• Mary Lindemann, professor and chair of the Department of History, is elected president of the American Historical Association, the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields.
• Five Bascom Palmer Eye Institute faculty members are honored among the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World of Ophthalmology: Eduardo C. Alfonso, Philip J. Rosenfeld, Harry W. Flynn Jr., Richard K. Parrish II, and Sonia H. Yoo.
• Miami Business School finance professor Indraneel Chakraborty is named one of the 2018 Best 40 Under 40 Professors by Poets&Quants.
• Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science professor Martin Grosell, who specializes in environmental physiology and toxicology in marine fish and invertebrates, receives the Award of Excellence in fish physiology from the American Fisheries Society.
• Amina Gautier, an award-winning short story author and creative writing professor, receives the 2018 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story category.
• Renowned neurologist and stroke researcher Ralph L. Sacco, professor and chair of neurology and the Olemberg Family Chair of Neurological Disorders at the Miller School of Medicine, is elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
• The University’s Office of the General Counsel is named Legal Department of the Year by the Daily Business Review as part of the publication’s 2018 Professional Excellence Awards.
• Ben Kirtman, professor of atmospheric sciences at the Rosenstiel School and director of the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, is named a 2019 fellow of the American Meteorological Society for his outstanding contributions to weather, water, and climate.
• Jean-Hubert Olivier, assistant professor in the chemistry department, is the University’s first faculty member to receive the Beckman Young Investigators Award, bestowed to foster inventions that “will open up new avenues of research in science.”
• Pediatric nurse Cynthia Foronda, associate professor of clinical at the School of Nursing and Health Studies, receives the 2018 Educational Change Award from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
• Composer and associate professor Carlos Rafael Rivera wins his first Emmy Award for the theme music from the Netflix limited series “Godless.”
• Charles Huang, an associate professor in the biomedical engineering department, is elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, an honor bestowed on only 3 percent of the society’s members.
• University of Miami Hillel is awarded the prestigious 2018 Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Outstanding Campus Award from Hillel International Global Assembly.