Significant honors and awards earned by Boston University faculty.
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
- 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. - 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
- Michelle LaCourse, 2009
- Allison Adair, 2008
- Jeffrey F. Beatty, 2007
- past awardees
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Frederick Booth
- Robert A. Brown
- Nancy Bucker
- Aram Chobanian
- Bonnie Costello
- Adelaide Cromwell
- Robert Dallek
- Sheldon Glashow
- 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
- Hans Korberg
- Susan Leeman
- Phillips Robbins
- H. Eugene Stanley
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 Botticini
Economics, 2002-2004 - Mark W. Grinstaff
Chemistry, 2000 - Andrei E. Ruckenstein
Physics, 1988-1993 - Stephen Grossberg
Mathematics, Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering, 1969-1971 - Glen Richard 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
- Sam Kauffmann,
Filmmaker; Associate Professor of Film, 2009 - Henry E. Allison
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, 1985 - Theodore Antoniou
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 US 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 US and Canadian Fellow - Robert Hefner
Professor of Anthropology, 1993 - Jeffrey Henderson
Professor of Classical Studies, 1997 US 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 US and Canadian Fellow - Dilip Mookherjee
Professor of Economics and Director,
2001 US and Canadian Fellow - Robert Pinsky
Professor of Creative Writing, 1980 US Fellow - Maureen Raymo
Research Associate Professor of Earth Sciences
2003 US and Canadian Fellow - Bruce Redford
Professor of English and Professor of Art History - Abner Shimony
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Physics
1972 US and Canadian Fellow - Lawrence Sulak
David M. Myers Distinguished Professor of Physics
2002 US and Canadian Fellow - Murad S. Taqqu
Professor of Mathematics, 1987-1988 - 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