Professor awarded prestigious astrophysics prize
Priya Natarajan was awarded the 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize by the American Institute of Physics and the American Astronomical Society in recognition of her remarkable career and contributions to the field of astrophysics. The Heineman Prize is one of the top prizes in the field.
Natarajan, the Joseph S. and Sophia S. Fruton Professor of Astronomy and professor of physics, has published numerous groundbreaking findings: insights about the lifecycle of supermassive black holes, an upper mass limit for black holes, the use of galaxy clusters to understand dark matter and dark energy, and beyond.
Political scientist appointed FAS dean
Steven Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies and professor of political science and international affairs, became the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on January 1.
Wilkinson brings a wealth of leadership experience to the role, having directed the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies and served as vice provost for global strategy. President McInnis said Wilkinson “will ensure faculty and students can address some of the most pressing challenges of our time and expand the frontiers of knowledge.” Colleagues in the FAS called Wilkinson “a deeply interdisciplinary thinker and leader” who will guide and support the faculty as they pursue boundary-breaking discoveries.
Four FAS faculty honored by Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association’s annual book prizes recognized four FAS faculty members: Marijeta Bozovic, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, was awarded the Matei Calinescu Prize for Avant-Garde Post—Radical Poetics after the Soviet Union; Marlene L. Daut, professor of French and African American studies, received an honorable mention for the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies for Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of Haiti; Alessandro Giammei, assistant professor of Italian studies, was awarded the Howard R. Marraro Prize for Ariosto in the Machine Age; and Travis Zadeh, professor of religious studies, was awarded the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Middle Eastern Studies for Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos.
loading
Print
Email