Awards and Distinctions

Faculty and staff recognized by their schools for teaching, mentoring and more

Class Day Crossover honors graduates with celebrity guest speaker, on-campus celebration and more

Teaching professor Sam Cherribi honored with 2025 Cuttino Mentoring Award

Emory University’s Class of 2025

Mikaela Malsin, Barkley Forum director, receives National Coach of the Year Award

Susan B. Hassmiller to receive honorary degree for contributions to nursing education and practice

Pioneering geneticist Leonore A. Herzenberg to receive Emory honorary degree

Grammy winner Usher to receive Emory honorary degree

McMullan Award honors Benjamin Cho’s work in community building, on and off campus

Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Awards recognize graduate, professional school faculty excellence

Terrence Lurry receives undergraduate Brittain Award for service and devotion to community building

Emory Williams Awards recognize outstanding undergraduate teaching

Graduating seniors awarded prestigious Louis B. Sudler Prize in the arts

Roseline Jean Louis, graduate Brittain Award recipient, works to improve maternal health outcomes

Jefferson Award winner Jan Love forged common ground in the name of leadership

Beloved mentor Amita Manatunga honored with Exemplary Teacher of the Year Award

Emory playwright Kimberly Belflower’s Broadway hit nets seven Tony nominations

Emory Healthcare named one of ‘America’s Best Large Employers’ by Forbes

Emory EMS recognized as top emergency medical service in the state

Emory researchers Kissick and Ramalingam receive 2025 Albert E. Levy Award

Emory professor Robert Franklin named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Two Emory College juniors win elite Goldwater Scholarship

15 Emory staff members honored with Award of Distinction

Two Emory College professors named Guggenheim Fellows

Emory College alumna Marwah (Mari) Ismail named 2025 P.D. Soros Fellow

Emory’s graduate, professional schools among best in nation

Emory computational biologist Yana Bromberg named ISCB Fellow

Class Day Crossover 2025 program features actor Karan Brar

Emory professor selected as Fellow by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Emory student Erica Evans wins $10,000 award for medical startup

Seven Emory faculty named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Two Emory College professors named Russell Sage Visiting Scholars

Innovative research from Emory physicist unveils hidden forces in polymers

Sameena Mulla and Christina E. Crawford receive highly competitive NEH Fellowships

2025 Bobby Jones Scholars selected for study in Scotland

National Academy of Inventors names chemist Bill Wuest to 2025 class of Senior Members

Emory recognized as top producer of student Fulbright winners

A.D. King Foundation recognizes Emory College students, faculty with Legacy Awards

Sloan Foundation awards fellowship to Emory neuroscientist

Emory student David Lee captures gold at World Taekwondo Championship

Emory biologist Nic Vega explores novel epidemic modeling with $1.2 million Keck Award

Emory honored for climate action efforts

Two Emory professors receive U.S. government’s highest honor for early career scientists

Emory Eye Center recognizes outstanding staff with 2025 awards

Emory professor of practice emerita Patricia Marsteller receives presidential award for mentoring

Emory recognizes faculty, students and staff as 2024 Sustainability Innovators

Alumna Eboni Freeman named Emory’s 11th Schwarzman Scholar

Emory programs recognized for outstanding work in measuring student learning

Meet the newest sustainability Incentive Fund awardees

Woodruff Health Sciences Center recognizes students for commitment to interprofessional education

Ruby Lal to deliver 2025 Distinguished Faculty Lecture

National Academy of Inventors names Emory’s Ravi Thadhani and Ned Waller as fellows

Emory earns recognition for sustainability efforts

Melinda Simon receives 2024 Jeffrey P. Koplan Global Health Award

Celebration of Faculty Eminence recognizes scholarship and impact of Emory professors

University staff recognized for milestone years of service

University Research Committee accepting nominations for the Albert E. Levy Award

Emory researcher elected to National Academy of Medicine for pioneering cancer research

Emory ranked fifth in the Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges list

National Academy of Medicine honors Emory nursing dean for distinguished leadership

Emory Eye Center recognized for partnership with Georgia Lions’ Lighthouse Foundation

Emory Healthcare achieves Epic Gold Stars top designation for EMR utilization

Emory honored with third consecutive HEED Award, named Diversity Champion

Nominations are open for 2025 John F. Morgan Sr. Distinguished Faculty Lecturer

Emory professor and poet Jericho Brown wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’

Research Roundup: Recent grants and publications from Emory faculty and staff

U.S. News names Emory nursing school bachelor’s program No. 1 in the nation

U.S. News names Emory among top national universities

Emory University recognized as top performer in the 2024 Sustainable Campus Index

Meet five Emory students pursuing research, thanks to prestigious funding awards

Emory College media theorist wins national awards to assist book authorship

Emory student Courtney Fitzgerald wins highly competitive Beinecke Scholarship

Emory University announces recipients of the first Max Cooper Prize in Immunology

Ten Emory nurses to be inducted into American Academy of Nursing

Research Roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff

Emory College filmmaker wins coveted national award for early-career professors

Sounding Spirit Collaborative receives $350,000 NEH grant to create new index of historical hymns

Two Emory University faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine Council

Greater Women’s Business Council recognizes Emory for work with minority vendors

Emory researchers Liang and Yount honored with Albert E. Levy Award

Faculty and staff honored by their schools for teaching, mentoring and more

Ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave featured as CNN ‘Champion for Change’

Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital announces recipients of hospital’s highest physician honor

Vicki Powers named Cuttino Award recipient for outstanding mentorship

Jefferson Award winner Lobsang Tenzin Negi has worked to bridge two traditions for one humanity

Honorary degree recipient Victor Dzau recognized as medical innovator, healer of hearts, equity champion

Groundbreaking physician-scientist and equity champion Valerie Montgomery Rice to speak at Commencement, receive honorary degree

Bernard Fraga selected as 2024 Carnegie Fellow

Forging connections and building community through music

Violin virtuoso Robert McDuffie to receive honorary degree in recognition of arts advocacy

Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Awards recognize graduate, professional school faculty excellence

Oxford’s Molly McGehee honored with Exemplary Teacher Award

Exploring commitment to service through inspiration from friends and family

Alumna Jamie Constantine named 2024 Rotary Global Scholar

From peer mentor to would-be novelist, graduate’s strengths encompass the analytical and creative

Emory College orator Amelia Andujar to highlight the Class of 2024’s unique paths

Emory Williams Awards recognize outstanding undergraduate teaching

Distinguished leadership, commitment to service earn Khegan Meyers the undergraduate Brittain Award

Alan Amedi, graduate Brittain Award recipient, focused on giving back throughout medical school

Debater and community leader Grace Kessler honored with McMullan Award