Faculty Accolades, Awards, and Elected Memberships

Nobel Laureates
Sheldon Glashow
Derek Walcott
Elie Wiesel

American Academy of Arts and Letters
Robert Pinsky
Rosanna Warren
Elie Wiesel

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bonnie Costello
Adelaide Cromwell, Emerita
Sheldon Glashow
Geoffrey Hill
Jaakko J. Hintikka
Nancy Kopell
Larry Kotlikoff
Sir Hans Kornberg
Fred Licht, Emeritus
Robert Pinsky
Bruce Redford
Christopher Ricks
Virginia Sapiro
Roger Shattuck
Rosanna Warren
Elie Wiesel

National Academy of Sciences
Nancy Kopell
Sir Hans Kornberg
Eugene Stanley

National Academy of Engineering
Farouk El-Baz

Former Poet Laureate of the United States
Robert Pinsky (three terms)

National Book Award
Ha Jin

MacArthur Fellows
Nancy Kopell
Derek Walcott

Guggenheim Fellows
Henry Allison
Jelle Atema
Quianshen Bai
Millicent Bell, Emerita
Alicia Borinsky
Robert Bruce, Emeritus
Charles Capper
Donald Carne-Ross
Walter Connor
Bonnie Costello
Barbara Diefendorf
Leslie Epstein
David Ferry
Aaron Fogel
Thomas Glick
Irene Good
Gennady Gorelik
Jeffrey Henderson
Patricia Hills
Jaakko Hintikka
Caroline Jones
William Keylor
John Kirk
Fred Kleiner
Nancy Kopell
Aileen Kraditor
Leonid Levin
Jeffrey Mehlman
Seymour Michael Miller, Emeritus
Susan Mizruchi
Dilip Mookherjee
Robert Pinsky
Maureen Raymo
Bruce Redford
Abner Shimony, Emeritus
John Silber, Emeritus
Eugene Stanley
Lawrence Sulak
Murad Taqqu
William Vance, Emeritus
Rosanna Warren
James Wiseman

University Awards

Metcalf Cup and Prize
(Boston University’s highest teaching honor, given annually)

2003 Patricia Johnson

2001 Frederick E. Wasserman

1999 Kevin E. Smith

1995 Brian Jorgensen

1994 Morton Z. Hoffman

1992 William Vance

1990 Christopher Ricks

1987 Warren O. Ault, Elie Wiesel

1985 Ralph D'Agostino

1984 John G. Gagliardo

1982 C. Allyn Russell

1981 Sidney Burrell

1980 William C. Carroll

1978 Dennis D. Berkey

1975 Helen Vendler

1974 Alasdair C. MacIntyre

Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching
(Given annually to one or more finalists in the competition for the Metcalf Cup and Prize)

2007 Eric Widmaier

2006 Peter Hawkins, John T. Matthews

2005 Akihiro Kanamori, John Straub

2004 David Marchant, Rosanna Warren

2003 Robert L. Devaney

2002 Fred S. Kleiner, Diana Wylie

2000 Dan Clemens

1999 David Roochnik

1998 M. David Eckel, Loren J. Samons II

1997 Igor Lukes

1996 James Johnson

1994 Bonnie Costello

1989 John Snyder

1987 Jeffrey Coulter, Misia Landau

1986 James Purvi

1985 Alicia Borinsky

1984 William R. Keylor

1983 Carolyn Williams

1981 Katherine O'Connor

1978 Freda Rebelsky, Alfred Prock

1977 Celia Millward, David Wheeler

1976 Arnold A. Offner, Robert H. Sproat

1974 Gerald P. Fitzgerald, Nancy L. Roelker

United Methodist Church Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award
(A University-wide award recognizing outstanding faculty members for their dedication and contributions to the learning arts and to BU. Given annually at colleges and universities historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church. )

2007 Bruce Schulman, Professor of History

2005 Bonnie Costello, Professor of English

2002 Elizabeth Simmons

2001 Herbert W. Mason

2000 Roye Wates

1997 Robert Devaney

1994 Paula Fredriksen

1989 Kathleen White

1988 William Keylor

1987 Gloria Callard

1986 Barry Granoff

1984 Howard C. Kee

1983 Lynn Margulis

1982 James Teele

Arts and Sciences Awards

Endowed College Teaching Awards

2007
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Professor Sean Elliott, Department of Chemistry

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Aaron Garrett, Department of Philosophy

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Julian Go, Department of Sociology

2006
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Professor John Finnerty, Department of Biology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Nicholas Huckle, Department of Modern Foreign Languages

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Keith Morgan, Department of Art History

2005
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Aaron Fogel, Department of English

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Ashis Gangopadhyay, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Jonathan Barnes, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

2004
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Merry White, Department of Anthropology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Andrew Duffy, Department of Physics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Glen R. Hall, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

2003
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor John Straub, Department of Chemistry

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Diane Meuser, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Curtis Runnels, Department of Archaeology

2002
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Eliza Richards, Department of English

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Robert Carey, Department of Physics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Harlan Spence, Department of Astronomy

2001
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Patricia Johnson, Department of Classical Studies

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor David Rohrlich, Department of Mathematics

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Michael Zell, Department of Art History

2000
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Andrew Cohen, Department of Physics

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Laura MacLatchy, Department of Anthropology

Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Michael Zank, Department of Religion

1999
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Eric Widmaier, Department of Biology

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Stanley Rosen, Department of Philosophy

1998
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Alan Marscher, Department of Astronomy

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor James Pritchett, Department of Anthropology

1997
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor David Roochnik, Department of Philosophy

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Frederick Wasserman, Department of Biology

1996
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching:
Professor Loren J. Samons II, Department of Classical Studies

Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Professor Mark Silverstein, Department of Political Science

College Awards for Excellence in Academic Advising

2007
Professor Clifford Backman, Department of History
Professor Kimberly McCall, Department of Biology
Professor William Waters, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

2006
Professor Vincent Dionne, Department of Biology
Professor Sarah Frederick, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
Professor Jonathan Ribner, Department of Art History

2005
Professor Cathie Jo Martin, Department of Sociology
Professor Christopher Martin, Department of English
Professor Fred Wasserman, Department of Biology

2004
Professor Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Department of Psychology
Professor Leslie Kaufman, Department of Biology
Professor Laura Korobkin, Department of English

2003
Professor Stephanie Nelson, Department of Classical Studies, Core Curriculum
Professor Meers Oppenheim, Department of Astronomy

2002
Professor Wayne Snyder, Department of Computer Science
Professor Fred Kleiner, Department of Art History
Professor Deborah Belle, Department of Psychology

2001
Professor Roye Wates, Department of Music
Professor Mary Erskine, Department of Biology
Professor Arthur Hulnick, Department of International Relations

2000
Professor Jodi Cranston, Department of Art History
Professor Peter Yeager, Department of Sociology
Professor Glen Richard Hall, Department of Mathematics

1999
Professor Richard Murray, Department of Earth Sciences
Professor Kenneth Lapatin, Department of Art History
Dr. Richard Ely, Department of Psychology