awards

University News

Frederick Douglass Medal to be presented to Northwestern’s dean of communication

March 28, 2022

E. Patrick Johnson is recognized for contributions to engaged scholarship and public performance.

University News

Awards celebrate community diversity and inclusion efforts

March 16, 2022

The recently redesigned Presidential Stronger as One Diversity Awards honor the breadth of excellence within and beyond the University of Rochester community.

The Arts

English professor’s cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award

February 28, 2022

Everything I Don’t Know, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer, takes top honors for poetry in translation.

Science & Technology

National Academy of Engineering honors Rob Clark

February 10, 2022

Clark is among the 111 newly elected members of the academy, considered one of the highest distinctions for an engineer.

Science & Technology

International vision association honors Susana Marcos

February 4, 2022

The Center for Visual Science director has been elected a Gold Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Science & Technology

At age 80, John Thomas writes new chapter in an illustrious career

January 31, 2022

The Rochester professor emeritus and new American Astronomical Society fellow now explores the brain’s waste disposal system.

Science & Technology

Two Rochester researchers named AAAS fellows

January 26, 2022

The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has recognized Nicholas Bigelow and Michael Scott for their distinguished efforts to advance science.

Society & Culture

Laura Ackerman Smoller named a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

January 13, 2022

The Rochester historian also wins a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book.

Science & Technology

Andrew Berger honored for novel ways to monitor biological cells and tissues

December 2, 2021

The Rochester optics professor has been elected a fellow of Optica, the international society for optics and photonics.

Science & Technology

Rochester students’ award-winning device instantly detects sepsis via sweat

December 1, 2021

Rochester undergraduates have developed a fast, noninvasive, affordable, and eco-friendly way to diagnose the life-threatening medical complication.