Awards

CAS Physicists honored with prestigious fellowship awards

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PHYSICS - University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences physicists Eric Corwin and Ben McMorran were awarded 2025 American Physical Society Fellowships. Corwin was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the physics of the glass and jamming transitions using simulations and experiments. McMorran was recognized for his contributions to electron matter wave physics.

Two UO faculty honored with medical research awards

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BIOLOGY - An expert on child and adolescent development and an expert on host-microbe interactions have each been recognized by the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon of the Oregon Health and Science University. Karen Guillemin, professor and Philip H. Knight Chair in biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, received the Discovery Award for her significant contributions to health-related research.

Carl Brozek receives Fulbright Scholar Award

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UO Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty Carl Brozek has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2025-2026 at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. His Brozek Lab's goal is to investigate the fundamental properties of compounds that blur the distinction between molecules and materials, and leverage this insight for designing better catalysts and electronic devices.

Lynn Stephen awarded Stanford Humanities Center fellowship

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Lynn Stephen, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, has been named an external fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. Selected from more than 325 applicants, Stephen will complete a book on transborder Mesoamerican Indigenous territories.

Ellen Eischen named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

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Ellen Eischen, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Each year, the AMS honors members who have “made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics."

Laura Pulido elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Laura Pulido, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and the Department of Geography, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

Two natural sciences professors receive CAS Collegiate Faculty Award

MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY - Professors Ben Elias of the Mathematics Department and Mike Pluth of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department received the prestigious CAS Collegiate Faculty Award, the highest honor the College of Arts and Sciences awards to active tenure-track faculty members. The award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made outstanding contributions to their field and the broader UO community.

Three exceptional faculty receive Tykeson Teaching Awards

HISTORY, THEATRE ARTS, PSYCHOLOGY - Three University of Oregon professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have received teaching awards for their excellence in the classroom. The 2025 awardees include Associate Professor Jeanette deJong in the Department of Theatre Arts, Senior Instructor II Alexander Dracobly in the Department of History and Associate Professor Sara Weston in the Department of Psychology.

UO chemist, paleoanthropologist named AAAS fellows

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CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, ANTHROPOLOGY - Two University of Oregon faculty members have been named 2024 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), joining 471 other newly elected members whose work has distinguished them in the science community and beyond. This year’s fellows and their areas of research are Darren Johnson, chemistry and biochemistry, and Stephen Frost, anthropology.

English professor awarded MLA prize

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ENGLISH - Courtney Thorsson was named an honorable mention for the 2024 MLA’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize for her 2023 book The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture. The prize was awarded in December for “outstanding scholarly study of Black American literature or culture.”

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