Education Awards

• Outstanding Achievement in Education from UMass, Amherst
• Advising
  • James and Martha D. McCormick Advising Award
  • Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award
  • Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Award for Excellence in Advising
• Course Development
  • Faculty Innovation in Teaching Grant (Cornell)
  • Lilly Foundation Fellow
  • SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
• Teaching
  • ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
  • ACSU Faculty of the Year
  • AFIPS Education Award
  • Amoco Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Cornell College of Engineering Teaching Awards
  • Dean's Prize for Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching
  • IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award
  • John M. and Emily B. Clark Distinguished Teaching Awards
  • Merrill Presidential Scholar Outstanding Educator Award
  • New York State Professor of the Year
  • Stephen & Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award
  • Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
  • Tau Beta Pi Professor of the Year
• Misc Education
  • Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award

Presented annually to an outstanding educator who is recognized for advancing new teaching methodologies, or effecting new curriculum development or expansion in Computer Science and Engineering. More info...

• 1995: David Gries

ACSU Faculty of the Year

The Cornell Association for Undergraduates recognizes one computer science teacher per year.

• 1992: Daniel P. Huttenlocher
• 1993: Bruce Land
• 1994: Dexter Kozen
• 1995: Ronitt Rubinfeld
• 1996: David Gries
• 1997: J. Gregory Morrisett
• 1998: Hal Perkins
• 1999: David Gries
• 2000: Graeme Bailey
• 2001: Eva Tardos
• 2002: Jon Kleinberg
• 2004: Graeme Bailey
• 2005: Eva Tardos
• 2006: John E. Hopcroft
• 2007: Joseph Y. Halpern
• 2008: Robert Kleinberg
• 2009: Doug James
• 2010: Thorsten Joachims

AFIPS Education Award

American Federation of Information Processing Societies

• 1986: David Gries

Amoco Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching

• 1989: Sam Toeug

Cornell College of Engineering Teaching Award

These awards recognize outstanding teaching in the College of Engineering at Cornell.

Dean's Prize for Innovation in Undergraduate Teachingg

• 1987: Tim Teitelbaum
• 1993: Eva Tardos
• 1996: Thorsten von Eiken
• 1997: Nick Trefethen

Faculty Innovation in Teaching Grant (Cornell)

with David Gries

• 2007: K-Y. Daisy Fan

IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award

The Taylor L. Booth award recognizes outstanding contributions in computer science and engineering education. More info...

• 1994: David Gries

James and Martha D. McCormick Advising Award

This award recognizes outstanding advising in the College of Engineering at Cornell

• 2003: Charles Van Loan

John M. and Emily B. Clark Distinguished Teaching Awards

These awards are given to one or two faculty (out of approximately 600) per year in the College of Arts & Science.

• 1987: David Gries
• 1989: Juris Hartmanis

Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award

The Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards for individuals recognize "sustained and distinguished contributions of professorial faculty and senior lecturers to undergraduate advising."

• 2002: Graeme Bailey
• 2009: Lillian Lee

Lilly Foundation Fellow

This award consists of funds to support the development of courses.

• 1997: Claire Cardie

Merrill Presidential Scholar Outstanding Educator Award

Each year, Cornell picks 30-40 Merrill Scholars, the best (out of about 2,000) graduating seniors. In turn, each Merrill Scholar chooses the Cornell faculty member (the Outstanding Educator) and high school teacher who most influenced their education.

• 1989: Robert L. Constable
• 1990: Juris Hartmanis
• 1990: David Gries
• 1991: Juris Hartmanis
• 1994: Daniel P. Huttenlocher
• 1995: Daniel P. Huttenlocher
• 1996: Daniel P. Huttenlocher
• 1998: Charles Van Loan
• 1999: Jon Kleinberg
• 2001: Bart Selman
• 2005: Rich Caruana
• 2006: Graeme Bailey
• 2007: Thorsten Joachims
• 2008: John E. Hopcroft
• 2009: Charles Van Loan
• 2009: Andrew Myers
• 2010: John E. Hopcroft

New York State Professor of the Year

This award is given by CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Universities and Colleges can submit nominations in any discipline. Thus, this is not simply a computer science award.

• 1994: Daniel P. Huttenlocher

Outstanding Achievement in Education from UMass, Amherst

• 2012: Claire Cardie

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

• 2007: Daniel P. Huttenlocher

Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Award for Excellence in Advising

Robert Paul '59, a Cornell trustee emeritus and presidential councillor, established the Paul Advising Endowment in Arts and Sciences with his wife, Donna, said Lehman. The endowment funds, among numerous advising programs, the Paul Awards of Excellence in Advising.

• 1998: Charles Van Loan

SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education

Honors an individual or group in recognition of a significant contribution to computer science education. More info...

• 1991: David Gries

Stephen & Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award

These awards are given to one or two faculty (out of approximately 600) per year in the College of Arts & Science.

• 1994: Daniel P. Huttenlocher
• 1998: Keshav K. Pingali
• 2001: Dexter Kozen

Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow

In 1993, in order to recognize outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, Cornell instituted this award. It is given annually to three Cornell Faculty (out of over 1,000), who carry the title throughout their stay at Cornell.

• 1995: David Gries
• 1996: Daniel P. Huttenlocher
• 2007: Graeme Bailey

Tau Beta Pi Professor of the Year

The Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society recognizes a tenure track professor as one of the college's most outstanding teachers. Professors are nominated by their students and selected by Tau Beta Pi.

• 1994: Daniel P. Huttenlocher
• 2012: Robert Kleinberg