National and International Awards

The research, scholarship, and creative activity of past and present faculty at the University have long been recognized both nationally and internationally with prestigious awards, including the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, national academies inductees.

Nobel Prize winners are those who, at any time in their careers, spent time at the University of Minnesota as faculty or students. For other faculty awards, the recipient has been employed at the University at the time of the award.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.
Andrew Carnegie Fellowship	An annual fellowship program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York that provides up to $200,000 in support for scholars in the social sciences and humanities to take sabbaticals and devote time to their research and writing.
Foreign Academies	Members or honorary members of major non-US national or international academies, and recipients of awards from non-US governments.
Guggenheim Fellowship	The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields except the performing arts.
Lasker Award	Awards recognize the contributions of researchers, clinicians, scientists, and public servants who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevention of disease.
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship	Fellows are named for showing extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.
Major Disciplinary Awards	Includes top awards in various disciplines from professional and scholarly societies.
National Academy of Engineering	Members are elected for their achievements in engineering
National Academy of Medicine	Members are elected for their achievement in medicine and health.
National Academy of Sciences	Members are elected for their achievements in science.
National Book Award	Awards are given for achievements in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or young people's literature.
National Medal of Science	Medals are awarded for achievement in science.
Nobel Prize	Awarded for achievement in chemistry, economics sciences, literature, peace, physics, physiology, or medicine.
Pulitzer Prize	Awards are given for achievement in journalism, literature, non-fiction, and music.
Wolf Prize	Awarded for achievement in agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics, and the arts.

Scholars Walk is a prominent pathway spanning nearly 2,200 feet, celebrates the research and classroom accomplishments of the University of Minnesota’s award-winning faculty, alumni, and students.Gifted to the University by the University Gateway Corporation in 2006, Scholars Walk is lined with 40 bur oak trees, lighted monuments, and includes the Wall of Discovery, a 253-foot-long artistic tribute to the process that leads to great moments of discovery.

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