Awards and Honors

Abers, the William and Katherine Snee Professor in Geological Sciences, has been chosen as Chair-elect for Earthscope’s Board of Directors.

Arson, professor and M.Eng. director, has been elected a member of the Board of Directors of the American Rock Mechanics Association.

Caraccioli, doctoral student, was chosen for the U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship program.

Culberg, an assistant professor, won the 2025 Daniel M. Lazar ’29 Teaching Award from Cornell Engineering.

Goldman took office as president of the Union of Concerned Scientists in February, 2025.

Hitchcock has received tenure and is now an associate professor.

Hysell ’92, the Thomas R. Briggs Professor in Engineering, won the 2025 Fiona Ip Li ’78 and Donald Li ’78 Teaching Award from Cornell Engineering.

Mahowald, chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the Irving Porter Church Professor in Engineering, was awarded the Syukuro Manabe Climate Research Award by the American Meteorological Society.

Miller, doctoral student in geological sciences, won the People’s Choice Award at Cornell Graduate School’s 2025 Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

Muñoz-Saez, assistant professor, received the Faculty Champion Award for Early Career Faculty from the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement.

Pendergrass, an assistant professor, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for her project “Contextualizing changes in extreme precipitation.”

Raffa, member of the department’s Advisory Council, received the Award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist from the American Meteorological Society.

Rothenberg, was recognized by the American Meteorological Society for “insightful and timely reviews, often for manuscripts that needed emergency reviews.”

Pritchard was appointed the Sydney Kaufman Professor of Geophysics.

Schmidt was promoted to full professor.

Sealls was elected American Meteorological Society president-elect for 2025.

Wilhelm was honored with a 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.