Twenty-three faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences were recently honored with endowed professorships approved by the Cornell Board of Trustees, continuing the college’s priority to recognize and support faculty excellence.
With these new appointments, the number of A&S faculty appointed to endowed professorships since fall 2018 has reached 66.
“These endowed professorships within Arts & Sciences recognize outstanding faculty, who enhance the academic experience for our students and ‘do the greatest good’ for our society,” said Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff. “It is my pleasure to applaud the accomplishments of these eminent and emerging scholars.”
The professorships are possible because of generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends. Those gifts allow the College to replace retiring faculty, recruit stellar new faculty and recognize and retain mid-career and senior faculty to provide leadership across the disciplines and in areas of strategic importance.
The 23 faculty members honored are:
Gerard Aching, W.E.B. Dubois Professor in the Humanities
Shaun Nichols, Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Philosophy
Shirley Samuels, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor in American Studies
Philippe Sosoe, Frank Spitzer and Narahari Umanath Prabhu Associate Professor of Mathematics
Steve Strogatz, inaugural Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics
Peidong Sun, Distinguished Associate Professor of Arts & Sciences in China and Asia-Pacific Studies
Yunan Yang, Goenka Family Assistant Professor in Mathematics
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