Distinguished University Professors

  1. March 24, 2017

    Polverini lecture looks at a career in research, academics, practice

    Peter Polverini will describe how his work as a scientist and dean inspired his vision of an integrated, personalized health care environment for dental patients in his Distinguished University Professor lecture.

  2. March 23, 2017

    Omenn lecture to focus on bridging science and policy world

    Gilbert S. Omenn will reflect on a career spent straddling the worlds of science, medicine and policy when he delivers a Distinguished University Professor lecture Tuesday.

  3. January 23, 2017

    Stephen Forrest to discuss the advent of a new light source

    Flexible, lightweight and economical with energy: organic light emitting diodes are making it out of the lab and into the marketplace, and Stephen Forrest has been a major driver of that progress.

  4. January 23, 2017

    Lectures set for seven Distinguished University Professors

    Seven faculty members who have received one of the university’s top honors will offer Distinguished University Professor lectures about their work starting Thursday.

  5. May 19, 2016

    Nine faculty members named Distinguished University Professors

    Nine faculty members have received one of the university’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors. The appointments, approved by the Board of Regents, are effective Sept. 1.

  6. April 1, 2016

    Susan Gelman to talk on how humans glean knowledge

    Susan Gelman, professor of psychology and linguistics, will deliver her Distinguished University Professor lecture, “The Non-Obvious Foundations of Human Thought,” at 4 p.m. Monday.

  7. March 28, 2016

    Lecture to explore how bacteria battle is affecting war on infections

    Harry L.T.  Mobley will discuss bacteria — good and bad — Tuesday when he delivers his lecture as the Frederick G. Novy Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

  8. March 21, 2016

    Ronald Suny to lecture on Armenian genocide of 1915

    Ronald Suny will discuss Turkey’s long-denied 1915 genocide of more than 1.5 million Armenians in his Distinguished University Professor lecture Tuesday.

  9. February 22, 2016

    Sparling to explore the moving body on stage, screen and canvas

    Peter Sparling will use his inaugural lecture Tuesday as the Rudolf Arnheim Distinguished University Professor of Dance to show his evolution as a dancer, educator, choreographer and multimedia artist.

  10. October 26, 2015

    Lecture dates set for five Distinguished University Professors

    Five faculty members who have received one of the university’s top honors will offer Distinguished University Professor lectures beginning Nov. 5.