Students participate in Club Olympics, including an egg race and tug of war, during Spirit Week leading up to Homecoming Weekend in October 2019. The event is hosted by the Student Association (SA) and took place outside the Student Union. Photographer: Douglas Levere.

The following faculty are among a select group to receive awards and honors designated as Highly Prestigious by the National Research Council (NRC). The NRC collects and assesses awards in the arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and life sciences.

Members of the National Academies

Amit Goyal

National Academy of Engineering
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Maria Lehman

National Academy of Engineering
Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Michael J. Lockett (Emeritus)

National Academy of Engineering
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Allison Brashear

National Academy of Medicine
Department: Neurology

Nancy Nielsen

National Academy of Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Health Policy

C.R. Rao (Deceased)

National Academy of Sciences
Department: Biostatistics

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Deborah Chung

Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Susan Howe ( Emeritus)

Department: English

Oren Lyons (Emeritus)

Department: American Studies

Peter Rogerson (Emeritus)

Department: Geography

Satish K. Tripathi

President of the University at Buffalo

American Academy in Rome

Julia Czerniak

Invited Resident 

Department: Architecture

Jackie Murray

Rome Prize
Department: Classics

Roger Woodard

Rome Prize
Department: Classics

American Antiquarian Society

Tamara Thornton (Emeritus)

NEH Fellow
Department: History

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Luis A. Colón

Lifetime Mentor Award

Department: Chemistry

Feng-Zhi Li

Newcomb Cleveland Prize
 Department: Cancer Sciences

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

Rachel Ablow

Department: English

Rodolphe Gasché

Department: Comparative Literature

Sarah Handley-Cousins

Department: History

Martha Malamud (Emeritus)

Department: Classics

Ndubueze L. Mbah

Department: History

Christopher Mele

Department: Sociology

Cristanne Miller (Emeritus)

Department: English

Carl Nightingale (Emeritus)

Department: Africana and American Studies

Livingston Watrous (Emeritus)

Department: Art

American Philosophical Society

Barry Smith

Sabbatical Fellowships
Department: Philosophy

Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation

David E. Heppner

The Beckman Scholars Program
Department: Chemistry

Association for Information Science & Technology

Heidi Julien

Award of Merit
Department: Information Science

Dagobert Soergel (Emeritus)

Award of Merit
Department: Information Science

Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences Residency

Jaekyung Lee

Department: Counseling, School, & Educational Psychology

Eduardo Mercado III

Department: Psychology

Peter Rogerson (Emeritus)

Department: Geography

International Prize in Statistics

C.R. Rao (Deceased)

Department: Biostatistics

Grammy

Melissa White

Best Classical Compendium 

Department: Music

Guggenheim Fellowship

Ana Mariella Bacigalupo

Department: Anthropology

Jonathan S. Dewald

Department: History

David Felder (Emeritus)

Department: Music

Eduardo Mercado III

Department: Psychology

Carla Mazzio (Emeritus)

Department: English

Paras Prasad

Department: Chemistry

Elizabeth Otto

Department: Global Gender and Sexuality Studies

National Academy of Education

Lois Weis (Emeritus)

National Academy of Education
Department: Educational Leadership and Policy

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship

Christian DiCanio

Department of Linguistics

Andreas Daum

Department: History

John Fiege

Department: Media Study

Jeffrey C. Good

Department: Linguistics

James Holstun (Emeritus)

Department: English

Hal Langfur

Department: History

Carla Mazzio (Emeritus)

Department: English

Christopher Mele

Department: Sociology and Criminology

Marc Böhlen

Department: Art

Cristanne Miller (Emeritus)

Department: English

Erik Seeman

Department: History

Tamara Thornton (Emeritus)

Department: History

Livingston Watrous (Emeritus)

Department: Art

Victoria Wolcott

Department: History

Krzysztof Ziarek

Department: Comparative Literature

Gene Zubovich

Department: History

National Humanities Center Fellow

Ana Mariella Bacigalupo

Department: Anthropology

Irus Braverman

Law School

Elizabeth Otto

Department: Global Gender and Sexuality Studies

Organization of American Historians

Adam Rome

Frederick Jackson Turner Award
Department: Environment and Sustainability