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Prof. Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer earns award for classical scholarship
Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, the Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics and the Program in Gender Studies, has received a Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit for her book Persius: A...
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Prof. Amir Sufi awarded Fischer Black Prize honoring top finance scholar...
Amir Sufi, the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has been awarded the 2017 Fischer Black Prize by the American Finance...
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Prof. Martha Nussbaum to deliver Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
World-renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, will deliver the 2017 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on May 1 at the John F....
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National Academy of Sciences honors Prof. Sian Beilock for psychology research
Sian Beilock, the Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology, has been awarded the 2017 Troland Research Award for her pioneering work on anxiety and performance in high-stress situations.The National...
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Prof. Thomas Gajewski honored for pioneering cancer research
The National Cancer Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded an Outstanding Investigator Award to Prof. Thomas Gajewski. The award supports scientists who demonstrate...
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National Academy of Sciences honors Prof. Bernard Roizman for microbiology...
Bernard Roizman, the Joseph Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Virology, has been awarded the 2017 Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology for his pivotal research on how herpes viruses...
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Five UChicago scholars awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
Five UChicago faculty members have earned 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships: Bryan Dickinson, assistant professor of chemistry; Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, assistant professor of chemistry; Joseph...
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Prof. David Awschalom awarded defense department grant for high-risk,...
David Awschalom, the Liew Family Professor in Spintronics and Quantum Information, has been selected as a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, which supports bold and ambitious research that can have...
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Five UChicago faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Five members of the UChicago faculty are among the 228 members elected to the 2017 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Profs. Lenore Grenoble, Young-Kee Kim, Jonathan Lear, W. J. T....
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Alexander Beilinson, Douglas Diamond elected to National Academy of Sciences
Two University of Chicago faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Alexander Beilinson, the David and Mary Winton Green University Professor of Mathematics; and Douglas W....
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Three faculty members elected to American Philosophical Society
Three UChicago faculty members have been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States.They are Lorraine Daston, visiting professor in the John U. Nef...
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Jeffrey Hubbell honored for landmark biomaterials research
Jeffrey Hubbell, the Barry L. MacLean Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise at the University of Chicago, recently received the Society for Biomaterials’ 2017 Founders Award, the...
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Prof. David Nirenberg awarded Laing Prize from UChicago Press
The University of Chicago Press has awarded the Gordon J. Laing Prize to Prof. David Nirenberg for Neighboring Faiths, his examination of the interactions of Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Middle...
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Alumni and faculty recognized for distinguished service to the University
The alumni awards, presented by the University of Chicago Alumni Association and the Alumni Board, honor those who have shaped the world and strengthened UChicago’s global community.The Norman Maclean...
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College recognizes excellence in teaching with Quantrell Awards
The Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards, believed to be the nation’s oldest prize for undergraduate teaching, reflect the College’s commitment to honor inspiring teachers.Andrew...
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Faculty honored for excellence in graduate teaching
The Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring recognizes tenure-track and tenured faculty in the Biological Sciences, Divinity School, Humanities, Institute for Molecular...
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Richard Thaler wins Nobel Prize 'for his contributions to behavioural economics'
University of Chicago Prof. Richard H. Thaler has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored Thaler, the...
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Marshall Chin elected to National Academy of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine physician Marshall Chin has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine.Chin was one of 80 new members elected to the Academy, it was announced Oct. 16....
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Booth economist Anil Kashyap honored for achievements and contributions to Japan
The Japanese government has honored Prof. Anil Kashyap, in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to Japan.Kashyap is among the 149 foreign recipients of the Order of the...
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Wu Hung honored for helping create field of contemporary Chinese art history
In recognition of a career spent helping to create the field of contemporary Chinese art history in higher education, Prof. Wu Hung will receive one of the highest academic honors from the world’s...
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