Obama Honors Science Mentors

President Obama on Friday named 11 individuals and 4 organizations as recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.

The individuals are:

• Richard L. Cardenas of St. Mary’s University in Texas.
• Anthony Carpi of John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York.
• Isaac J. Crumbly of Fort Valley State University.
• Jo Handelsman of Yale University.
• Douglass L. Henderson of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
• Bruce A. Jackson of Massachusetts Bay Community College.
• Marigold L. Linton of the University of Kansas.
• Maja J. Matarić of the University of Southern California.
• Gerard F. R. Parkin of Columbia University.
• Julio J. Ramirez of Davidson College.
• Michelle A. Williams of the University of Washington.

The four organizational efforts honored are:

• The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology.
• The Baccalaureate and Beyond Community College Mentoring Program at the State University of New York at Purchase.
• The Grinnell Science Project, at Grinnell College. (An Inside Higher Ed profile of that project may be found here.)
• The Women in Science and Engineering Mentoring Initiatives at the Center for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Illinois at Chicago, IL