Cool Schools Category 4.4: Academics
Phil Brown, Professor
1976-1979: Danforth Foundation Fellow
1981-1982: Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellow
1985-1986: Peter Livingston Fellowship, HarvardMedicalSchool, Department of Psychiatry
1996-1997: Chair, Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
2003-2005: Chair, Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association
2006: Fred Buttell award for lifetime achievement in environmental sociology, from the American Sociological Association's Environment and Technology Section.
Timothy Herbert, Professor & Chair
YaleCollege Wilde Prize in Marine Geology, 1980
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1982-1985
Heather Leslie, Peggy and Henry D. Sharpe Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
2007-2009 Visiting Research Collaborator, PrincetonUniversity
2004-2007 McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship, Santa Fe Institute
1999-2002 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation
2002 University Club Foundation Fellowship, Portland, Oregon
1996-1997 Benjamin A. Trustman Traveling Fellowship, HarvardUniversity
1996 Certificate of Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching, HarvardUniversity
1992-1996 Elizabeth Agassiz Award of Merit, HarvardUniversity
1992-1996 John Harvard Scholarship, HarvardUniversity
John Logan, Professor of Sociology
Phi Beta Kappa (Berkeley, 1968)
Faculty Fellow (Columbia, 1968-1969)
NSF National Fellow (Berkeley, 1970-1972)
NEH Summer Fellow (1976)
Robert E. Park Award, ASA (l988)
Award for a Distinguished Scholarly Publication, ASA (1990)
Sorokin Lecturer, Pacific Sociological Association (1991)
University Award for Excellence in Research, SUNY (1991)
University Award for Excellence in Service, SUNY (1995)
Russell Sage Foundation, Visiting Scholar (1996-1997)
William J. Goode Award, ASA (1997)
RockefellerFoundationStudyCenter (Bellagio), Visiting Scholar (1999)
SUNY Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship (2003)
Robert and Helen Lynd Lifetime Achievement Award, ASA (2008)
John Mustard, Professor
Member, American Geophysical Union, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of Space Studies Board Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX), 9/98-8/02 and Decadal Survey (6/01-6/02). Member, NASA Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC), 2002-2005. Chair of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, 2007-2009, Member, NASA Science Definition Team for Mars '05 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 2000-2001. Secretary for the Planetary Sciences Section of AGU and member of the AGU Fall Program Planning Committee, 2000-2002. Spacecraft Missions: Member of the Earth Observer 1 Science Team; Co-I on the OMEGA instrument on the Mars Express Space-craft, Deputy PI Compact Resolution Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on the Mars Reconnaissance Or-biter. Co-organizer of Fall AGU Special Sessions 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
Sriniketh Nagavarapu, Assistant Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
2007-2008: Taube/Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Fellowship
Spring 2006: Teaching Assistant Award, StanfordUniversity
2002-2005: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2002-2005: Stanford Graduate Fellowship (Koret Foundation)
Spring 2002: Anna Laura Meyers Award for Economics Honors Theses, StanfordUniversity
Spring 2001: Phi Beta Kappa, StanfordUniversity
Simone Pulver, Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor (Research) of International Studies and Environmental Studies
2007-09 Joukowsky Family Assistant Professorship
2002-03 University of California, Dean's Normative Time Fellowship
2002-03 Switzer Foundation, Environmental Leadership Fellowship
2001-02 Social Science Research Council, International Dissertation Research Fellowship
2001-02 UC Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, Dissertation Fellowship
2000-02 SSRC/Sloan Foundation, Fellow for Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution
1997-01 U.S. Department of Education, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
1996-97 University of California, University Regents Fellowship
1993-95 Winslow Foundation, Award for Science Education in Namibia
1991 Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi
Jeremy Rich, Asst Professor of Environmental Studies (Research)
2004-2006, National Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial Biology
2003, American Society for Microbiology, Student Member Travel Grant
1999-2001, OregonStateUniversity, Agricultural Research Foundation Grant
1998, American Society for Microbiology, Student Member Travel Grant
1998, University of Maine Alumni Association, Academic Travel Grant
1995, National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship
J.Timmons Roberts, Ph.D.
2008 Fred Buttel Distinguished Contribution Award, the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association
2001 Graduate Student Association "Teacher of the Year" Award, Department of Sociology, Tulane
2001 Latin American Studies Graduate Student Association Teaching Award
2000 Presidential Certificate in Undergraduate Teaching in recognition of the Service Learning Teaching Award
2000, 2001 Mortar Board (Alpha Sigma Sigma Chapter) Award for Outstanding Teaching, Newcomb College
1999 The Tulane College Senior Class Outstanding Advisor Award for Exemplary Service to Students
1993, 1996 Nominated for the Tulane Graduate School Student Association Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Dov Sax, Assistant Professor
Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow (Class of 2009)
Johanna Schmitt, Professor
NSF Faculty Award for Women in Science and Engineering (1991-1996)
NSF Midcareer Fellowship in Environmental Biology (1992-1993)
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (2003)
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2007)
NationalAcademy of Sciences (2008)
Cool Schools Category 8.4: Administration
President Ruth Simmons announced Brown’s first Greenhouse Gas Goals on January 24, 2008. The goals are as follows:
- For Existing Buildings:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 42 percent below 2007 levels (equivalent to 15 percent below 1990 levels) for existing buildings. Initial interim cumulative goal of 4% per year is in place and monitored annually to meet 42% target by 2020.
- For New Construction: for existing buildings by 2020:
Limit greenhouse gas emissions by reducing energy consumption for all newly constructed facilities to between 25 percent and 50 percent below the standard required by state code. New construction will, at a minimum, meet a silver standard in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), furthering sustainability goals.
- For Acquired Buildings:
A reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for all newly acquired facilities by a minimum of 15 percent and as much as 30 percent.