Recognition Received by the WHOI Community
Awards & Recognition
December 3, 2012
WHOI Scientist Receives Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative Investigator Award
Source: Media Relations
May 25, 2012
Dr. Karen Lloyd Receives WHOI's Holger W. Jannasch Visiting Scholar Award
Source: Media Relations
February 6, 2012
WHOI Scientists Awarded Distinctions from The Oceanography Society and American Geophysical Union
Source: Media Relations
January 23, 2012
WHOI's John Waterbury receives NAS Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal
Source: Media Relations
January 27, 2012
Two WHOI Scientists Named 2012 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Source: Media Relations
January 19, 2012
Louis St. Laurent Receives Nicholas P. Fofonoff Award From AMS
Source: Media Relations
December 6, 2011
Two WHOI Scientists Receive Medals from the American Geophysical Union
Source: Media Relations
November 28, 2011
Commendation from U.S. Chief of Naval Research
Commendation from Chief of Naval Research Matthew Klunder R/V Atlantis's rescue at sea of 93 Egyptians off the coast of Greece on November 25, 2011
June 10, 2011
Visit of Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations
On June 10, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution hosted a visit from Admiral Gary Roughead, the Chief of Naval Operations, marking the first such appearance at the Institution by a serving Chief of Naval Operations.
May 5, 2010
Sam Laney Receives NASA New Investigator Award
Sam Laney, an assistant scientist in the Biology Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), received a 2009 New Investigator Award from NASA’s Earth Science Division.
December 30, 2010
Bill Jenkins Wins Prestigious Ewing Medal
Bill Jenkins, WHOI senior scientist in Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry and director of the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility (NOSAMS), was awarded the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2010 Ewing Medal at the AGU’s Fall Meeting in December in San Francisco.
April 21, 2009
John Toole Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Source: Media Relations
March 24, 2009
Elgar Named National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow
Source: Media Relations
December 18, 2008
Jian Lin Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Source: Media Relations
April 1, 2008
Hal Caswell Receives First Per Brinck Oikos Award
Biologist Cited for Pioneering Work in Population Dynamics and DemographySource: Media Relations
February 1, 2008
Dennis McGillicuddy Receives 27th Annual Rosenstiel Award
Oceanographer Shines Light on Plankton DynamicsSource: Media Relations
January 23, 2008
WHOI Geochemist Awarded for Contributions to Geophysics
Stan Hart to Receive Day Prize from the National Academy of SciencesSource: Media Relations
Acoustical Society of America Honors William Carey
The Acoustical Society of America has awarded Professor and AOPE Guest Investigator William M. Carey (AME) the "2007 Pioneer of Underwater Acoustics" silver medal for his contributions to understanding ocean ambient noise and defining the limits of acoustic array performance in the ocean.
February 7, 2007
Jim Ledwell Awarded Agassiz Medal by National Academy of Sciences
Senior Scientist Specializes in the Use of Chemical Tracers to Observe Currents in the OceanSource: Media Relations
November 23, 2006
Nobumichi Shimizu Has Been Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Source: Media Relations
November 9, 2006
Four WHOI Researchers Recognized for Contributions to Science and Engineering
Source: Media Relations
July 11, 2006
Woods Hole Engineering Team from Titanic Discovery to be Honored
Source: Media Relations
January 7, 2005
WHOI Scientist to Receive American Meteorological Society Award
Source: Media Relations
December 14, 2004
Five WHOI Researchers Recognized for Contributions to Science and Education
Source: Media Relations
May 15, 2003
WHOI Scientist Honored As Blind Employee of the Year in Massachusetts
Source: Media Relations
March 27, 2003
WHOI Scientist To Receive Nansen Medal from European Geophysical Society
Source: Media Relations
June 11, 2002
US/Canada Joint Ice Working Group Meets in Woods Hole, Honors Contributions of Former WHOI Director Edward "Iceberg" Smith
Source: Media Relations
May 22, 2002
WHOI Director, Scientist Elected Fellows of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Source: Media Relations
April 10, 2002
WHOI Scientist Receives Honored by Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Source: Media Relations
January 10, 2002
WHOI Scientist to be Honored January 16 by the American Meteorological Society
Source: Media Relations
May 4, 2001
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Receives U.S. Coast Guard Public Service Commendation
Source: Media Relations
October 20, 2000
WHOI Honored as a Massachusetts Employer of the Year
17 companies honored for hiring workers with disabilitiesSource: Media Relations
