Faculty Accolades
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
Former Poet Laureate of the United States
Robert Pinsky (three terms)
National Book Award
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
African Studies Association (Melville J. Herskovits)
Award for Best Book in African Studies
Parker Shipton
Linda Heywood
John Thornton
University Awards
Metcalf Cup and Prize
Boston University’s highest teaching honor, given annually
2009 Allison Adair
2008 Thomas Gilmore
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
2009
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Professor Dana Bauer, Department of Geography and Environment
Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Maurice Lee, Department of English
Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Stephen Esposito, Department of Classical Studies
2008
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Professor John Cardonna, Department of Chemistry
Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Susan Griffin, Department of Romance Studies
Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Michael Corgan, Department of International Relations
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
Templeton Prize for Student Advising
2009
Paul Lipton
Center for Neuroscience
Katherine O'Connor
Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature
John Snyder,
Department of Chemistry
2008
Carol Neidle
Department of Romance Studies
Carrie Preston
Department of English and of Women's Studies
Sean Elliot,
Department of Chemistry
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
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