The Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education Program was established in 2001 as a way to honor faculty for extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education.
Thirteen faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Faculty from across disciplines were honored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing their excellence and leadership in work that advances the common good.
Tony Kovscek elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability faculty member Tony Kovscek has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, which is one of the highest professional distinctions bestowed upon engineers.
Amir Safavi-Naeini named 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow
The award will provide Safavi-Naeini with $825,000 over three years as he leads an effort to invent a device to rapidly identify proteins in cells accurately.
Psychology Professor Jennifer Eberhardt has received the 2022 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science for her accomplished record in applying rigorous scientific methods to the behavioral study of race and for her exceptional storytelling.
Faculty Women’s Forum celebrates 2022 award winners
The Faculty Women’s Forum recognizes 14 faculty members and one staffer for their outstanding work supporting women at Stanford through role modeling, allyship, leadership, and sponsorship.
Marcus Feldman receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The professor of biology was honored by the Society for the Study of Evolution for contributions to our understanding of human population genetics and cultural evolutionary theory.
David Lobell receives 2022 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
The award recognizes research by a mid-career scientist who has made an extraordinary contribution to agriculture or to the understanding of the biology of a species fundamentally important to agriculture or food production.
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Rosemary Knight honored by Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Geophysics professor Rosemary Knight has received the highest honor of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the Maurice Ewing Medal, for her contributions to the advancement of the science and profession of exploration geophysics.
Professor David Cohen awarded Roland Volunteer Service Prize
Stanford Professor David Cohen, who directs the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice, has been awarded the 2021 Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize for involving students in integrating academic scholarship with service to society.
Three Stanford faculty elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Stanford School of Engineering faculty members Anne Kiremidjian and Kunle Olukotun and School of Medicine faculty member Joshua Makower have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, which is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded engineers.
John Hennessy honored for innovation and teaching in CPU design
Hennessy and long-time collaborator David Patterson win the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for inventing a simpler, standardized way to design fast and efficient CPUs, and for sharing the technique in a textbook that’s still used to train chip engineers around the world.
Tirin Moore, professor of neurobiology in the School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2021 Pradel Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences.
