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![Written in the stars: WVU astrophysicists set to receive Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East’](/files/af4daf3d-214e-4a1c-bed6-e9c857ac4987/400x.webp?cb=59be18a8bf7a080c60c0cf3173a670ef)
Written in the stars: WVU astrophysicists set to receive Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East’
For Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin, working at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico set off a sequence of life events that would include marriage, children, finding a home at West Virginia University, an out-of-this-world scientific discovery and, now, earning a highly prestigious award described as the “Nobel Prize of the East.”
Eberly faculty awarded fellowship grants by the West Virginia Humanities Council
Each year, the organization awards $3,000 grants to a select group of teachers, college faculty and independent scholars to support research and writing projects in the humanities. The 2023 Humanities Council Fellows from Eberly College are Brooke Durham, Enkeshi El-Amin, Sean Lawrence, Austin McCoy, Mason Moseley and Devin Smart.
Eberly Astronomers Awarded Prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy
The 2023 Shaw Prize has been awarded to Astronomy professors Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin for the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs).
WVU recognizes three Eberly faculty members with 2023 Foundation Outstanding Teaching Awards
Each spring, West Virginia University recognizes faculty members for their exceptional and innovative teaching. This year, every faculty member selected for the 2023 WVU Foundation Awards for Outstanding Teaching is from Eberly College:
![Eberly staff members receive 2023 Outstanding Staff Award](/files/71f1e8d6-914a-4ba5-a885-30eeed13e2a0/400x.webp?cb=7d1a2ff2f861799a99911a8984bcd92e)
Eberly staff members receive 2023 Outstanding Staff Award
Miranda Heitz and Barb Reiprich have been named 2023 recipients of the Eberly College of Arts and Science Outstanding Staff Award.
Three Eberly professors selected for upcoming cohort of Honors College Faculty Fellows
During the 2023-24 academic year, six Honors College Faculty Fellows will help WVU students grow their knowledge in areas of climate change and the environment, communication, youth development and collective violence. Half of them are from Eberly College.
![Tu named 2022-23 Benedum Distinguished Scholar](/files/65e26480-d900-404e-81bd-740a0fbabb40/400x.webp?cb=247dc686e1a7e6f67262dcdc7bac7663)
Tu named 2022-23 Benedum Distinguished Scholar
Weichao Tu, associate professor of space physics, is among three WVU faculty members selected as 2022-23 Benedum Distinguished Scholars in recognition of the high caliber of their research and scholarly activity.
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Sweet named recipient of WVU Distinction in Graduate Research Mentoring Award
Tim Sweet, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of American Literature in the Department of English, has been named the recipient of the Faculty Award for Distinction in Graduate Research Mentoring.
![Tower receives Council on Social Work Education Feminist Scholar Award](/files/cdd27c33-0a69-4cd0-84e6-1d04d33ba034/400x.webp?cb=90e5e29c1e7733cee21e03af45eafa5f)
Tower receives Council on Social Work Education Feminist Scholar Award
Leslie E. Tower, director of the Women’s Resource Center and professor and assessment coordinator for the School of Social Work, is the recipient of the 2023 Council on Social Work Education Feminist Scholar Award.