Maria Schneider (music) was named Arranger of the Year for 2001 in a readers' poll in Jazz Times magazine.
Recent creative writing M.F.A. graduate Dominic Saucedo received a 2001 SASE/Jerome Fellowship for Fiction, awarded for his collection of stories.
Graduate student Tracey Gorman (music) has been awarded the 2001 Voices of Vienna scholarship.
Mark Gibson (economics '01, summa cum laude), who is completing an internship at the Federal Reserve, received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Lynn Casey (M.A. '80, mass communication; CEO, Padilla Speer Beardsley) is this year's School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) Alumni Society Award for Excellence winner in recognition of leadership in the profession.