annual report 2011 - Office for Research - Northwestern University

Jessica Winegar, anthropology: Arnold Rubin
Outstanding Publication Award, Arts Council of
the African Studies Association
Christopher Wolverton, materials science and
engineering: Fellow, American Physical Society
Fengqi You, chemical and biological
engineering: David W. Smith Jr. Publication
Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Harvey Young, theatre: Lilla A. Heston Award for
Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and
Performance Studies, National Communication
Association
Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, physics and astronomy:
Fellow, American Physical Society
Phyllis Zee, neurobiology: Sleep Science Award,
American Academy of Neurology
Hao Zhang, biomedical engineering: Faculty
Early Career Development Award, National
Science Foundation
Liang Zhou, pathology/microbiology–
immunology: Young Investigator Award,
International Cytokine Society; Cancer Research
Institute Investigator Award, American
Association for Cancer Research; Pew Scholar in
Biomedical Sciences, Pew Charitable Trusts
Mary Zimmerman, performance studies:
Outstanding Director (Resident Musical) Award,
Helen Hayes Awards
Rachel Zuckert, philosophy: Research
Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation
14 Annual Report 2011 | Awards and Recognition
Research Fellowships
Northwestern University students and graduates
continue to do well in the fiercely competitive
national competitions for research sponsorships.
Among the nation’s research institutions, the
University is the second top producer of 2011–12
Fulbright grant recipients: 28 Northwestern seniors,
graduate students, and recent alumni have been
awarded the prestigious scholarships from the
US government-sponsored program funding
international research and exchange. Only
the University of Michigan, with 29 recipients,
exceeded Northwestern in the number of Fulbright
Scholars produced.
The Fulbright winners represent every Northwestern
undergraduate school as well as the law and medical
schools. Studying in India, Romania, Jordan, Italy,
South Korea, Mexico, China, and other nations around
the world, they pursue disciplines that range from
music to engineering, art history to journalism,
psychology to theater, history to linguistics, and
biology to African studies.
Northwestern has been among the top 10 Fulbright
producers for five of the last six years. Of a total of
102 Northwestern Fulbright applicants for 2011–12, 28
accepted and 3 declined the international grants.
Northwestern graduate and undergraduate students
also do well in winning National Science Foundation
graduate research fellowships. In 2011, 41 graduate
students and 19 undergraduates were awarded NSF
fellowships, putting Northwestern in eighth position
among its benchmark cohort of Consortium on
Financing Higher Education institutions. �