Awards & Honors

Federico Burdisso made history both at Northwestern and in Italy when he claimed two Olympic medals in Tokyo last July. Not only is he a Northwestern statistics major in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, but he also medaled...

Northwestern University chemist Teri Odom was elected to the 2022 Class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. She is being recognized for the “development of optical nanoprobes based on anisotropic metal nanoparticles for...

Three Weinberg College faculty members have been awarded a prestigious 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The recipients were economist Piotr Dworczak, astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong, and mathematician Yuchen Liu. They were selected for their creativity, innovation...

Northwestern University astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong has received a 2022 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science. Fong is among a diverse group of 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy...

Professor Bryna Kra, the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences,is being recognized for her outstanding support and mentorship of young mathematicians as well as her service to both her department and the...

Professor Catherine Woolley has been selected 2021 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific society in the world. Woolley is the William Deering Professor of Neurobiology and associate dean for research at Northwestern’s Weinberg...

The Northwestern Emeriti Organization (NEO) has won a prestigious national award for establishing a series of “mini-courses” taught by retired faculty for residents of Evanston and other local communities. The “Innovation Award” for the mini-courses is one of three given...

Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Zhang received a Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists. This award supports “spectacular young scientists who are the most likely to make paradigm-shifting breakthroughs that transform the way we prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.” Xiaoyu is being...

Professor Brian Hoffman was awarded the 2022 American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal. The Gold Medal is the AIC’s highest award. First presented in 1926, it recognizes excellence, contributions to society through the application of scientific research, and contributions to the...

Bryna Kra has been elected as president of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Kra is the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University. After a year of serving as President-Elect, Kra's two-year term will begin February 1, 2023. Kra works...