Awards & Milestones

Columbia faculty, students, and staff are on the cutting edge of advancements in all fields and their work is fittingly awarded and recognized. Below, find the most recent accomplishments and milestones as well as monthly lists of recent awards.

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Recent Awards & Milestones

Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa (CC’24) has been named a 2024 U.S. Rhodes Scholar. She is among 32 Americans chosen for the prestigious scholarship.

From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

Read profiles of 50 newly tenured professors and their unique contributions to Columbia's scholarly community.

Brus was recognized alongside two other scientists “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”

"Genius" grants are given to Courtney Bryan, Raven Chacon, and A. Park Williams, all of whom have strong connections to the University. 

From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

Postdoc Oliver Philcox was also recognized with an early-career award.

From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

Joonho Lee and Elena Meirzadeh were recognized for their work in quantum and materials chemistry.

Professors Ivan Z. Corwin and Harris H. Wang were recognized for their pioneering work.

Gregory Brook (GS'24), an aerial combat photojournalist in the U.S.

Yasmine El-Shamayleh, Vikram Gadagkar, and Ishmail Abdus-Saboor won the award for research excellence and inclusion in the lab.