Nobel Prize

• Osamu Shimomura, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2008
• Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1992
• Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize, 1986
• Sheldon Glashow, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979
• Saul Bellow (1915–2005), Nobel Prize in Literature, 1976

Presidential Citizens Medal

• Charles Delisi

Pulitzer Prize

• Isabel Wilkerson: Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, 2004, for feature writing for her coverage of the historic floods in the Midwest and for her profile of a ten-year-old boy growing up with a man’s obligations on the South Side of Chicago.
• Sacha Pfeiffer: Pulitzer Prize in Public Service, 2003, for her work as part of the Boston Globe’s investigative Spotlight Team on a series of articles about sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.
• Thomas E. Fiedler: Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, 1991, for his investigative report into an extremist cult’s political tactics, part of a Miami Herald series. During his 2001–2007 tenure as executive editor, the newspaper was awarded two additional Pulitzer Prizes.
• David Del Tredici: Pulitzer Prize in Music, 1980, for “In Memory of a Summer Day.”
• Robert Lowell (1917–1997): Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 1947, for Lord Weary’s Castle.

Metcalf Award

• John Caradonna, 2010
• Sandra Nicolucci, 2010
• Michelle LaCourse, 2009
• Allison Adair, 2008
• Jeffrey F. Beatty, 2007
• past awardees

American Physical Society

• David K. Campbell, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, 2010

British Medical Association Book Award

• Aubrey Milunsky and Jeff Milunsky, 6th Edition of Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment, 2010

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Kathryn Bard
• Frederick Booth
• Robert A. Brown
• Nancy Bucher
• Aram Chobanian
• Jim Collins
• Bonnie Costello
• Adelaide Cromwell
• Robert Dallek
• Sheldon Glashow
• Jeffery Henderson
• Geoffrey Hill
• Jaakko Hintikka
• Ha Jin
• Nancy Kopell
• Hans Kornberg
• Laurence Kotlikoff
• Susan Leeman
• Fred Litch
• Robert Pinsky
• Bruce Redford
• Christopher Ricks
• Virginia Sapiro
• Rosanna Warren
• Elie Wiesel

American Academy of Arts and Letters

• Renata Adler in Literature
• Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008) in Music
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009) in Music
• Louise Gluck in Literature
• Robert Pinsky in Literature
• Rosanna Warren in Poetry
• Elie Wiesel in Literature

National Academy of Sciences

• Robert A. Brown
• Sheldon Glashow
• Nancy Kopell
• Sir Hans Korberg
• Susan Leeman
• Phillips Robbins
• H. Eugene Stanley

Institute of Medicine

• Joel Apert
• George Annas
• Karen Antman
• Larry Culpepper
• Richard Egdahl
• Barbara Gilchrest
• Gerald Keusch

National Academy of Engineering

• Robert A. Brown
• James Collins
• Farouk El-Baz

American Academy of Sciences

• James Collins

MacArthur Fellows

• James Collins
• Nancy Kopell

U.S. Poet Laureates

• Robert Lowell, 1947–1948
• Robert Pinsky, 1997–2000

Sloan Fellows

• John Caradonna, Chemistry, 1993–1995
• Dan Dill, Chemistry
• Maristella Botticin, Economics, 2002–2004
• Mark W. Grinstaff, Chemistry, 2000
• Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Physics, 1988–1993
• Stephen Grossberg, Mathematics, Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering, 1969–1971
• Glen R.  Hall, Mathematics, 1985
• Jeffrey Henderson, Greek Languages and Literature, 1997–1998
• Tom Keyes, Chemistry, 1976
• Kevin Lang, Economics, 1987–1989
• Richard A. Laursen, Chemistry, 1972–1974,
• Jeffrey Miron, Economics, 1990
• Robert Pollack, Mathematics and Statistics, 2006–2007
• John E. Straub, Chemistry, 1995–1997
• Shang-Hua Teng, Computer Science, 1996
• Thomas Tullius, Chemistry, 1988–1992

Guggenheim Fellowships

• Fallou Ngom, Associate Professor of Anthropology, 2011
• Sam Kauffmann, Filmmaker; Associate Professor of Film, 2009
• Henry E. Allison, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, 1985
• Theodore Antonio, Composer; Professor Emeritus of Music, 1978
• David Aronson, Painter; Professor Emeritus of Art, 1960
• Jelle Atema, Director; Professor of Biology, 1987
• Millicent Bell, Professor Emeritus of English, 1971
• Robert V. Bruce, Professor Emeritus of History, 1957
• Alicia Borinsky, Professor of Latin American and Comparative Literature, 2001
• Charles Capper, Professor of History, 1995–1996
• Donald Selwyn Carne-Ross, University Professor; Professor Emeritus of Classics & Modern Languages, 1962
• Walter D. Connor, Professor of Political Science, 1986
• Bonnie Costello, Associate Professor of English, 1990
• Thomas Cottle, Professor of Education, 1974
• Norman Dello Joio, University Professor; Professor Emeritus of Music, 1944 and 1945
• Barbara Diefendorf, Professor of History, 1997 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Leslie Epstein, Director, Creative Writing Program, 1977
• Aaron Fogel, Associate Professor of English, 1987
• Thomas F. Glick, Professor of History, 1987
• Merle Goldman, Professor Emeritus of History, 1987
• Gennady Gorelik, Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science 1995 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Robert Hefner, Professor of Anthropology, 1993
• Jeffrey Henderson, Professor of Classical Studies, 1997 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Patricia Hills, Professor of Art History, 1982
• Jaakko Hintikka, Professor of Philosophy, 1987
• Arthur Grover Humes, Professor Emeritus of Biology, 1954
• Ha Jin, Professor of English, 1999
• Howard Clark Kee
• William Goodwin, Aurelio Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, 1966
• William R. Keylor, Professor of History, 1976
• John T. Kirk, Professor Emeritus of Art History, 1986
• Fred S. Kleiner, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, 1988
• Nancy Kopell, Professor of Mathematics, 1984
• Frank Korom, Professor of Religion, 2006–07
• Aileen S. Kraditor, Professor Emeritus of History, 1975
• Leonid Levin, Professor of Computer Science, 1993
• Susan Mizruchi, Professor of English and American Studies, 2001 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Dilip Mookherjee, Professor of Economics and Director, 2001 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Robert Pinsky, Professor of Creative Writing, 1980 U.S. Fellow
• Maureen Raymo, Research Associate Professor of Earth Sciences 2003 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Bruce Redford, Professor of English and Professor of Art History
• Abner Shimony, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Physics 1972 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Lawrence Sulak, David M. Myers Distinguished Professor of Physics 2002 U.S. and Canadian Fellow
• Murad S. Taqqu, Professor of Mathematics, 1987–1988
• Malvin Carl Teich, Professor, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics — John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, 1973
• Rosanna Warren, Professor of English, 1985–1986
• James Wiseman, Professor of Art History, 1970

Humboldt Fellowship

• Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Professor of Physics, 1994
• Houchang E. Chehabi, Professor of History, 1992–1993
• Robert Chodat, Assistant Professor of English, 2006–2007
• Stjepko Golubic, Professor of Biology, 1963–1965 and 1975
• Jerome Mertz, Associate Professor Physics, 1992 Germany
• John Paul Riquelme, Professor of English, 1987–1988 and 1983–1984
• Ann Vasaly, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, 1988