Honors for Arts & Sciences

James Galloway, professor of environmental sciences, has been awarded the 2008 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, considered by many in the environmental science field to be the equivalent of a Nobel Prize. Professor Galloway also was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, an honor conferred upon scientists who, in the eyes of the AGU, have “attained acknowledged eminence in the geophysical sciences.” Galloway is a leader in the study of the “nitrogen cascade,” the flow of reactive nitrogen that seriously damages the environment. Read more.

Brian Nosek, assistant professor of psychology, has received the International Social Cognition Network Early Career Award and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues’ Michele Alexander Early Career Award for Scholarship and Service.