Awards
Law Professor Hank Greely to receive 2012 Lyman Award
Since 1991, Hank Greely, '74, has delivered talks for alumni groups, including participating in Classes Without Quizzes during Reunion Homecoming and speaking on numerous panels for various Stanford student and alumni audiences.
11.30.12
Six Stanford scholars named to American Association for the Advancement of Science
Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon members of the association by their peers.
Stanford's newly minted Rhodes Scholars shaped by their own personal narratives
Stanford students who will begin their studies in England next fall include a master's candidate who hopes to become a writer focused on social issues, and a senior who hopes to better understand attitudes toward mental illness.
11.18.12
Two Stanford students named 2013 Rhodes Scholars
Margaret C. Hayden, a Stanford senior from Maine, and Rachel Kolb, a 2012 Stanford graduate from New Mexico, who is currently earning her master's degree at Stanford, are among the 32 newly minted Rhodes Scholars from the U.S.
Ann F. Marshall, 'a world-class electron microscopist,' to receive the 2012 Marsh O'Neill Award
Marshall, who arrived at Stanford in 1979, has dedicated her career to training others and to enhancing the excellence of materials characterization at the university.
8.8.12
Stanford physicist wins prestigious Dirac Medal
Stanford physics Professor Shoucheng Zhang has won the prestigious Dirac Medal, in recognition for his work advancing the understanding of an exotic form of matter known as a topological insulator.
Authors Daniel Orozco, Elisabeth Tova Bailey win Stanford's 2012 Saroyan Prize for Writing
Awards honor short story writer who tells of the trauma in everyday routine and a bedridden author who chronicles her life with a gastropod.
Stanford physicist wins $3 million fundamental physics prize
Stanford physics professor Andrei Linde was named an inaugural winner of the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize. The award recognizes Linde's work developing cosmic inflation theory, a modification on big bang theory that generates a more accurate description of the birth of the universe.
Stanford researcher to expand DNA database by adding Latin Americans
Andres Moreno will use the $100,000 from this year's Rosenkranz Prize to analyze the DNA of one of the most underrepresented populations in the field of genetics.
6.26.12
Four scholars with Stanford affiliations awarded 2012 Soros Fellowships
Four scholars with Stanford affiliations are among the 30 people who recently received Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
6.21.12
Graduating seniors receive awards for theses, research and arts projects
The winners of the 2012 Firestone Medals for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, the Robert M. Golden Medals for Excellence in Humanities and Creative Arts and the David M. Kennedy Honors Thesis Prizes represent the full spectrum of disciplines and interests.
6.11.12
2012 Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel, Gores awards honor faculty, students and staff
Nine members of the Stanford University community will be recognized at Commencement with Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel and Gores awards. The awards honor individuals for exceptional contributions to Stanford, for distinctive contributions to undergraduate education and for excellence in teaching.
6.8.12
Seven undergraduates honored with 2012 Deans' Award for Academic Accomplishment
Seven undergraduates recently received the 2012 Deans' Award for Academic Accomplishment. Now in its 25th year, the award honors extraordinary undergraduate students for "exceptional, tangible" intellectual achievements.
6.7.12
Nominations sought for freshman award
6.4.12
Winners chosen for 2012 President's Awards for Excellence through Diversity
A pediatrics professor who has championed diversity in medicine for three decades and a Stanford program designed to diversify the professoriate by preparing doctoral students for academic careers will each receive a 2012 President's Award for Excellence through Diversity.
