The Office of the Provost is proud to celebrate the exemplary contributions of our faculty to teaching and research.

Washington University’s faculty earn national and international distinction for their achievements as leaders in their fields.  They are Nobel Prize laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, Poet Laureates of the United States, National Book Awardees, National Medal of Science medalists, and MacArthur Prize Fellowship winners.  You can find a full list of awards and learned society memberships earned by Washington University faculty here. The following represent both news coverage and major honors WashU faculty continue to receive recognizing their contributions to their fields of study.

WashU Awards


Faculty Grants

Weisensee receives NSF CAREER Award

Weisensee receives NSF CAREER Award

Patricia Weisensee, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a $557,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.