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Faculty Awards and Honors
External Awards and Prizes
The following is a list of major external academic awards and honors received by CAS/GRS faculty in the 2008/09 academic year:
Mark Grinstaff (Chemistry) – Edward M. Kennedy Award for Health Care Innovation
Husain Haqqani (International Relations) – Appointed as Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States
Alfred Tauber (Philosophy) – Medal for Science, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bologna
Robert Pinsky (Creative Writing) – 11th Triennial Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize
Xuefei Jin (Creative Writing) – The O’Henry Prize
Julian Go (Sociology) – Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book from the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association for American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political Cultures in the Philippines and Puerto Rico during U.S. Colonialism
Fellowships
Nancy Smith-Hefner, Anthropology—Radcliffe-Bunting Fellowship
Cynthia Becker, Art History—Radcliffe Fellowship and 2010 Fulbright Fellowship
Maurice Lee, English—American Council of Learned Societies
Archie Burnett, English/Editorial Institute—National Endowment for the Humanities
Charles Griswold, Philosophy—American Council of Learned Societies
Juliet Floyd, Philosophy—Lichtenberg Kolleg Fellowship
Akihiro Kanamori, Mathematics and Statistics—Lichtenberg Kolleg Fellowship
Sarah Phillip, Writing Program—Fulbright Fellowship
Internal Awards
The following is a listing of significant internal awards and honors received by CAS/GRS faculty in the 2008/09 academic year:
Emine Fetvaci, Art History
Peter Paul Career Development Professorship
Tom Gilmore, Biology (presented jointly to Michelle LaCourse, BU’s College of Fine Arts School of Music)
Metcalf Prize for Teaching
Dilip Mookherjee, Economics
Gitner Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Daniele Paserman, Economics
Neu Family Award for Teaching Excellence in Economics
Paul Lipton, Center for Neuroscience
Katherine O’Connor, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature
John Snyder, Department of Chemistry
Templeton Prize for Excellence in Student Advising