Honors
Categories
Not sure where to start? Choose a topic below.
Ngumbi receives AAAS award for public engagement with science
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign entomology professor Esther Ngumbi is the 2021 recipient of the Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science, an annual award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science presented to scientists and engineers in recognition of their contributions to public engagement with science. Previous recipients […]
Illinois dance professor awarded United States Artists Fellowship
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dance professor Cynthia Oliver has received a 2021 United States Artists Fellowship. Oliver is one of 60 USA Fellows for 2021, the largest class in the foundation’s history, and one of five fellows in the field of dance. The competitive fellowships are awarded to artists in 10 creative disciplines in recognition of […]
Nick Holonyak Jr., pioneer of LED lighting, awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Nick Holonyak Jr., a renowned innovator of illumination, has been awarded the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering “for the creation and development of LED lighting, which forms the basis of all solid-state lighting technology.” Holonyak (pronounced huh-LON-yak) is credited with the development of the first practical visible-spectrum LED, now commonly used […]
Two Illinois professors awarded NEH Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors – Eduardo Ledesma and Bobby Smith II – have been awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships. Ledesma is a professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Smith is a professor of African American studies. “Congratulations to professors Ledesma and Smith on their selection for these highly […]
Five Urbana-Champaign faculty members honored as University Scholars
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. In consideration of COVID-19 precautions, all 12 of the 2020 University Scholars will be honored during the spring semester, in a format to be determined. Begun in 1985, […]
Six Illinois faculty members elected AAAS Fellows
Editor’s note: This is an update to the news release originally posted Nov. 24, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., to include an additional faculty member. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Six professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been elected 2020 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Evolution, ecology and behavior professor Alison […]
Illinois ‘engineer guy’ Hammack awarded Hoover Medal
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Bill Hammack, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded the Hoover Medal. The award is named for its first recipient, U.S. President Herbert Hoover, who was an engineer by profession. Established in 1929 to honor “great, unselfish, nontechnical services by engineers to humanity,” […]
Center for Advanced Study appoints seven professors to permanent faculty
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Center for Advanced Study has appointed seven new members to its permanent faculty. CAS professors are selected based on their outstanding scholarship, and the appointments are one of the highest forms of campus recognition at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The new CAS professors are Sharon M. Donovan, food science and […]
Awards recognize campus excellence in public engagement
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Outstanding individual and group outreach efforts were recognized with the 2020 Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement. The awards spotlight faculty members and staff at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who have consistently applied their knowledge and expertise to issues for the public good. Kathryn Clancy, a professor of anthropology, […]
Two Illinois communication scholars elected ICA Fellows
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Leanne Knobloch and Angharad Valdivia, both professors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have been elected Fellows of the International Communication Association. Knobloch is a professor of communication, and Valdivia is a professor of media and cinema studies and in the Institute of Communications Research. They are two of 31 fellows […]
Eight projects awarded funding for AI research to mitigate COVID-19
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eight University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign projects are among 26 to receive the first C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards for artificial intelligence techniques to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The institute will provide a total of $5.4 million over the next year to projects that examine the medical, social and economic impacts of […]
Four faculty members honored with Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Four University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty members were honored with the Campus Awards for Excellence in Faculty Leadership. The Office of the Provost sponsors the campus-level awards in recognition of faculty members who distinguish themselves in their vision of the future and their efforts to enable and promote others in shaping […]