Awards & Honors

Congratulations to the cohort of 2023-2024 Faculty Fellows for the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities! This competitive residency allows recipients a full year of leave or a teaching reduction in order to develop their projects within an interdisciplinary setting....

Ted Sargent, the Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor of Chemistry, was honored during an investiture ceremony of endowed chairs on April 18. Sargent, of Northwestern’s Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the International Institute for...

Shana Kelley, the Neena B. Schwartz Professor Department of Chemistry, was honored during an investiture ceremony of endowed chairs on April 18. Kelley of Northwestern’s Department of Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the International Institute for Nanotechnology, is an internationally renowned...

Eve Downing, a third-year student in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern, has won a $7,000 scholarship from the Udall Foundation, recognizing her leadership and service on environmental issues. Downing is originally from Alaska, where she has been active in...

Northwestern student Irena Petryk, a senior in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Truman Scholarship. Also having been named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar in November, Petryk has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to public service since enrolling at Northwestern....

The Econometrics Game, held annually by the University of Chicago, is a fast-paced competition where teams of one to four undergraduate students from universities across the US and internationally are given 13 hours with a dataset to devise and answer...

Laurisa Sastoque, a senior in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. This award recognizes Sastoque and others in her cohort as not only accomplished academics, but also as emerging leaders who will...

Ben Gorvine is being honored with the 2023 University Teaching Award. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching. Gorvine is a professor of instruction in the department of psychology in the Weinberg...

Reuel Rogers is being honored with the 2023 University Teaching Award. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching. Rogers is an associate professor in the department of political science in the Weinberg...

Aaron Peterson is being honored with the 2023 University Teaching Award. Peterson is an associate professor of instruction in the department of mathematics in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University...