algorithms, including foundational work in combinatorial algorithms, approximation algorithms. and algorithmic game theory.
Gina S. Brown Received the National Humanism in Medicine Medal From the Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Since 2015, Gina S. Brown has dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Sciences at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Brown was recognized for her leadership and achievements in healthcare, government, and for her positive impact on society.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions
The women named deans are Ah-Hyung Park at UCLA, Hopi Hoekstra at Harvard University, Jill Dixon at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Twinette Johnson at the University of the District of Columbia, Mary Margaret Frank at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Heather Woofter at the University of Texas at Austin, Sharonda Ragland at Virginia Union University, and Camille Su-Lin Johnson at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Khatharya Um Named a Laureate of the Fukuoka Prize
Khatharya Um, associate dean in the Division of Social Sciences and an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, s being honored for her notable contributions in the fields of political science, Southeast Asian studies, and global education – especially her work on the history of Cambodia.
