Awards

College of Arts & Sciences Policy

Student Awards

The following awards honor outstanding CAS students:

  • Ada Draper Awards—made to “deserving senior women to complete their studies abroad”
  • Alumni Association Awards for Writing Excellence
  • Core Curriculum Polytropos Awards
  • William Marshall Warren Award—made to “a senior who exemplifies the qualities of mind, spirit, and character inspired by Dean Warren”
  • Phi Beta Kappa Centennial Awards for Academic Leadership
  • Trowel Award for Excellence in Archaeology
  • Center for Space Physics Award
  • Institute for Astrophysical Research Prize
  • Senior Book Award in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Senior Book Award in Biological Sciences
  • Excellence in Biology Award
  • Mason Memorial Prize in Chemistry
  • Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize
  • John Oddy Memorial Award in Classical Civilization & History
  • Meyer Reinhold Prize in Classical Culture & History
  • Department Prize for Excellence in Earth Sciences
  • Department Prize for Excellence in English
  • Franklin C. Erickson Prize for Excellence in Geography
  • Book Awards in Geography & Environmental Studies
  • Warren O. Ault Prize in History
  • Carole A. Chandler Award in International Relations
  • Department Prize for Excellence in International Relations
  • William J. Newman Book Award in International Relations
  • Ambassador Hermann Frederick Eilts Award in International Relations
  • Robert E. Bruce Memorial Prize in Mathematics
  • Elmer B. Mode Memorial Prize in Statistics
  • John E. Alman Award
  • Marvin I. Freedman Prize in Mathematics
  • Herbert H. Golden Award in Italian
  • Italian Consulate Senior Book Award
  • Gizio Association Award in Italian
  • Michelina Pietrangelo Award in Italian
  • Isabelle Leen Award in French
  • Ann D. Stein Award in French
  • Waldo C. Peebles Award in German
  • Magda Meisels Award in German
  • Barbara Argote Senior Awards in Comparative Literature, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Linguistics
  • Ken Hale Award in Linguistics
  • Peter A. Bertocci Award for Philosophical Excellence
  • Peter A. Bertocci Award for Academic Achievement and Humanitarian Service
  • Matchette Prize for Excellence in Philosophy
  • John N. Findlay Award in Philosophy
  • Robert S. Cohen Award in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Alumni Student Award in Physics
  • Psychology Research Award
  • Psychology Service Award
  • Psychology Scholar Award
  • Richard E. Katz Award in Religion
  • Diedre H. Symington Memorial Scholars in Sociology
  • American Sociology Association Departmental Prizes
  • College Prizes for Excellence in each of the major concentrations offered in the College of Arts & Sciences

Recipients of these awards are recognized at Class Day ceremonies by the dean and faculty of the College.

Teaching Awards

Also honored each year are the faculty recipients of three awards for outstanding achievements in teaching: the Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Teaching Excellence in the College of Arts & Sciences. These awards celebrate and encourage the high quality of instruction provided to students in all departments and programs of the College.

Advising Awards

Three College Prizes for Excellence in Student Advising are awarded annually to members of the CAS faculty. All CAS students are invited to nominate their faculty advisors for this award.