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Honors and awards

Two Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty members are among 180 experts in the arts, humanities, law and the sciences chosen as 2022 Guggenheim Fellows, according to an April 7 announcement from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Jordanna Bailkin, a professor in the Department of History, and Emily Levesque, an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy, are among the new class of fellows, which were selected from a pool of nearly 2,500 applicants.

Samson Jenehke, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor in both the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Anna Karlin, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, announced Feb. 9 by the academy.

Four current faculty members and the incoming executive director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a Jan. 26 announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 564 new fellows from around the world elected in 2021, who are recognized for “their scientifically and socially distinguished achievementsâ€� in science and engineering.

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health has won top awards in 2021 from state and national design and construction associations for both its architectural design and unique project delivery approach. The building was designed by The Miller Hull Partnership and the general contractor was Lease Crutcher Lewis. The Design Build Institute of America in November gave the Rosling Center its Award of Excellence in the Education Building category, the award for Best in Design and the culminating Project of…

Shyam Gollakota, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has taken inspiration from nature’s tiniest creatures, creating inventions that allow humans to use technology to go where they haven’t gone before. He is being celebrated for those inventions as a 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow.

The Nehemiah Studio, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ class on mitigating gentrification in Seattle’s Central District, has been honored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Twenty scientists and engineers at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ are among the 38 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021, according to a July 15 announcement. New members were chosen for “their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.â€�

Ocean Voices, a program of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to advance equity in ocean science, has been named among the first group of actions taken in a United Nations-sponsored, decade-long program of ocean science for sustainable development.

Recent honors for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty include the 2021 Presburger award for theoretical computer science, an Early Career Faculty Innovator research grant for a collaboration in environmental studies with the Karuk Tribe in California, and a fellowship to explore war regulations and raiding norms among early Arabian Jewish communities.

Five faculty members and one affiliate professor at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ are among 120 new members and 30 international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Anna Karlin, professor of computer science and engineering; Rachel Klevit, professor of biochemistry; Randall LeVeque, professor emeritus of applied mathematics; Julie Theriot, professor of biology; Rachel Wong, professor of biological structure; and Julie Overbaugh, professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ affiliate professor of microbiology.

Joshua Lawler, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, has been named a 2021 fellow of the Ecological Society of America. Fellows are elected for life, and the honor recognizes scientists who advance or apply ecological knowledge in academics, government, nonprofits and the broader society.

The American Geophysical Union announced that its members have elected Lisa Graumlich, dean of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ College of the Environment, as the president-elect starting Jan. 1. After two years in this role Graumlich will begin a two-year term as president of the AGU board beginning in 2023.

The National Academy of Medicine on Monday announced the election of 100 new members, including three from the : Patrick Heagerty, Dr. Joel Kaufman and Sean Sullivan. In addition, David Eaton, dean and vice provost emeritus of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Graduate School, was recognized for outstanding service.

With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, a five-year, $1.8 million training program at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ will fund 25 academic-year graduate fellowships, develop a new training curriculum and contribute to methodological advances in health research at the intersection of demography and data science.

Recent honors to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty have come from the American Institute for Aeronautics & Astronautics, the American Society of Composites, the Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology and the Dance Educators Association of Washington.

Megan Ming Francis, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ associate professor of political science, has been named one of 12 grant-supported “Freedom Scholars” in a new $3 million initiative by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation, working together.

Four Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professors were among the winners of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, which recognizes groundbreaking achievements in the life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics.

David Baker, a professor in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Medicine’s department of biochemistry, won the prize for life sciences, while a team of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ physics professors, including Eric Adelberger, Jens Gundlach and Blayne Heckel, earned the prize for fundamental physics.

Recent honors and grants to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty and staff have come from the American Chemical Society, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Board and the family of engineers Ganesh and Hema Moorthy.

Recent honors and grants to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ individuals and units have come from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the Marconi Society — and the White House.

Recent honors to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty and staff members have come from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network, Association Media & Publishing and The American Society of Human Genetics.

Recent honors to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty and staff have come from Architect magazine, the Center for Research Libraries, member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the American Society of Human Genetics.