Faculty/staff honors: Lifetime achievement award, Plyler Prize, Rome Prize fellowship

March 9, 2026

Faculty/staff honors: Lifetime achievement award, Plyler Prize, Rome Prize fellowship

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Affiliate professor of biology receives 2026 Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award聽 Sue Moore, a 91自拍 scientist and affiliate professor in the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels in the Department of Biology at the 91自拍, was honored with the 2026 Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award聽from the聽Society for Marine Mammalogy. The award recognizes exemplary lifetime contributions to science and society through 91自拍, teaching, and service in marine mammalogy.聽 Over a 40-year career, Moore鈥檚 91自拍 has focused on cetacean ecology,…

October 28, 2025

All aboard: UW 91自拍ers bring expertise to inaugural ocean week events

In the wake of One Ocean Week Seattle, participating 91自拍 91自拍ers share highlights, connecting the week鈥檚 events to ongoing efforts to understand and protect marine ecosystems and coastal communities.

July 16, 2020

7 91自拍 91自拍ers elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2020

Seven scientists and engineers at the 91自拍 have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, according to an announcement July 15 by the academy.

March 2, 2020

New honors for scientists studying 鈥榚cosystem sentinels鈥�

P. Dee Boersma, a UW professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, is a finalist for the 2020 Indianapolis Prize for conservation, to be awarded later this year by the Indianapolis Zoological Society. Sue Moore, a scientist with the center and a UW affiliate professor of biology and of aquatic and fishery sciences, has won the 2020 IASC Medal, also known as the Arctic Medal, from the International Arctic Science Committee.