Honors and Awards

Cabernard will join the UW Department of Biology next year as an assistant professor.

Chatterjee, a renowned biostatistician is the 16th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University.

The UW will join universities like Harvard, Columbia and Yale as Swartz-funded centers for research in this growing field of brain science.

"Serious research has serious consequences," says the Seattle Times editorial board in response to recent news of a break-in at the UW Center for Human Rights.

Brandi Cossairt, UW professor of chemistry, will receive five-year funding through Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.

The fellowship includes a five-year research grant of $875,000.

Continuing a recent string of noteworthy accolades, the University of Washington held its place at No. 5 in the world on the National Taiwan University Ranking of Scientific Papers.

Two teams of University of Washington researchers were members of the multinational, decades-long scientific groups that won.

The national award recognizes outstanding research in the preparation, reactions, properties, or structure of organometallic substances.

The world has been horrified but also puzzled by the rise of ISIS. How does one comprehend its brutality and success? What is its likely path?

Prof. P. Dee Boersma is nominated for the 2016 Indianapolis Prize, the biggest award in the field.

UW Biology Professor Dee Boersma named a finalist in recognition of her work documenting the impacts of climate change on penguins.

BlackPast.org, an online reference center for African-American history and African ancestry created by UW history professor Quintard Taylor, has been honored by the National Education Association.

A ceremony will be held to honor them on Thursday, October 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the University of Washington Club.

The UW-based Conservation magazine has won a gold award in a national competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.