Honors and Awards

Award sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Popular Science magazine celebrates the use of visual media to artfully and clearly communicate scientific data and research.

Recent honors for College of Arts & Sciences faculty and staff. 

Adrian Raftery receives Ireland's St. Patrick's Day Medal for contributions to statistics 

During a celebration of her work, the term "incremental heroism" was used to describe the career of Beth Sellars, now the namesake of the biennial Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award (AFALA)

NASA began the new year by announcing two new missions to explore asteroids, the oldest parts of our solar system. A recent UW study on STEM fields is referenced.

Professor Emeritus David Thouless is the Physics Department's second Nobel Prize recipient. 

This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics went to three men — all born in Britain, but working at U.S. universities.

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to physicists David Thouless of the UW, F. Duncan Haldane of Princeton University and J. Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University.

Thouless, emeritus professor in Physics, is the 2016 winner for his work on exotic matter. 

Recent honors for Arts & Sciences faculty and staff.

In his academic work and community involvement, Dustin Abrahamson is committed to addressing racism.

Tzyy Yi Young's artistic talent impressed her teachers and peers—and the design company Roche Bobois.

From Distinguished Teaching Awards to President's Medals, it's awards season at the UW.

The year’s not quite yet half over, but it’s already been an auspicious one for Elissa Washuta. The University of Washington graduate and author of two books.

Students majoring in biochemistry, English and political science receive 2016 President's Medals.