Published: April 5, 2023

The Boulder Faculty Assembly is pleased to invite members of the campus community to attend this year’s in-person ceremony in celebration of the recipients of the 2023 BFA Excellence Awards. The BFA Excellence Awards recognize outstanding contributions by faculty in the areas of teaching; service and leadership; and research, scholarly and creative work.

The awards, which are peer-nominated, are presented in three categories. The 2023 BFA Excellence Award categories and winners are:

Provost Russell Moore shares his congratulations with the 2022 BFA Excellence Awardees

Provost Russell Moore shares his congratulations with the 2022 BFA Excellence Award winners

​ If you go

Who: Faculty, staff, students
What: BFA Excellence Awards featuring faculty address by the 2022 Hazel Barnes Prize winner, reception to follow
When: Wednesday, April 19, 4:30–6:30 p.m.
Where: University Memorial Center, Glenn Miller Ballroom

RSVP by end of the day Tuesday, April 11

Excellence in Leadership and Service

  • Cassandra Brooks, Environmental Studies
  • Janet Donavan, Political Science

Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work

  • Meredith Betterton, Physics
  • Benjamin Teitelbaum, Musicology & International Affairs

Excellence in Teaching

  • Nicole Jobin, Stories and Societies RAP and History
  • Charles Nuttelman, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Michele Simpson, Philosophy Arts and Culture RAP

In addition to honoring this year’s winners, the ceremony on April 19 will feature a faculty address by 2022 Hazel Barnes Prize awardee Mark Ablowitz. A reception allowing for attendees to share personal congratulations with each of the award winners will follow. 

RSVPs are requested by end of the day on Tuesday, April 11, but walk-up attendees are welcome.

The campus created the BFA Excellence Awards in the early 1980s to recognize outstanding work and concerted effort in advancing the mission of the university and the academy at large.

These prestigious awards are made possible through financial support from the chancellor, enabling the BFA to grant each recipient a $5,000 monetary award.

The Hazel Barnes Prize is the largest and most prestigious single faculty award funded by CU Boulder. It was established in 1991 by former Chancellor James Corbridge in honor of Philosophy Professor Emerita Hazel Barnes to recognize “the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research.”

Hazel Barnes, one of our campus’s most accomplished scholars, received a BFA Excellence in Teaching Award in 1983.

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