Nominate a professor for the Cox Medal
If you've conducted research with a Stanford professor, consider nominating her/him for the Allan V. Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence Fostering Undergraduate Research at Stanford University. Since 1988, the Cox Medal has been awarded annually to a faculty member who has established a record of excellence directing undergraduate research over a number of years. It may also go to a faculty member who has done an especially outstanding job with just one or two undergraduates whose work is unusually superior.
All University faculty are eligible to be nominated. Due to the number of exceptional nominations received each year, previous recipients aren’t eligible to be nominated again. Nominations are considered for two years. The medal is awarded during Commencement Weekend, with the winner receiving a citation, engraved medal, and prize check.
Nomination Deadline: Monday, April 18, 2016
Click here to submit a Cox Medal nomination
Previous Recipients of the Cox Medal
Year Name/Department/School
2015 Jonathan Payne/Geophysics/Earth Sciences
2014 Philip Hanawalt/Biology/Humanities & Sciences
2013 Stacey Bent/Chemical Engineering/Engineering
2012 Kate Maher/Geological and Environmental Sciences/Earth Sciences
2011 Garry Gold/Radiology/Medicine
2010 Elizabeth Hadly/Biology/Humanities & Sciences
2009 Stephen Haber/History and Hoover Institution/Humanities & Sciences
2008 Simon Klemperer/Geophysics/Earth Sciences
2007 Umran Inan/Electrical Engineering /Engineering
2006 Gerald Fuller/Chemical Engineering/Engineering
2005 Mike Tomz/Political Science/Humanities & Sciences
2004 M. Bruce MacIver/Anesthesia/Medicine
2003 Daphne Koller/Computer Science/Engineering
2002 Susan Okin/Ethics in Society/Humanities & Sciences
2001 John W. Rick/Anthropology/Humanities & Sciences
2000 George M. Fredrickson/History/Humanities & Sciences
1999 Russell D. Fernald/Human Biology and Psychology/Humanities & Sciences
1998 James L. Gibbs, Jr./Anthropology/Humanities & Sciences
1997 Luis R. Fraga/Political Science/Humanities & Sciences
1997 Richard N. Zare/Chemistry/Humanities & Sciences
1996 David Epel/Biology/Humanities & Sciences
1995 Terry Karl/Political Science/Humanities & Sciences
1994 Anne Fernald/Psychology/Humanities & Sciences
1993 Ward Watt/Biology/Humanities & Sciences
1992 Frank Wolak/Economics /Humanities & Sciences
1991 Kennell Jackson/History/Humanities & Sciences
1990 William Fairbank/Physics/Humanities & Sciences
1989 James Collman/Chemistry/Humanities & Sciences
1988 Carolyn Lougee Chappell/History/Humanities & Sciences
Who was Professor Allan Cox?
The Cox award commemorates the late Allan Cox, a professor of geophysics and dean of the School of Earth Sciences. He is widely known as the co-discoverer of magnetic field reversals. When the Cox Medal was established, it was stated that “in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it was Cox, more than any other Stanford faculty member, who extolled the virtue of research programs such as those pioneered at MIT. He encouraged professors to adopt the same goals and provide similar opportunities to undergraduates here. His energy led to increased funding and support for faculty-student collaboration in research.
