Promising young researchers receive prestigious NSF CAREER awards
Faculty Awards & Honors
Wen-fai Fong named ‘Rising Star’ by Astronomy Magazine
Astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong, was recognized by Astronomy Magazine in their list, “Rising Stars in Astronomy.” Fong is assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern. Fong is one of 25 early-career researchers recognized by Astronomy Magazine for having distinguished themselves from...
Mike Cloud receives inaugural Foundation for Contemporary Arts’ Richard Pousette-Dart Award
Associate Professor Mike Cloud, of the Art Theory and Practice Department, has been awarded the inaugural Richard Pousette-Dart Award by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA). The award honors the legacy of artist Richard Pousette-Dart, a first-generation abstract expressionist painter known...
Northwestern Named Top Fulbright Producing Institution For 19th Year
Northwestern was recently named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by the U.S. Department of State for the 19th consecutive year. This year, 20 students and alumni received Fulbright awards, which allow them to teach, study and conduct research around the world. “This achievement...
Chemist Todd Gingrich named 2023 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Todd Gingrich has been recognized as a 2023 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Gingrich is assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern. The renowned Sloan Research Fellowship Program recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty who “have the potential to...
Professor George Schatz receives inaugural Marsha I. Lester Award for Exemplary Impact in Physical Chemistry
Congratulations are in order: Professor George Schatz has been named the inaugural recipient of the Marsha I. Lester Award for Exemplary Impact in Physical Chemistry by the Physical Chemistry Division of the ACS. Marsha I. Lester is the Christopher H. Browne...
Samuel Stupp awarded Bauerman Medal from Imperial College, London
Samuel Stupp of the Department of Chemistry has been awarded the Bauerman Medal from the Materials Department at Imperial College, London. The medal and accompanying prize lecture highlight advances in materials science and engineering. Stupp is Board of Trustees Professor of...
Xiumin Du receives illustrious CAREER award from National Science Foundation
Xiumin Du has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. Du is assistant professor of mathematics at Northwestern. The CAREER Award is designed to support promising young faculty members...
Timothy Earle receives prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from Society for American Archaeology
Timothy Earle, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, has been awarded the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor in his field. According to their website, the Lifetime Achievement Award is conferred to “an archaeologist for...
Two faculty receive National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship grants
Two faculty in Weinberg College have been awarded Fellowship grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Jennifer Lackey and Dassia Posner. The awards are part of $28.1 million in grants provided by the NEH for 204 humanities projects across...
Teri Odom named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Teri W. Odom, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as 2022 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific society...