Just the Facts 2007-2008

Faculty Honors

Nobel Prize Winners

• Four faculty members have received Nobel Prizes: John Hall of JILA and physics won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics; Carl Wieman and Eric Cornell of JILA and physics won the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics; and Thomas Cech of chemistry and biochemistry won the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

National Academies

• Twenty-one active or retired faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Eighteen active or retired faculty are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Thirteen active or retired faculty are members of the National Academy of Engineering.
• Five active or retired faculty are members of the National Academy of Education.

MacArthur Fellowships

• Seven faculty have received MacArthur Fellowships, known as the "genius grant": Deborah Jin of JILA and physics (2003); Daniel Jurafsky of linguistics (2002); Norman Pace (pictured) of molecular, cellular and developmental biology (2001); Margaret Murnane of physics (2000); Patricia Limerick of history (1995); Charles Archambeau of physics (1988); and the late David Hawkins of philosophy (1981).

Fellows, Investigators

• Forty-seven active or retired faculty have been elected fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Senior Research Associate John "Jack" Gosling of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Professor Henry Kapteyn of the physics department and JILA, and Professor Tom Ranker of the CU Museum of Natural History and the ecology and evolutionary biology department were elected in 2007.
• Three faculty have been named investigators by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Natalie Ahn of chemistry and biochemistry; Kristi Anseth of chemical and biological engineering; and Min Han of molecular, cellular and developmental biology.
• Ten CU-Boulder professors have received prestigious Packard Fellowships. The unrestricted grants, worth $625,000 each in 2007, go to young faculty who are among "the most promising science and engineering researchers at universities in the United States."
• Ten CU-Boulder professors have been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities since 2000.
• Eight CU-Boulder professors have been awarded Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships since 2000, including professors Paul Kroll of East Asian languages and civilizations and Mark Winey of molecular, cellular and developmental biology in 2007.

Teaching Scholars

• Two faculty have won the National Science Foundation Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, the foundation's "highest honor for excellence in both teaching and research": Richard McCray of astrophysical and planetary sciences (2002) and Carl Wieman of physics (2001).

Fulbright Scholars

• Ninety-four CU-Boulder faculty have been named Fulbright scholars since 1982, including four in 2007-08: Richard Collins of law; Jennifer Fitzgerald of political science; Stephen Mojzsis of geology; and Rebecca Sibley of the international education office.

Distinguished Professors

Thirty-one active or retired faculty members are CU Distinguished Professors:

• Kristi Anseth, chemical and biological engineering (2008);
• Frank Barnes, electrical and computer engineering (1997);
• Hazel Barnes, philosophy (1979);
• Roger Barry, geography (2003);
• Marvin Caruthers, chemistry and biochemistry (2000);
• Thomas Cech, chemistry and biochemistry (1989);
• Stanley Cristol, chemistry and bio- chemistry (1979);
• Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, computer science (2006);
• Margaret Eisenhart, School of Education (2004);
• Delbert Elliott, sociology (2004);
• Barbara Engel, history (2005);
• Stephen Fischer-Galati, history (1983);
• Fred Glover, business (2005); Richard Jessor, psychology (2005);
• W. Carl Lineberger, chemistry and biochemistry (1985);
• Robert Linn, School of Education (1995);
• Steven Maier, psychology (2001);
• James Markusen, economics (2006);
• Richard Mc Cray, astrophysical and planetary sciences (1997);
• J. Richard McIntosh, MCD biology (2000); Marjorie McIntosh, history (2000);
• Allan McMurray, College of Music (2004);
• Jane Menken, sociology (2001);
• Margaret Murnane, physics, JILA (2008);
• Norman Pace, MCD biology (2008);
• David Prescott, MCD biology (1980);
• Wolfgang Schmidt, mathematics (1988);
• Linda Watkins, psychology (2006);
• Carl Wieman, physics, JILA (1997);
• Charles Wilkinson, School of Law (1997);
• William Wood, MCD biology (2002).

Deceased

• Kenneth Boulding, economics;
• James S. (Stan) Brakhage, film studies;
• Stuart Cook, behavioral science;
• David Hawkins, philosophy;
• Keith Porter, MCD Biology;
• Gilbert White, geography.

National Medal of Science

• Four CU-Boulder professors have been awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor. Distinguished Professor Marvin Caruthers of the chemistry and biochemistry department won the award in 2006. The late Professor Gilbert White of geography won in 2000; Nobel laureate and Distinguished Professor of chemistry Thomas Cech won in 1995; and the late Professor Keith Porter of molecular, cellular and developmental biology won in 1976.